The first place we decided to explore was the tourist beach (about a 2 minute walk from the hotel). It looked like a narrow strip from the outside with a straw fencing. When we walked it, we had the most beautiful view ever. The beach had coconuts tree that were growing in a way that added beauty to the entire strip. We found a shady spot under a tree to sit - while some of us decided to swim, the rest decided to just relax to soak in some sun rays. We had lunch at our hotel itself {More about the hotel in a separate blog post} and spent the evening cycling around the island. At night, there was a New Year party organised by the hotels on that island just for the tourists where we had some games, food, dance, fireworks (all for small fee of course).
When it comes to our vacations, I am usually the "planner". Oh believe me, if I travel with my husband or a group, no one does anything, I do the planning and they just follow. I usually know where I am going at least 3 months in advance, that gives me plenty of time to plan, But, when my husband returned home from work on December 21st, 2014 and told me that we were going to Maldives for New Year, I was just surprised as well as shocked. Surprised ,because we were going on another holiday, YAY!, and shocked because, "what about my research"? Anyway, in those few days that we had before we left for Maldives, I decided that we would travel by Fly Dubai (as it was so much cheaper and the travel time was short) and stay at a Stingray Beach Inn on Maafushi island. This was a budget hotel that I found on booking.com and had some great reviews. The resort islands for New Year were overpriced ! Now, Maafushi is an island inhabited by locals, and unlike the other resort islands they had a few restrictions. Firstly, there was no alcohol available anywhere on the island and you couldn't bring it from anywhere else as well. Secondly, bathing suits were allowed only on a particular tourist beach on the island. Anyway, we were prepared. We left for Male on December 30th early morning and reached Male sometime around noon. Maafushi is about half and hour away (by boat) from Male. We pre-booked our airport transfer by speedboat with the hotel itself in advance. It was a bumpy but beautiful ride from the airport to our island. We got to see some of the island resorts from far away as well as watch the crystal clear waters of Maldives turn blue, green, and turquoise. Once we reached the island, our hotel owner Ibrahim was waiting for us at the jetty and escorted us to our hotel (about a 5 minute walk). We checked in our room, changed into our bathing suits, took a map and set out. The first place we decided to explore was the tourist beach (about a 2 minute walk from the hotel). It looked like a narrow strip from the outside with a straw fencing. When we walked it, we had the most beautiful view ever. The beach had coconuts tree that were growing in a way that added beauty to the entire strip. We found a shady spot under a tree to sit - while some of us decided to swim, the rest decided to just relax to soak in some sun rays. We had lunch at our hotel itself {More about the hotel in a separate blog post} and spent the evening cycling around the island. At night, there was a New Year party organised by the hotels on that island just for the tourists where we had some games, food, dance, fireworks (all for small fee of course).
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