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  • Chilling in Caye Caulker

    Chilling in Caye Caulker

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    Now the next leg of our journey continues into Belize. There is a boat which can take you from Chetumal in South Mexico direct to the islands of Belize without passing through Belize city and avoiding buses and long waits. We booked the San Pedro Express Water Taxi boat which goes from a private pier…

  • Snorkelling in Permuteran

    Snorkelling in Permuteran

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    From Probolinggo in East Java, we got another train to the coastal town of Ketapang. I’d been here before a few years ago when I attempted to climb Ijen. But this time, Dave and I were just foot passengers, so it was a lot easier. We bought our ticket from the Alfamart across the road…

  • Snorkelling in Koh Tao

    Snorkelling in Koh Tao

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    After travelling through India and Thailand, we really missed the underwater world. Both of us love the sea, Dave is a big swimmer and just enjoys being in the sea all the time, mask or no mask, but I love watching the underwater world. But, I think I’ve also converted Dave into a snorkeller now…

  • Surprising Hulhumale

    Surprising Hulhumale

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    We planned to return to Malé to get our onward flight with a buffer day. Just to make sure that there were no boat delays (we heard during monsoon season, storms can cancel the boats completely) and to ensure we could do our laundry and sort our bags out before our flight to India. So…

  • Monsoon in Dhigurah

    Monsoon in Dhigurah

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    To get to most atolls in the Maldives often requires a transfer back to, then from Malé again, since although inter-atoll ferries seem to be common, there are seemingly none which go between the different atolls… So on Wednesday, the plan was to first take a speed boat from Fulhadhoo, Baa Atoll (at 7am) back…

  • Fulhadhoo: The Maldives Hidden Gem

    Fulhadhoo: The Maldives Hidden Gem

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    From Dharavandhoo, we were due to take public ferries over to Fulhadhoo. I found a timetable on the MTCC website which showed a public dhoni from Dharavandhoo to Eydhafushi at 9.05am and then Eydhafushi to Fulhadhoo at 2:15pm. However, the night before we were trying to confirm the boat times and found contradictory information. The…

  • The start of a long journey…

    The start of a long journey…

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    Well, we finally made it. We quit our jobs, I rented out my flat, we sold a lot of things and packed up the rest of our lives into storage, and here we are. First destination, The Maldives. But the Maldives are a collection of several atolls, split further into individual islands. The airport is…

  • Sick on Siquijor

    Sick on Siquijor

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    From Bohol, I got the public ferry over to Siquijor, a relatively small island just off the larger island of Negros. Siquijor seemed a little less touristy compared to everywhere else I’d been, but still had a good tourist infrastructure and nice places to stay. I decided to treat myself and booked a fairly fancy…