Little eid is done. People are back at work, and some have returned to fasting for a few more days. The henna is wearing off, the Eid malhi fires are well and truly out, and you should be able to […]
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After a busy few days seeing Eid in and Ramadan out on Gaafu Dhaalu Gadhdhoo, we need to catch-up, and so it’s time to revisit Faresmaathodaa, where we spent most of last week. We arrived knowing only that the islands […]
We set off from Gaddhoo bright and early this morning – well, actually it was too early to be bright – heading to Gaafu Dhaalu Vaadhoo. Our return to this island, after a brief layover to catch the ferry last […]
The plan was to head to Vaadhoo and then to Gadhdhoo to finish the full circuit, but as we could only guarantee a place to stay in Vaadhoo next week (it is Eid after all…Eid Mubarak everyone!), we decided to […]
This weekend’s Mihaaru column looked at what one islander has learned from some others as Dan reflects on six weeks in Huvadhu’s fishing communities. For while many today may prefer the comfort of a shirt & tie or the comparative […]
A slightly underwhelming week on oir trip was rescued by the discovery of perhaps the most interesting uninhabited island we’ve been to. Just a short boat ride from Faresmaathodaa, our friends there were more than happy to help us explore […]
After a short, and slightly underwhelming, stay on Fiyoari (see next blog post for details), we hired a launch and hit the water for Faresmaathodaa. The trip across the lagoon between the two appears to be the only one in […]
We’d been told before getting to Rathafandhoo that the island had shrunk rapidly over recent years, and indeed it has. We haven’t seen so many empty houses in one place since Hulhumeedhoo. Having travelled through a series of smaller islands […]
