Maldives! Trip of a Lifetime. Part 1

This is part 1 of our wonderful vacation to the Maldives! I have too many pictures to put in one blog post. This was our Thanksgiving getaway. Steve's work schedule did not allow us to be gone during Christmas but he had a ton of vacation so we decided to take this trip of a lifetime when we could. Why a trip of a lifetime, because it is so gorgeous but the most expensive trip or thing we have ever done! Worth it....YES!

This is part of the island where there was an underwater restaurant underneath that hut!

It all began after we landed in the Male' Airport. While waiting for our seaplane to take us to our island, we were treated to FREE neck and back massages. As you can see Steve is enjoying his!

This was my favorite part of the seaplane. Look at the pilot he is barefoot! This is just how the whole trip was. You will see later.

This is the seaplane that flew us to our island. It was a 30 miunte ride.

View from the plane.

When we landed this is what we saw. It was like that old TV show "Fantasy Island" where you land out in nowhere, beautiful and they are waiting for you to take you and your luggage to your villa.

View of propeller just as landed.

This is me in front of our villa #116 You can see how humid the air is.

This is our outdoor shower. Yes, it was completely open at the top with walls around it. Great experience hard to get use to, but fun.

Just a few steps from the shower was the outdoor tub. This was so big you could fit 6 people in it. It had a ceiling fan and jets as well.

View of the vanity area looking from the outdoor shower. There was a glass door opening and you can see our bedroom. Look at the green foliage outside the bedroom windows.

This is our bed looking through the glass opening into our bathroom. So yes, if curtains were not closed all could be seen. They had remote control blinds that we did close at night.

View of our room from the bed. Couch, TV and desk.

This is the view from our private patio out to the beach. Yes I said Private Patio! This was so nice to just walk out of your room and right out your own path to the beach. It also made your "glass" room more private. Good thing!

This is from the beach using our path up to our private patio and room.
More posts to come...check back in a few more days.....the scenery will knock your socks off!