After a trip to India in March to finalise Bina’s mother’s estate, we had earned a trip to the Maldives!

A quick two and a half hour flight from Mumbai, and we landed in the capital city of Malé. From there, a 45 minute speedboat ride took us to the island of Helengeli and our home for the next 4 nights.

We had splurged on an over water villa….

….so we could sleep to the sound of gentle waves lapping against the decking. Our outdoor shower was one that we wished we could take home with us, minus the geckos!

We ate all our meals outdoors by the water….

And you knew this was next, right? Food porn!!

Luckily we had quite a walk back to our villa. We managed to walk 5+ kms every day, just going back and forth to different places on the island.

And we got plenty of exercise snorkelling around in the warm waters.

While staying away from the reef sharks, and looking at an amazing variety of fish… clockwise, from top left, Blue Triggerfish, Bluespotted Spinefoot, Blue Tang and Orangespine Unicornfish