Living in a Screen Saver

For weeks now, Amanda has had a picture of the bar at Soneva Gili as her screen saver and finally, without the need of photoshop, she is finally in it :-)



When we found out our leaving time and when it finally dawned on us that we do actually have to leave Laamu, we were nervous and questioned whether we'd done the right thing or not... I mean, who leaves paradise?

Anyway, as we landed at Male airport and were picked up by a team of about 6 people, including the GM, we started to relax. When we finally pulled up and moved into a villa roughly 4 times as big as the one at Laamu, we really started to think we made the right decision. But this was the clincher for me...



They are all around the bar! Baby black tip reef sharks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A metre and a half at most in length and I am in paradise! I said to Amanda that if this island had cobras, I have found heaven. As it doesn't, it's just bloody close!

The Six Senses philosophy, along with 'No Shoes No News' is:


Fine by us! Not surprisingly, we fit right in! The shoes were off in the boat before we even arrived at the resort, and then we moved from first gear into neutral with ease...


This one's for you Jeremy Coles: They serve Corona (all beers actually) in ice buckets! Genius :-)


Apart from being burnt and tired, all is well in the new place. It is a league above Laamu and I didn't think that was even possible! So here we are, Soneva Gili. I'll do a walk round tour tomorrow of our mansion! But for now, I leave you with a view of our sun beds from the open air lounge.



Oh yeah...Chokdee has settled in nicely and is just off for a shower...


And finally, my fact. Do you know what the most intelligent invertebrate on the planet is? It is the ever changing, wonderful octopus. They've also got 3 hearts and no bones. Their only hard part is a beak which they use to eat things with. And the largest of the octopus species is the giant octopus which lives in the icy waters in Canada and can grow up to 10 metres in length!!! This is because of the higher percentage of dissolved oxygen in colder waters.

I went with the octopus because in the bar there is a hole in the floor of roughly 4 metres in diameter and there lives an octopus who I haven't seen yet, but only cos he's cleverer than I am and better at hiding!

Cheers!

Dave Canavan MSc
www.thechingchokhunter.com

Location:Fithiroanu Magu,Hulhumalé,Maldives