Happy cny!

I know i'm a tad late, but.. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!! (:

Hope everyone's cny celebrations has been gng well despite the weather (:

Maldives part 2

Carrying on with day 3 of my holiday at Maldives..

We went diving!! The twins has a diving certificate but i don't. So the pricing of a dive for me was completely different from the twin's. Having a cert is definitely way cheaper! Haha. I had to pay like USD145 in total for 1 dive, rental of diving equipments & a 1hr theory lesson. The theory lesson was pretty interesting & i got to learn the basics of diving. 

The diving centre has about 7 instructors who speak almost all kinds of languages! & The instructors were v helpful & polite. On my 1st dive, within the first 10mins i got a pounding headache. The pressure was too much & the more oxygen i breathed in from the tank, it just got worse. Despite my bad headache, seeing the beautiful sea creatures & huge corals underneath the sea was ah-ma-zing! The water was so clear with sun rays shining through. I even saw a shark! Tt was def the highlight of my diving experience! 

As for the twins, they had 2 dives. The 1st was for them to recee the area & to familiarize themselves with the place. Their 2nd dive was a open water dive where they took a boat out to dive deeper. Their 2nd dive was much better as i was told. They got to see many more sea creatures. 

Our 3rd day was filled with diving & snorkeling. 

My instructor giving me a theory lesson on the basics of diving.

The twins.

The twins & i did not dive tgth as they were more experienced then i was. They were in the advanced group. I had an instructor guiding me. We met along the way & quickly snapped a photo. 

Once i was done with my dive, i went straight to the toilet to puke! I cldnt take it. I was taught certain hand signs to do underwater & one of which was the "i am not feeling well" hand sign. I had no choice i rly felt like crap. I didn't get to see everything, sadly.

After i napped for awhile & got better, my mum brought me to the restaurant to hv lunch while the twins were on their 2nd dive.

Mum & i walked ard the resort to take photos aft our lunch.

Dinner at the restaurant was not bad.



New friends we made & played volleyball w almost everyday while we were there.


The beautiful stars tt lit up the sky. So happy w this shot i took. Camped outside my resort aft dinner, armed w my tripod stand & sat in front of my cammy, waiting for it to snap a pic of the stars.

I will be back with the rest of the updates! Maldives is def a MUST-GO location. Trust me, u'll have a ball of a time! (:

Maldives

Maldives is by far, the best trip i've ever had! It was spectacular & i had so much fun! Wish i was there a lil longer to laze around though. Hahaha. & The timing in Maldives is 3 hours slow compared to SG. So it felt like the time was passing rly slow, in a good way of course.

The first day we reached it was 10pm, so we cldn't do anything nor cld we explore the place. We slept instead as the plane ride took 5 hours but we swere watching movies instead. Took a speedboat to the island where we stayed, Thulhagiri resort.

The next day when we woke, i excitedly pushed away the curtains & the view was so so beautiful!! You could walk around the whole island w/o any footwear. Cause the moment u step out of your room door, it's sand!

The view right outside our resort room! (:










We were pointing at a shark we saw swimming in the water! It was so cool!!



The swimming pool which nobody uses! Haha why wld anyone waste their time in the pool when the island is surrounded by water! Plus it was so clean & aqua blue! (:

Went to the diving centre to enquire about the diving cost & etc. Rented snorkeling gears for USD7/day.












After snorkeling for a couple of hours & taking A LOT of photos, we rested for awhile before gng back out to the sea. & We decided to kayak instead of wasting our time snorkeling all day.







Took us 45mins to kayak around the island & even had time to jump off from the little yellow boat & laze around in the clear blue waters.


We spent so much time in the water & out in the sun for an entire morning till the late afternoon. Retired back to our rooms to wash up & nap before heading out agn for dinner at the restaurant. There is no other place to eat other than the resort's open concept restaurant. Our first day was pretty much awesome & we cldnt wait to get into the water agn the v next day!

Will be back w day 3! (: