That went fast…both the trip to Isdhoo and the very short journey back down to Dhanbidhoo this afternoon. This time some friends smuggled us onto a launch – as Monday is not a ferry day – which was heading for […]
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Some of our favourite stories on Two Thousand Isles are the ones we didn’t expect to write. The ones that just leap out at us when we’re not expecting it. This is definitely one of those. We were on a […]
Been a while since we got to post one of these updates, but after a brilliant couple of weeks in Fona-Gan-dhoo, we hit the ferry and headed up to Laamu Kalaidhoo/Isdhoo. Forget your speed launches and seaplanes, this is the […]
Bodu beru is perhaps the best known form of artistic expression in the Maldives. It’s normally one of the first things you see (or hear) when it comes to Dhivehi culture. But after six years here, Dan had still never […]
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- Photography: Naj
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- Photography: Naj
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- Photography: Naj
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- Photography: Naj
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- Photography: Naj
Well, here is the post you’ve all been waiting for. Yep, that’s right, we’ve built up the nerve and finally taken on the controversial issue of millet! It’s not everyday that we come across someone doing something we’ve not seen […]
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 […]
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)
One week into our Laamu trip and we’re learning that this is an atoll where the roads are long, the people say ‘kon heneh?’, and the riha comes with golha in it! We’ve mostly been shuttling up and down the […]
