Good morning Steemians! Today, I’m a little late posting the morning sunshine for ya’ll. Internet here sure does remind me how dependent I am on it to connect to the world. Remember post cards? I think they might be more reliable ;) Just kidding, look, internet access!
As I mentioned on my last post, it was my last day in Guraidhoo, the tiny little island south of the capital with not much going on except beautiful waters, reef sharks and sting rays popping up through my googles as my face was pressed tight against the water!
I’ll write more about this later but Maldives was one of the hardest trips I have ever tried to plan. It’s not hugely traveled due to the expensive nature of things and doing it on a budget, well… it was tricky.
I came across an article saying to skip ‘Maafushi’, the blogger claimed it was too touristy, too many people on the beach, too developed. Well, to each their own because to a vegan traveling in a country where fish and rice comprise of the main diet… I needed some options for food so I booked 3 days there in case I was starving by that point.
I’m super thankful I did. I have been having a rough time with food choices and so this bustling (compared to the tiny, relaxed island I was just on) hit the spot. I actually got some Indian food which is one of my absolute favorite cuisines and since you know I am all about food, I was blissed out of my mind!
Also, Maafushi is straight up gorgeous, close to the airport, easy and cheap to get to and I have zero regrets about visiting (except maybe that I didn’t stay longer!)
It all depends on what you’re looking for but if gorgeous waters, incredible sunrises and sunsets and island paradise all’round are your thing. This is the place for you!
I have to tell you, I was pretty impressed with my first sunrise here on Maafushi, just steps away from my guesthouse! Hope you liked it too ;)
Here are my previous sunrises, straight at you from the Indian Ocean:
🌞Welcome to Paradise
🌞Day 1
🌞Day 2
🌞Day 3
I got AMAZING drone footage the last few days! I seriously CAN'T WAIT to share with you guys! 🌞
Sending you love from Maldives,
XO,
I can imagine how tricky it must be to find vegan food and internet while traveling. Although, I wanna travel so bad and I will soon, but these two things are little scary, lol. Nevertheless, I am sure where is a will there is away.
I really enjoy reading about your travel experiences not only because of the beautiful photos, but I also learn something new every time. Wish you all the best my Dear XOXO
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Lena, I am not going to lie, as a vegan it can be really hard as you pointed out. Most of the time when I plan travel (because I am an over-planner haha) I look up places to eat and local food to make sure I'll be OK and then of course, I pack tons of snacks to take with me. This time I brought some gluten free, vegan, raw granola and some tempe cookies with me but Maldives has been hard. I have had veggie rice every meal every day since I got here :/...
That being said, the world is changing and so is the vegan movement so in bigger places, I never have a problem. Islands can be tricky because they are isolated so if they don't grow their fruits and veggies... we starve :P
I'm happy to hear you are learning from my travel, I always try to post my lessons but sometimes I forget not everyone knows what I already know from this which my dad has pointed out so I'll keep trying to give advice to make things easier from my mistakes ;) <3
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You are doing great job planning trips and sharing your experience Sweetie. Just keep in mind, you can never cover everything, because each individual has different needs, so we have to figure some stuff on our own. Nevertheless, be assured that when the time comes to plan my trip, I will be asking you lots of questions, lol. XOXO
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You're too kind, I have a few ideas that I am going to mesh into my posts when I get home with all this footage! I almost bought a macro lens in Singapore but I couldn't convince myself to spend the money. I had to replace my regular lens from dropping it back in Vietnam but I hope one day I can catch the world up close like you <3
I hope the questions are something like what my address is so you can come stay with me and cook delicious meals together :) <3
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GoOd mOrNiNg
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Good morning :) I am a little late, my next good morning was posted just now though with another sun, another day :) Hope you had a great morning yesterday as well as today :)
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hey dear a long time you are not here hope you are good and having a sweet time amazing lovely shots
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Oh I know, I have been running all over the place and internet is always difficult for me to get connected to lately but I am trying to catch up and share everything I have been doing and seeing :)
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glad to see you again hope you enjoyed waiting eagerly for your wonderful posts have fun
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This is my kind of vacation. Sun, water, peaceful. Check out some of my photos...we did a couple sailing trips and the views were simply amazing.
I have never been to Guraidhoo, but now I will have to put it on my list of places to visit. I love to travel.
Great pictures, thanks for sharing, cheers!
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Oh wow, sailing here would be amazing! I am not really a boat girl, I always tend to freak out pretty quickly after the waves get going haha but the idea of it makes my heart sing!
It's a small island in Maldives, kind of remote by their standards and quiet, it's lovely, I would recommend it for sure <3
I'll definitely check your photos out when I get home and can actually load pages. Right now the internet situation is quite tricky, most of the time I am just hoping things load and pressing send haha :)
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Beautiful pictures. I'm kinda addicted to taking sunset pictures. Can't wait to see your drone shots👍
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I am too. I take WAY too many then can't figure out which ones I want to share haha even the sunrise today which I just posted was kind of... lack luster compared to some other days but I still had 50 photos of it ;) I get home next week and will be posting TONS of my drone footage :) I even have drone sunset stuff ;)
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although it is hard to face the important obstacles the result is satisfying as the results in the articles you tell me, I wait for your next story,,
I like adventure
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I love adventure too! I posted the sunrise today if you want to see it :)
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The second and last photograph says a thousand words. Hope you enjoyed your trip☺
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Hi @frankabelle, I get so caught up watching the sun sometimes I forget to press the button to capture it but you know, the sky always tells a story. Today was completely different as were all of the past ones I posted, it's kind of like a different show every day ;) Thanks for the comment, I am loving my trip and hate that it's coming to and end soon :'(
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Beautiful
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nice pic! beautiful!
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Good morning sunshine. Was hoping you'd post the picture of that amazing Indian meal. Hahaha.
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I should do that! But it will make me too hungry! The islands live off of chicken and fish and I don't eat either so I have been eating rice and watermelon for DAYS now aha I will try to share more delicious food when I am not so hungry :)
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Hahahahahaha i totally understand. I am glad you are having fun even though i couldn't find your room next to mine again hahaha.
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Haha I don't know where you are looking but it must be the wrong place again!
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Hahahaha my excitement to see you must have gotten the better of me and led me astray. Haha
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=D
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😘😚😙
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Always good to see the sunrise!
Thanks for the 'teaser' share, look forward to the full report.
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I am trying to share it every day, when the internet cooperates that is ;) We've been having a lot of cloud cover getting in the way of my epic shots but I am behind in my posting so although the post I posted today has some clouds in the way, I got an incredible one coming to make up for it =D
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He/ She is so much lucky who are daily see the sun rise in very first of morning
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Yes I completely agree! It's a wonderfully healing habit to adopt and gives a sense of peace to start the day off with :)
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Phew, glad you found a little more to eat there!
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Haha I was going to post a rescue me alert asking someone to come feed me ;)
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Great photos! I admire you that you have the will to wake up so early! I have a problem with him every day :( But maybe I will learn how to do it in the Maldives because it is definitely worth it!
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Haha well, I have to tell you I slept THROUGH my alarm this morning. I must have been out cold because I don't usually sleep through anything. When the sun is this beautiful, it makes you want to go to bed early so you can see the gorgeous sight in the morning (otherwise I am with you and not waking up at 6 am haha)
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