Laces n Places : Maldives .................... Continued

Hi, this is part 3 or what I call the fun under the Sun. I will take you along on all the trips we went on, hop on.

This is my brother @bowaleed263 showing off how thrilled he is for being in Maldives for the second time.

After sunset, we spent most our mornings swiming and chilling by the beach.

I fell in love with Maldives since day 1

from the beauty of its skies and cottton-like clouds

and clear sandy beaches.

This friendly person walks around the beach eveyday offering us complimentary fruits and fresh towels for refershment.

Its the most relaxing environment, surrounded by coconut trees

and true beauty.

The first activity we did was take a one-on-one diving class.

This is our diving instructor Mohammed, or nicknamed Momo. First, he gave us a lecture about our equipment and all the signs we need to communicate under water. The equipment is so unbelievably heavy outside, you can't walk in them, but underwater they're not.

A sight that becomes common in Maldives is seeing baby sharks, they swim close to the shore. I mean in shallow water. I don't care how baby the shark is, a shark is a shark! If I saw one, I swam away a fast as I can, but they are used to them.

To sum up my experience in diving, its amazing to dive and see the other world under the water, but it is also exhausting and quite complex. Maybe its because I'm still a beginner. As my father says, of all the activities and fun things that you can do on the water, nothing compares to the life under. TRUE.

The Second trip we went on was snorkeling.

All aboard!

We take off, our trip took 2 hours and we went to two different reefs, spending 45 minutes in each.

My brother giving me this island as a present. But the humble me, could not except it :)

The Coral reefs were went to were astonishing. The fish were gorgeous, but the most amazing thing was seeing the turtle. Turtles are so graceful and calm. People kept going after her, that I never got the chance to take a picture. The colors of the fish and seeing them living peacefully was so inspiring.

Fins ons and hand in hand, me amd my brother swam till we lost track of time.

The third trip was the fishing trip.

And we begin our trip at sunset.

We choose a spot and they through their lines. And wait patiently.....

As I admire the serenity, since I don't fish nor eat fish! They tagged my along.

In the end, only the boys managed to catch something. Total yield: 4 fish. Not bad I guess.
The next day, we had lunch at Kurumba Cafe and they cooked us our catch.

My favourite trip was the Sunset dolphins cruise.

Dolphins are truely a man's friend. They weren't afraid of us. They swam next to our boat.

And were playing around and jumping.

And they liked swimming alongside our boat and racing the tides.

I could never get enough of them and mashallah they were everywhere.

The crew were drumming on their tradition drums, but then @bowaleed263 took over and showed them how its done in Kuwait.

One day, we just stayed put and did some water activities on our island.

Parasailing. The view of the sea and our island from above was simply breath taking.

And my brother doing the wakeboard.

Some relaxation time was needed from all the action we do at daytime, so we head for the spa.

We turned the restoration room into our our diwaniya, with laughter and jokes. We booked the whole spa and were the only one's there. We literally owned the place.

It was the most incredible experience ever. You feel pamper and rejovenated.

I'm going to miss Maldives and I'm going to miss the friendly people and kind hearts.

The smiling guy is from housekeeping, but he made us these love birds from scratch using tree leaves. He was very crafty mashallah, it took him two minutes. I still have it as a souvenir, even though its all dried out by now.

And the lovely sunsets.

A pic of my friend Dana breathing out a black cloud. You forgt all the negativity of the real world and see things brighter in Maldives, that's the magic of this place.