No posts on any of the blogs for the past couple of weeks, as we have been on holiday in The Maldives. We've never been there before - one reason being the long travelling time.
I had not given too much thought to what it would be like there. Everyone associates it with idyllic beaches and so on, and in fact it is stunning.
What I had no idea about before going is just how different the geography is to most places - even compared with, say, Caribbean islands.
The key thing is just how small and flat the inhabited islands are. Our resort was on a piece of "land" that was about 700m long and less than 20m wide. And the highest point of the landmass is about 2metres above sea level !
The other really remarkable thing is how clear and shallow the sea is. It's about 3 - 4 feet deep for as far as you can swim. From the air, you can see how the individual islands are sitting in these shallow lagoons which are doted around in the deeper Ocean surroundings.
And the colour of the sea is literally aquamarine. Very beautiful.
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