Vilamendhoo, Maldives 2012

• Vilamendhoo

• The departure lounge: Male Seaplane terminal

• Vilamendhoo arrivals terminal!

• Sunset Bar

• Sunset Bar pool

• A Boashi pool visitor

• Boashi pool

• Boashi pool roof

• A sunset cruise

• Sunset over Vilamendhoo

• A sunset cruise

• Cuttlefish, seen from the jetty

• The proximity of the beach to the reef drop-off

• Diving lessons, Maldives style

• The main bar and restaurant terrace

• The 'Arrivals' jetty

• The 'Arrivals' jetty

• The main bar's kerbside appeal

• Sharks vs fish outside the bar

• Black tip reef sharks

• Under the arrivals jetty

• The garden rooms - our first week

• Our garden for the first week, 30mtrs from the ocean

• Reception

• The bar terrace

• Post-dive paperwork!

• The room

• Open air bathrooms

• Our beach room, second week

• Beach room view

• Beach room view

• Silvia, a diving instructor, with Traveling Cow, showing the local dive sites on the day Mark became an Advanced Open Water diver!

• The centre of the island

• Sports stuff. Not very busy when it's 34 degrees!

• Typical

• Palms

• Traveling Cow

• Palms

• Boats

• The Asian Wok restaurant

• View from the Asian Wok: doesn't the isand look small!

• Outside the Sunset bar

• Breakfast (eggs cooked to order)

• The Funama restaurant

• Anemonefish and a sea cucumber in thigh-deep water

• Traveling Cow vs crab

• Traveling Cow's tail comes under close scrutiny

• Stripey ocean

• The Ahima restaurant

• Sunset bar terrace

• Low tide, exposed corals and the water villas

• Meeting the fish at 7am

Movie: 15 minutes on Vilamendhoo. A short underwater movie is on page 2.