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.

 

I took these pics on the last day.

 

 

 

They used to put this flower on our bed every evening. It smelled like rose water.

 

 

 Our ride back to Male.

 

 Bye Kurumba Hotel.

 

I hate goodbyes, they bring tears to my eyes. This was the most fun trip I've been on. Till next time Maldives.

 

By: @anfalw

Maldives ............... continued

Hi, this is part 2 of our trip to maldives.

 

 Maldives is a Muslim country.

 

It consists of 26 atolls and 1196 islands. It is famous for diving because of its breath taking coral reefs and amazing fish species.

 

The water is incredibly clear and the most beautiful I've ever seen.

 

The weather was 25-27 degrees celcius in the afternoon with some light winds, but nice and cool at night.

 

 

First thing we saw when we woke up, was a welcoming gift from the hotel. Thank you for the kind gesture.

 

At the Vihamana restaurant, we had our breakfast buffet.

The hotel has a number of restaurants and different cuisines:
1. Vihamana: breakfast buffet.
2. Ocean grill: specialized in seafood.
3. Hamakaze: sushi

The Hamakaze overlooking the sea

4. Al Qasr: Middles Eastern food.
5. Kurumba Mahal: Indian cuisine.
6. Ming Court: Eastern restaurant.
7. La Cuina: Italain.
8. Kurumba Cafe: sandwiches and burgers. It overlooks the main pool.
9. Beach Bar: drinks on the beautiful sea.
10. Sand Bar: cocktails and drinks on the sand and ovelooking the clear sea.
11. Rendezvous Lounge: closed air-conditioned lounge next to the reception area.
12. Sounds of the sea: an arranged dinner for honeymoners by the sea, with a private butler at hand.

 

You have to book prior for a candlelight dinner like this.

13. Room service.

Hotel Amenities:

There are two pools

 

This is the big pool located at the center of the Island and most of the restaurants are located around it.

 

This is the second pool and its smaller in size. We swam in this pool beacuse it was right behind our bangalow and it was quieter and quite private.

 

They have two souvenir shops that sell all sorts of maldivian goods (from swim suits and water proof cameras to pens). On day 1, we had to go hat shopping to look the part ;)

 

This is the water sports center, where you can rent paddle boats or book to go parasailing.

 

 The stand up paddle boat.

 

The hotel also has a 24 hour gym. Yeah this is how you work out using a gym ball!

 

A tennis court and a volleyball court can be accessed free of charge.

 

 

 

Last but not least, the hotel has a recreation center, which is open at night. Since things get quiet after the sunset, some place to hangout and play becomes needed. It has a table tennis, table football, air hockey.

One of the things I liked about our hotel is that they cleaned our rooms twice a day. And every evening, they placed a timetable on the bed of all the activities and trips that will take place the next day, which helped us plan our schedule for the whole trip.

This is a brief overview of our hotel, Kurumba Maldives
Stay tuned for part 3, our diving and snorkeling trip and the dolphins cruise.

By:@anfalw

 

 

Maldives

Hi, For this year's vacation, we decided to change from our regular destinations and big capital cities to a place where there's no shopping! A place of beauty and relaxation. We choose Maldives.

All of our booking was done through Emirates holidays. The passengers were me, my brother @bowaleed263, my aunti, my friend and her brother @muswag. It was more of a friends gathering or getaway. (Tip: if you're not on a honeymoon, take young, fun and funny people who are willing to try everything, its all in the company).

First off, we took off from Kuwait and arrived at Dubai International Airport. It was my first time travelling on Emirates Airlines, I liked that they were prompt and on time. I also loved their terminal.

 Dinner is served, don't ask me why? I just like taking pics of the meals.

 

At our Transit, this board was very useful. It tells you how far the gate is from where you stand. We read it, but still ended up running in the end! We didn't expect the gate to be that far. We took a train and escalators up and down, anyway, it was funnny how we ran to the gate. A bit of action is always needed.

 

 On the plane, to Male. The duration to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport was 3 hours 40 minutes.

 

Breakfast is served. I may as well eat cos I didn't sleep at all on the plane. I was separated from my brother and just hated my place. I sat next to a foreigner and his son, who was sleeping on my shoulder the whole trip, thinking I was his mum!

 

Gladly we arrived. The airport is like nothing you have seen before. Its small and its open and has a port for all the hotel boats. We were greeted by a hotel representative, who showed us the way to our ride. The mean of transportation there is of course, by boat. The boat was big and we were the only ones on it. They gave us fresh towels and cold drinks.

 

 It took us 10 minutes to get to our hotel.

 

 Welcome to Kurumba Hotel.

 

 Coconut ice-cream anyone?

 

This is the lobby area. The reception is very spacious and open. (Nevermind the wheelchair, I get motin sickness sometimes.)

 

 Outside the Lobby.

 

 And this is our room, a deluxe beach view.

 

 The outside of our room.

 

 

To be Continued........(part 1)

 

 

By:@anfalw

Shawarmaji

Hi, Ever wondred what is the best shawarma in Kuwait?

Well, I think I found it. The place is called Shawarmaji and its located in Mishref.
My aunt once introduced me to this place and I thought of sharing it with you.

 

 It is amongst a nmber of restaurants in Mishref food circle.

 

 And this is their counter. I'll take you along step-b-step as I order.

 

 Step 1: choosing your bread (sandwich, pita or lebanese bread and saj)

 

Step 2: choose your meat (chicken, beef or sausage)

 

 Step 3: choose your veggies (lettuce, tomato, pickles, parsley, onion, etc.)

 

 Step 4: choose your sauce (garlic, pomegranate molasses, mayonnaise, tahina)

 

 Step 5: you order your drink and fries, as they put the shawarma for you in a sandwiche grill. And you pay!

 

That's my chicken shawarma.

 

 Step 6: you take a bite. I'll taste it on your behalf. Don't stare cos I wouldn't share.

 

Next time you're hungry, pass by and try it. Its gotta be tasty cos you made it yourself. And don't forget to thank me later.

 

by: @anfalw

 

Wishs

Hi, in Ramadhan, I received a care package from a new home based business from Wishs. It was a very sweet gesture, but I had to try the food and judge it critically before publishing a post.

The packing was nice and simple

They sent me some cookies, which were very tasty and generously filled with chocolate. And I also like soft and chewy cookies.

 

And red velvet Molten cakes. I'm not a big fan of red velvet molten, but this one is soft and delicious.

 

And also vine leaves. It was mouth wateringly yummy. If you like lemon and zesty vine leaves, go for it.

 

 A disected view of the red velvet molten, by me!

 

Thank you wish's and I wish you the best of luck.

If you have a party or gathering and don't know what to get, call wish's and rest assured that they'll love it.

follow their instagram account to order and see their latest: @wish__
whatsup: 99000760

By: @anfalw