Maldives Day 4

07/15/2021 Thursday

I woke up early again, so sat by the pool this morning to try and capture some sunrise pictures. 

Today, we have a photo shoot with the photographer at the resort. It's at 10am, so we went early for breakfast and our butler came to pick us up around 9:50am at the restaurant. This time, we sat inside for breakfast as it's already pretty hot this morning. The waiter brought our drinks after we sat down as they already know what we like. It's really nice of them to remember and bring it to us without us asking.

The photo shoot was supposed to last 1 hour but we only took about 30 minutes as it was so hot. The photographer took us around the main swimming area and it was pretty. We passed by this area but have not went in. This is a great place for photoshoot and we took some more pictures later after having some drinks first.

We also played a little Foosball and billiards before going kayaking and ate lunch at the bar.

During this time, I went to their restroom and it was so nice with full blast of the AC, I wanted to just stay there forever.

After kayaking, we went to check out a restaurant, Terra. It has a very unique seating where it looks like a bird nest in the sky. I was thinking about eating here but didn't see anything that I like on their menu. I

We went back to our room to rest before heading to Peacock Alley for happy hour. 

After a couple of drinks, we went to our villa to snorkel.

We also saw the beautiful sunset from our pool.

We had reservation at Li Long, the Chinese restaurant tonight. We had wanted to eat here last night, however it was not opened. Our butler came to pick us up and recommended the Peking Duck, which we ordered tonight.

The view from the restaurant was amazing, I mean, I don't think there is any bad view from the resort.

The chef getting our Peking duck ready in the background. The food here is delicious.

Maldives Day 3

 07/14/2021 Wednesday

This is another morning where we woke up early. Anthony went to the gym for some workout while I sat on the swing to try to capture some nice sunrise.

Tried to capture some sunrise pictures this morning but there was lots of clouds. July is their monsoon season, so not a good month to come but I am just glad that there was no rain (except a 5 minute session one morning) during our time here.

After Anthony got back from the gym, we called for a buggy to Tasting Table for our daily breakfast. When we reached the restaurant, they showed us to the same table we had yesterday.

The breakfast selection is really great and there are lots of tropical fruits which I missed and is super expensive in United States.

After breakfast, we went to the shop to buy some aloe vera gel for Mason as he has sunburn all over his body from being outdoor the entire day yesterday.

The person who worked there showed us 3 different kind of aloe vera and recommended the gel version, which we bought. Everything here is very expensive, about 4 times more than what we pay in United States. This gel cost $38.

When we went back to our room, we put the gel in the fridge so that it gets cold before we apply it on Mason. After taking a little break, we went on our bikes to check out the over water bungalows.

On the way there, we stopped by the wedding pavilion where we saw a couple getting married there on our first day here. It's so beautiful there and we saw lots of fishes there.

After leaving the wedding pavilion, we rode to the diving center and stopped there. On the bridge, we saw a school of fishes and also baby reef sharks chasing the fishes. It was a unique experience to see this.

In the background of the picture below is the private island that you can only access by boat.

Afterwards, we went back to the diving center where we went snorkeling with the baby reef sharks.

After snorkeling for a while, we went back to our room to take a rest before heading to the Japanese restaurant Shimizu for some sushi and noodles. The food wasn't that great. All the dinner restaurants need reservation and each day, our butler would ask us where we like to eat and make the reservation for us.