Snorkeling is one of the most favourite recretional activities in the club. The activity is included in our package, so we can go for an unlimited snorkeling whenever we like. Maldives has been rated as number one site for snorkeling because of diverse underwater world and underwater visibility to 60m. Reefs are the ideal place to snorkel and examine the contrasting nature of water and marine flora and fauna. It’s a perfect spot for any person to peep into the hidden facinating world!

There are 2 boats going, this is the other

Powderblue fish

Butterfly fish probably?

Parrot fish

Needle fish

A suddent drop off with some fish doing their fishy things

Back to the boat, one of the Chinese got a cut on his leg

Every morning and afternoon, one or two boats headed out from the jetty to various spots with 2 GOs organizing them. We had brought our own snorkeling gear since Club Med lends you gear only when you snorkel with them. The boat took us 25 minutes out into the Indian Ocean. There is a swim test with life jacket on before we took off. On our second excursion, it’s hard to relax and enjoy the fish while pushing other people’s fin out of my face, and try to ignore people bumped into me! There are less people in the morning. However, it was no guarantee of a good excursion. They do not pre-announce what sites are going to visit, but decide on the spot according to currents and etc. There are 2 of the sites we saw were deep – 20m, so if you didn’t do surface dives, its really limited what you could see. Lots and lots of fish, I’m so jealous to hear of many sea turtle sightings because we didn’t saw any.

We went sailing too. Again, swim test without life jacket is a must if you want to do it by yourself. If you fail or doesn’t want a swim test, the instructor will accompany you and bring you out to the sea. You have to be careful about tights. They have times listed on a board at the sailing shack.

Kayaking is tiring! We went kayaking for a few times. When there’s no wind, kayaking is good. The paddles are in plastic and metal. There are some small island that you can paddle to! Once we were ‘force’ (LOL) by Yuta the Japanese instructor to join his kayaking race in the afternoon. So we registered ourself and was exciting and looking forward to it. But unfortunatly, I was doing Paf-Paf and had forgotten the time and miss the race!

Heavy…ok!

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The little island opposite our water suite.

On the first morning, I was enjoying the beautiful scenery while waiting for the GO to attend us and introduce the village. There’s a big Chinese group with Mandarin speaking GO, but I might not understand what she said, so we opted for an English speaking GO who’s an Indonesian.

At the other side, opposite our water suite.

Scene in front of the main area in the village

A row of deckchairs in front of the swimming pool.

And suddently, I saw a Chinese lady sitting  in the shade below the coconut trees at the beach with an umbrella…

Lady and umbrella!

There are also 3 Chinese ladies wearing jeans, blouses and carrying branded handbags I thought they were shopping in Paris. When I came back from snorkeling during noon, I still saw them walking around the village with their jeans on! Too bad I did not take any photos of them!

Tell you a secret, on the second day, they were still in their jeans at the beach!

The Sunset Cruise

Sunset cruise is USD15 per person. The captain will drove all of us to the middle of Indian ocean to enjoy the sunset view, then we will have some boozes, the Filipino husband and wife will sing so that the dolphines would show up (so sad the dolphines din’t).

While waiting for our boat to arrive, every one saw a couple of eagle rays swimming in the crystal clear water at the wharf.

The Filipino husband and wife

Pirates! ..duhhh… Hahahaha… kidding…

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I did Paf Paf at Kani, 100MVR (around $8) for a white t-shirt and another 100MVR for the paint. You need to buy them at Kani boutique and present the ticket to the artist.

Paf Paf ticket and T-shirt. The T was not that good in quality. The staff recommended me to buy a slightly bigger T as it might be out-shrank after wash!! Ouchhh!!

This is a very popular hobby for people learning to design their own patterns on t-shirt. It’s also one of the activity that you can do when it’s rain. Templates of various designs are available, from coconut trees, to divers, variety of fish to sea turtles, from Club Med logo to wordings. I only have to dip the sponge into the paint provided and then “paf-paf” the paint through the templates onto the white cotton t-shirt.

Paf… Paf… Paf…

Washing

Cleaning and drying

The front and rear. I then realised I don’t like the front after I finished paf paf!

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Collected this package from our tour agent this morning at Pudong airport. It includes an underwater camera, some useful informations about Maldives and ClubMed resort, a membership card, insurance booklet…etc.

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