The Maldives: Visiting A Completely Uninhabited Island

Ah, the Maldives... Where do I even start. Everything you’ve heard about it's true; it's like you’ve stepped right into google images or Pinterest or your wildest, bluest dream. I had (very) high hopes and they were beyond exceeded, the entire time you’re like that little boy after the dentist going, 'is this real liiiiiiiife?'. The four of us honestly spent 90% of the time looking at one another to check if it was all actually happening. I don’t really know how to put into words how amazing it is (not without weeping anyway) so I thought the best way to give you a feel of it was, as always, to split it into photo diaries. Initially there were going to be two posts in total, but there was, um, 6000 pictures – over 300 of which I wanted to share – so I’ve split it up into three different parts based around each of the resorts we stayed at. And I’ll maybe throw in a fourth if I’m feeling really crazy. So, after a lot of internal debating, I thought I'd start with the Sandbank island we visited. Feast your eyes on THIS:

So there are a few different types of islands in the Maldives, one of which is the sandbank island. This means that not only no people live on the island, but no plants or living beings of any kind live here either. The most unsociable of the islands, if you will. It’s literally just pure white sand and a whole lot of blue sea. Luckily Ihuru own one of these sandbanks, so we got to experience it with our very own eyes. It’s pretty surreal pulling up to it; the sea surrounding it is so clear that you can see right down to the bottom, as crystal clear as if you were looking into a swimming pool. A beautiful swimming pool filled with lots of brightly coloured coral and fish, that is. After a little snorkel around the island, a big marquee was set up and we sat under it and had a beautiful – and very colourful - spread. 

I mean look at the colour of that water in that last photo.. what the shit.

So, there's a little Maldives taster for you - I'll be back next week with one of my big-ass photo diaries for you, so get a cup of tea and a biscuit - or maybe a packet of biscuits - ready for that one. 

Amy

Thank you so much to the wonderful Angsana Ihuru for hosting us and making all of my Maldives dreams come ture