Maldives - Mesmerizing, magical and memorable

It was time for our annual out of the country vacation. And after a lot of additions and deletion of options we zeroed in on Maldives. It was actually on the wishlist from a long long time. If you check out Maldives pictures on the web, am sure it will end up on your wishlist too.

Its a group of islands and each island has an exotic resort, so our first challenge was to zero in on the resort. Bad resort could result in a bad and expensive holiday. Everything in Maldives is super expensive for the obvious reason that right from water to matchbox to a pen everything is imported. For us all it mattered was for the exorbitant charges, it better look the same as it is on the website and give best in class service.

The travel agent helped us finalize on Angasana veluvaru resort, which gave us some spring discounts and a sea plane ride from Male airport and also a complimentary full board for Akshara. It did work out a lil lesser than the other resorts we had in mind.

We planned for a 4 night 5 day tour, which left a huge void in the pocket but the trip was worth every penny. Sheer luxury and exotic locales. You actually feel like living a dream. Turquoise blue beach all around, white sand, coral reef, greenery on the island, your private swimming pool , super aesthetic villa with the foam spring cot.. aagh.. I so want to go back and live the rest of my life there doing just nothing! :)

There is actually very lil for you to do there and that's the beauty, there is no hurry to get up early in the morning and catch that bus to visit n number of tourist places. All your days in Maldives will be very slow paced and at leisure.

The beach is so inviting and serene , you would be just pulled to go in to it. The moment I saw the private pool in our Villa, I jumped in to it. So beautiful and so inviting. YOu wake up in the morning and you get the view of this beautiful blue beach with green coconut trees and white sands. You come back from your breakfast and you see your private pool enticing you. Cool breeze and a walk on the white sands fill all your evenings. Starry night with the sound of waves is your thing for the night. Did you wish for anything else?

A special mention to the deep sea snorkeling. It was the most unforgettable experience for me in the entire trip. I went alone as N was not confident he would be comfortable with his limited swimming skills. The snorkeling guide gave me a life vest and the snorkeling gear and asked me to just jump from the ferry in to the deep blue sea. Those 5 seconds of jumping from the ferry and floating back on to the surface were actually very scary and then came the view of the paradise. You keep your head up and you see the vast ocean and the blue sea. You put your head down and you see the beautiful world under water. You are on your own inching forward, looking at a world you knew existed but not that mesmerizing, all you hear is your every single breath. You can see the fishes looking at you and turning away like you were an untouchable of their world. Those schools of fishes in all sizes, shapes colours... breathtaking! God created them with lot of interest trying out all his coloring skills!

Must Try: If you happen to visit Maldives, do stay for a day at the In ocean Villas, you will feel you are being pampered silly. You will feel like a royalty and a dream come true villa all yours for a day! Every hour counts then and you want to make the most of it. Over the sea hammock, Infinity pool, reclining sofas on the terrace overlooking the sea with zillions of stars to look at. Heaven

We blew up most of our last years savings in 5 days and every penny was worth it. I still don't know the exact figure we spent on this trip all inclusive, I don't want to feel guilty for the indulgence. Living a dream does come at its own cost and as long as I have my loving Hub realizing that dream for me, I really don't need to know!

Thank you N for this dream holiday, Anything for you :)