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Day 9 – Veli Resort

The day starts after another excellent breakfast, where Bene gets another specialty from the chef, specially prepared tuna with chapita, these are small pancakes that you tear off and then eat the tuna with, with a huge surprise when we … Continue reading

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Day 8 – Gulhifushi Island

This morning we packed our snorkel gear and after breakfast, we had ourselves taken to Gulhifushi Island. Transport between the islands is of course by boat. Between 7:00 and 23:00 they sail back and forth according to the offer of … Continue reading

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Day 7 – Veli Resort

Before we start repeating ourselves, here’s a helicopter view today. How do you like it now, quietly in one place, and being pampered, because that’s really what happens to us, pampering. In a few days at the same location, as … Continue reading

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Day 6 – Veli Resort

After breakfast we took the boat to Dhigu Island to get a snorkeling equipment. After some fitting and explanation we can use this equipment for the remaining days. We took the boat back to our cottage and went into the … Continue reading

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Day 5 – Veli Resort

As expected, not much to tell today. The pictures say more than a thousand words. We got up, had an a la carte breakfast and then explored the island a bit. And oh yes, swam in the sea at the … Continue reading

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Day 4 – travel to the Maldives

Today is all about our flight to the Maldives. We make sure we have the 7:00 shuttle bus at the hotel because the flight leaves at 9:45. That all works out fine, and after a short delay we fly. The … Continue reading

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Day 3 – Dubai Mall

Slept until about nine this morning. Then we had a somewhat hasty breakfast, because we had to be ready in front of the hotel at 10.30. A shuttle bus took us to the Dubai Mall. The second largest shopping mall … Continue reading

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Day 2 – Dubai

We have breakfast and are picked up at the hotel by Basheer at 10 am. We booked Basheer from the Netherlands so that he can drive us in his air-conditioned car along the tourist places. Because it is very hot … Continue reading

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Day 1

Day 1 is a complete travel day. Our flight to Dubai was supposed to leave at twenty to twelve in the morning, but because our neighbor on the plane was not feeling well, it had to be decided first, after … Continue reading

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