If you surf this is definitely the place for you. Right off the beach is a reef break where I spent the day watching surfers get tubed. The Perfect Wave surf shop has trips to other spots where the waves are bigger but softer for those, like me, who wouldn’t dare try surfing off the beach.

My thoughts on the diving at this particular resort are relative, since I just came from the most beautiful place I have ever seen (Komodo National Park)  This was a disappointment. I did see a few large schools of fish, about 4 reef sharks, 3 turtles, 1 octopus and a couple moray eels. I did say it’s relative! The coral is monochromatic, a bone white. I was told it’s the heavy waves here on this atoll break the coral causing them to fall onto the ones below.

Although this is a beautiful island I feel trapped and guilty for expressing this out loud. The white sand beaches and the warm clear aqua blue water are what one would expect for an island paradise.

As I had mentioned in an earlier post all-inclusives are not for me but most of the outer atolls here only have one property on them. That means eating and drinking at the same place for all meals which offers little, if any, interaction with the locals. After paying a reasonable rate for the room everything cost extra and it is not cheap: $33 for a hamburger,  $25 for an appetizer of wings and that is before the tax and service charge!! I won’t bore you all with the water sports and excursion prices. (That will be available in the Maldives page when I post it)

I will spend the week checking out the surf and whittling down my list of “books I want to read.” I have plowed through a few great ones so email me if you are interested in book recommendations!

Next up Dubai!