Middle Of The Ocean

After the loveliest time spent at the Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru hotel (where I could have stayed forever if they would have just let me I might add), we were off to our next and second location of the week. After yet another ride with the tiny sea plane (which should be an activity all by itself since it’s a pretty spectacular experience and incredible view of the landscape below) we arrived to the Four Seasons Kuda Huraa resort. 

We immediately fell in love with the cosy atmosphere of the island, the lovely staff, the bougainvillea flowers planted all along the main road and the romantic water villas and beach bungalows for the guests. If the resort at Landaa Giraavaru was over-the-top-minimalistic-ultra-luxurious this was definitely luxurious as well but in a more laid back sort of way. Does that make any sense at all? Anyhow, the property is absolutely beautiful, beaches of white sand everywhere and water you can see right through since it’s the clearest ever. I loved getting the opportunity to see two different places while in the Maldives, which were equally incredible.

IN THE JUNGLE

Quite a few people expressed their concerns to me before I left for this holiday. It mostly sounded something like “Aren’t you going to be a bit bored over there?”, “You know there’s not really a lot of things to do in the Maldives…”, “Please remember to bring lots of books – you’ll need them”. I don’t know if these people have ever been to the Maldives in their lives or not but I don’t believe we visited the same place. If you wanted to you could easily have filled up every single day with entertaining activities. We said we would go for a quick little snorkelling session before lunch one day and ended up coming back out of the water four hours later (without wearing any sunscreen I might add – something I understand was a huuuge mistake afterwards). There are a million things to do and to see over here, which is one of the reasons I never had the chance to even open the one and only book I brought with me for my time away.

Gone Surfing

Bedsides snorkelling, a day-trip to (can’t wait to tell you more about this too), dolphin cruising and visiting turtles, we also managed to squeeze in the time for a little surf lesson. I never thought that I would be a natural when it came to surfing (I can just feel that this is not in my genes) and it turns out that I was right. It was hilarious watching people trying to get up on their boards but also incredibly impressive to see how many actually managed after only a little lesson together with the team on the island. I definitely have new respect for this sport and can’t wait to try in again one day!

On a bed of water in the ocean

To be completely honest with you (shh, don’t tell anyone) I’m actually not the biggest fan of SPA-treatments. I means, I like them… They’re nice but I usually prefer to spend two extra hours on the beach, exploring, reading, taking photos etc. instead of getting oiled up in this heat. But oh how wrong I was. Hand on my heart, I think these two SPA experiences have changed my mind and will make me a fellow SPA-lover from now on.

Mango, pasta or chocolate?

If you managed to make it through my previous post from the Maldives, you’ve already heard me raving about the food that we had the pleasure of enjoying at the former resort, so I won’t bore you with another novel about how delicious the food was. So I’ll just say this: the meat was better than the meat I’ve had at some of the fanciest hotels in Paris. The Indian food was my favourite so far. And the pasta was cooked to perfection. Oh, and did I mention the Tiramisu? Yum! I’m truly beyond impressed with the food and would return almost solely for that.

I can’t believe that on most days we found ourselves completely alone on the beaches and in the water. It would go hours between seeing other people, which made it feel like we almost had the entire island to ourselves. From now on, when anyone uses the word paradise I think these are the places that will come to mind for me. 

It’s hard to properly take in all of this beauty while being there and actually living it. That’s one of the reasons as to why I love photography so much. I get the opportunity to capture these bits and pieces of beauty and I get to look back at them once everything is finished and gone… Over and over again and I get to enjoy my memories from each and every photo on repeat in my mind.

All clothing information: See more here – Location: Four Seasons Kuda Huraa