Hello.
It’s the 26th.
In my infinite wisdom, to avoid being thrown out by total lack of sleep the
previous day and because of the 4 hour time difference, I set my alarm last
night for 4 hours different than I would normally get up. This would allow me a
leisurely 9am breakfast, stroll around the island and then spend the morning on
the beach before avoiding the midday sun in the lobby on Twitter and Facebook.
I shall continue with this shortly..
Anyway, I can only
blame sleep deprivation for the fact I set my alarm for 12.30pm. BST. We’re
four hours AHEAD here. NOT behind. So if I hadn’t been woken by noisy
neighbours at 9am Maldives time, I’d have doubtless been rising about 4pm
today, thoroughly pissed off.
I’ve done a bit of
tentative snorkeling today. I waited til the Japanese neighbours had finished
so as not to make a show of myself (everyone except a handful of guests is
Japanese). So I went in, trying to remember how to breathe ONLY through my
mouth. It’s been 3 years since I last snorkeled. It’s not Lily Beach here. We
were spoilt on our honeymoon with the amazing reef there. Here the fish are
sporadic and so far I’ve only seen 2 really exciting fish of notable size but
then I’ve not been brave yet with how far I’ve swum. However, I’m utterly relaxed. It is odd going
for breakfast etc alone but not awful. It means I don’t waste the day there in
the restaurant.
I took some pics of
the frangipani and hibiscus flowers by the restaurant. I love the flora here!
I’m off to the lobby
in a bit to upload my next batch of pics and to catch up with the wider world.
I’m allowed to do it. I’m here alone. What was sad was the number of Japanese
couples last night sat engrossed in their own ipads/smartphones, ignoring each
other. I wonder how many of them are on honeymoon???
In other news, I won’t
die of thirst. The hotel do indeed provide water, contrary to what numpty at
the booking office told me. I am squirrelling it away so as to get my full
quota and not be dried up/be forced to sell a kidney to pay mini bar prices. I
also had ‘post’ this morning by way of a dear Virgin customer satisfaction
letter. Someone will apparently ring me in the next couple of days to ensure
everything is tickety boo.
Once again, I know I
will be longing to return to the Maldives as soon as I’ve left.
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