Laamu Gan’s Bodu Fenganda is one of the first places you’ll be taken to when you visit the island, and it’s definitely a thought-provoking site. We’ve been a couple of times since we got here a week ago, though admittedly […]
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Here are five of our favourite pictures from our first week in Laamu Gan & Fonadhoo (Kadhdhoo and Maandhoo). Full gallery with captions
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- Island hospitality, and island cuisine, are always the highlights of our blog trips – like this street barbecue we were invited to in Fonadhoo. (Photo: Dan)
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- Bigger islands like Gan, the longest in the Maldives, gives room for the bondu to get bodu. (Photography: Naj)
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- Location scouting, taking a look (and a look and a look) over to the ‘Star Wars’ island of Baresdhoo. (Photography: Naj)
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- The concrete ribbon of the new link road has changed the pace of life in the atoll; seen here snaking from Gan down into Maandhoo. (Photography: Naj)
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- Despite these many changes, the connection with the ocean remains strong. (Photography: Naj)
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2k Journal: Chasing Coral Film (2017)
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