Our final island in the atoll was Maamendhoo, and the place we had been told was the capital of Laamu fishing….the big smoke(d fish). It was also the first island in the atoll that wasn’t part of the outer ring […]
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So, we’re riding the logistical rollercoaster back to Addu from Laamu, all the way up to Male’ and then back down to Suvadive. …but before the cities drown out the sights and sounds of our final two islands in Laamu…remember […]
Arriving on any island on a Friday morning – when people are taking it easy before the midday sermons, chicken curry and picnic trips – can often be a lonely experience. But arriving at Kunahandhoo is even more so, due […]
As we took our first tour of Maavah during our recent visit, journeying up to the western wetland areas, we finally began to ask ourselves…’okay, what’s with all the dragonflies?’. Ever since working on the Fuvahmulah wetlands project earlier this […]
We arrived in Maavah in the driving drain and, despite the dueling moosuns’ attempts to wash out our trip to Laamu’s third largest community, we had a fine couple of days there. Maavah, we’re told, has always been a good […]
Another update today… While this is not technically our last stop in Laamu, cos they haven’t built an airport on Maamendhoo yet, after this island we’ll just be repeating ourselves (repeating ourselves). After a few fascinating hours in Hithadhoo we […]
We left Kunahandhoo a little later than planned this morning, missing the ferry to finish gathering info for another story. But, there’s always a plan B out here – especially when the next island is only a few hundred metres […]
Having stopped at the Kunahandhoo jetty a couple of days ago, just long enough to watch people packing palm thatch into a cargo dhoni (see our last story), we returned from Maavah this morning for a proper visit. No ferries […]
