Sweet Fanny Adams!

We were woken last night with a huge clap of thunder that shocked us out of a deep sleep without warning. It was building all afternoon and let rip at some point during my sleep. Just to show you that the water is always the amazing turquoise/azure blue all the time and not just because of the sun, here is a pic of the storm building last night whilst we were having dinner and playing chess.


It actually looked much angrier last night, but you get the point!

As the title suggests, we have done sweet FA today and it has been lovely! We had planned on a snorkelling trip but we cancelled early on due to choppiness of the water, although it did clear up nicely. Not to worry though as a shark swam under our villa and then Big Bertha, the daily monster stingray stopped by for a dump again, this time under our sun deck. He's always welcome though!

Chokdee snorkelled for us instead while we had a lazy day, reading, playing chess and generally slouching.


Here he is about to get into our private swimming hole...


In other news, we haven't seen 38 today although we suspect a sabotage... To get the room turned down, you put the eyes from open...


...to closed...


Anyway, we went to dinner and could have sworn we left them open, but when we returned, turn down wasn't done and the eyes were closed. Damn 38!!!

This afternoon we spent a few hours at the spa where we had a massage. You have to fill a form out about preferences and allergies etc. Amanda's form, already filled out by the ever so efficient staff read:

First Name: Amanda. Surname: William Canavan :-)

Whilst we were waiting for our treatment, a guest masseur from Thailand came to chat to us. She is a crystal healer and specialises in 'crystal singing bowl treatment'... right up my alley! She asked us if we'd like a demonstration and it was impossible to refuse. She asked us to close our eyes and then she bonged a bowl, wafted it around and hummed in various complimentary tones between mine and Amanda's heads. After the vibrations had righted my brain waves and she left, I looked over and saw that Amanda was in fits of laughter with tears rolling down her face. The mental image of this wailing hippie, whacking a bowl and humming like fat dog after he'd sat on his own testicles was too much to bear... she lost it! I personally didn't see the funny side and feel spiritually uplifted!

We're off now for cocktails with the GM and a bit of this...


But before we sign off, here is a world's first and especially for you Moira: Planking In the Maldives!!!!!!!!!


Fact of the day: lightning. Virtually everything we encounter on earth is solid, liquid or gas, one of the 3 states of matter. Lightening is a 4th state known as plasma, a bit like a super heated liquid/gas. The reason thunder always follows lightening is that the temperature of the lightening is so hot that it instantly heats the air around it, causing it to expand at an enormous rate, sending out a pressure wave. Sound waves are pressure waves, therefore we interpret this incredibly powerful longitudinal wave as a clap (if close) or rumble of thunder. And you always see lightning before the thunder as the speed of light is way faster than the speed of sound, therefore the lightening reaches your eyes before the thunder reaches your ears.

Cheers!

Dave Canavan MSc
www.thechingchokhunter.com

Location:Fithiroanu Magu,Hulhumalé,Maldives