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Ready to catch our final flight of the 3 it took us to get to Kuredu. This time a lovely seaplane taxi!
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Seaplanes at dockside, Male Airport Terminal
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Yes, another seaplane!
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Ready for take off.
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First views of the Maldives from the air, very cloudy day though.
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Another resort?
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Another resort with water villas.
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ditto
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Our Canadian pilot
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Landing at Kuredu
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First pic in paradise.
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Jenny modelling the latest fashion accessory, The Open Air Toilet!!!
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Overnight parking for the seaplane in the lagoon.
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Deserted beach, weather still very dull.
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Beauty come rain or shine.
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Our first dip in the lovely pool.
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Jen in at the deep end!
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I'm on holi holi day!!
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Watching fruit bats.
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Crazy trouser evening at the Akiri bar.
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Strange blurry pic of Malc being a naughty boy as usual.
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Chilling at the Akiri.
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Our snug bed, so much more comfortable than our stone matttress in India.
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A baby reef shark basking in the sun in shallow water.
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Rays doing the same.
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Another view across pool deck.
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Playtime at the seaside.
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Chase me chase me!
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Kite surfing.
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Splash.
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Wow, big drop off in the hidden sand.
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Jen attempting her modelling at the sandbank.
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What's she pointing at?????
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Malc at the same spot where he proposed 3 days later.
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Lets do one of those timer shots and pretend we don't know!
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Ok, lets look now.
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View from our hut, front left.
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And now front right, had the luxury of shade in trees or a short step to sunny beach.
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Water Villas at sundown.
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Sundown over the wave breakers.
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Sun going down on what was to be our final cloudy day.
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A sandy foot.
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Malc posing in new outfit.
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Ahh, romance not dead here.
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The stunning pool deck after dark.
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Dark view up towards the jetty.
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Such a cutie.
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Still a cutie.
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Old bald blue eyes.
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Old bald grey eyes.
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We must have looked so vain sitting photographing each other all night at the Akiri.
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15 second shot of the jettty at night.
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Rain and sunshine together over the pool. After this stopped we never saw rain again!
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Boats in dock at Jetty.
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Lazy Dhonies
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Boats and planes in harmony.
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More dhony shots.
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The barracuda parasailing boat.
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700 people here and yet nobody around mid afternoon.
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One of the millions of hermit crabs paying a visit to the beach bungalows.
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A gecko that actually allowed me a close up.
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The awful drummer boy ready to welcome new guests, somebody please give this guy a metronome!!!
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The rather corny welcoming banner, no idea why there is no permanent sign.
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Our one and only pic of one of the dear fruit bats.
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Malc getting ready for lesson 1
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The look on Malc's face tells how heavy this equipment is!
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Malc obviously telling a dirty joke about diving.
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Seaplanes and amateur divers.
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Preparing for descent.
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Wow, look at the size of my feet!!
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That look of relief, first lesson passed, the second one failed though.
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Another hermit crab happy to say hello for the camera.
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Bo Derek at sunset!!
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Another sunset over the breakers.
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Food modelling in the restaurant, all these models are made entirely from food like butter, icing and chocolate.
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Yummy.
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Parrot fish biting coral.
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No idea why these don't melt.
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Eagle and snake
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Man carrying sheep, stunning art work!
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Taking a picture of myself 100metres above the Kuredu Lagoon. Check out that double chin!!
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Surrounding Kuredu from the air, excuse the quality of these pics, cheap boots throwaway underwater camera.
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Taking pictures whilst praying these straps hold my weight!!
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Kuredu, the whole island fitted in the viewfinder but must have been slightly offset.
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The little boat under sun shadow.
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A dhoni of snorkellers waving back at me!
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Wrong angle, should have faced the other way.
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Surrounding islands of the Lhaviyani Atoll
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My legs and a catamaran!
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Beautiful lagoon and jetty at Kuredu
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Ditto
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Slowly descending
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Ok enough is enough, is the rope jammed or what??
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Coming to land
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Still coming to land!
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This really is getting boring now!
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Ditto
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On the way to the sandbank to get engaged without Jens knowledge at this moment!!
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Malc and Jen on the sandbank, the last photo to be taken before commitment.
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Malc on the sandbank desperately hoping the Scots will bugger off so he can do the deed.
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Jen, moments before Malc made her the happiest bird in Kuredu, well the Maldives I hope!!
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Parrot fish biting the coral!
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And beating a hasty retreat from the big 2 legged fish!
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