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 […]
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 […]
This was a satisfying story to put together as it combines information and pictures gathered from almost every island we’ve visited in Laamu so far. Starting with our usual nosey ‘wonder what she is doing’, and ‘what is in that […]
So, we left Fonadhoo this afternoon on the ferry over to the western islands of Laamu. The boat weaved past Olhuveli (Six Senses), stopping at Maamendhoo, Hithadhoo and Kunahandhoo (see you all later) before the captain aimed the bow across […]
