Marvelous Maldives Moments

On the airplane

Sea plane to the island

Even Levi had earplugs for this plane

Male - the capital of the Maldives

Atolls

Finally on the island!

Levi sleeping by the pool

They had bathrobes for the kids too!


Outside at lunch

They even arranged all of Micah's bedthings at bedtime.

Path behind open umbrella leads to our villa

Inside island path

Playing with Daddy

Collecting dead flowers at breakfast

Levi loved chewing on the handle on his floatie!

Micah's first encounter with a hermit crab. By the end of our trip, she was picking them up with confidence - even more so than James.

This was Mr. Crab, the same name as all the other ones we found.

Micah was washing the table at the pool with her hat

There were fruit bats flying around - this one was right above our lunch table one day.

After dinner one night, we walked on the bridge that connected the two islands and happened upon this manta ray. We estimate him to be at least 6 feet wide!

Some more hermit crabs

Levi, Micah, Beth, and James

Levi asleep at the pool again

On the back patio looking into the room - it was a very romantic place! Too bad all four of us were in the same room.

We went barefoot everywhere on the island - even to dinner! This pot held water that we washed our feet with when we went into our villa.

Taking a break from the sun outside - even in paradise we couldn't get away from technology!

Finding Nemo

James here. I think we saw the entire cast of Finding Nemo (except the dentist, turtles and such) today snorkeling. We pass the time alternating between napping, eating, swimming, snorkeling and sunburning. Today the snorkeling was very cool. We alternated between holding Micah to look at the fish on a shallow reef and the other taking the mask and going deeper. Tons of fish. One even bit the strings of my swimsuit!
Yesterday was mostly spent getting sand in our suits. It is always interesting seeing how much sand collects in the shower. We build a sand castle, caught crabs (hermit) and saw more fruit bats. Luckily, they haven't sucked the juice from our fruit yet.
All of the waiters seem to be in a bit of a contest to see who can give the best gift to Micah. We've had pages to color, coloring books, flowers, a cool coconut leaf fish, a napkin doll, and a napkin hat.

I asked Beth is she wanted to say anything on the blog, and she said "No."

Well, that's all for now. I'm sure Beth will get some pictures up here this weekend. For now, just trust that it is really nice and beautiful.

An Afternoon of Nothing

What an afternoon! First, I watched the football game (I can't believe we blew a 17-point lead to a team called the Ducks). Then, we just sat around. Such a good afternoon! Tonight, Micah and Levi have been sleeping pretty good. I hope I didn't jinx that. Dinner was good; no pork chops tonight! Tomorrow is for more swimming, snorkeling, and sitting around. We did see a couple of small reef sharks swimming off our beach today. And, we've seen some collassal fruit bats too. I hear they suck the juice out of your orange when you aren't looking! Ha. Till next time. James