Here’s something to prove the not-nothing times of 2019: a story about our work so far, which is featured in the August/September edition of the DestinAsian magazine.
Tag Archives: Laamu
This story has been a long one in the making for us, and was in fact one of the first we had in mind when we set the blog up three years ago, just a few months after shooting finished […]
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 […]
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 […]
