Maldivians have a phrase that covers any activity designed to stave off the boredom and hunger that comes during daylight fasting – roadha kuru kurun (shorten the fast). Today, our friends in Kolamaafushi invited us to shorten the fast by […]
Having started the year in Villimale’ and visited Shangri La resort before now (well, one of us has), this was our third Villingili. There’s two more in the neighbourhood, both still awaiting inhabitation in Alif Dhaal and Lakshwadeep. This one […]
Our three days in the atoll capital, Villingili, ended this afternoon as we grabbed the ferry across the lagoon to Kolamaafushi. The three-hour round trip via Koodoo and Devvadhoo soon became two as only one person wanted to go to […]
This week’s final preparations for ramadan gave the chance to think about the generosity of our hosts over the past month. Ramadan is the right time of year to build good habits and to reconsider bad ones. (How much coffee […]
Today we were able to go over to the Koodoo fish processing plant, lying between Villingili and Maamendhoo on the north-east shoulder of Huvadhu. We’d heard a lot about the place from fishermen up and down Gaafu Alif, who make […]
After a few weeks in the sticks, the call of the big city was irresistible, so we headed off this morning to catch a ferry from Maamendhoo to Villingili, the atoll capital. After waiting out a few last minute clouds, […]
Travelling around the islands was always going to be filled with interesting challenges. Finding stories and travelling between isolated islands can be tricky, but not, it turns out, as tricky as finding a cool and quiet place to compile our […]
Here’s the short video to go with our ‘Prayer O’Clock‘ story from Gaafi Alif Nilandhoo. There are other sundials on other islands, but we’ve not seen one like this anywhere else yet.
