Jacqui and Richard Abroad: Saturday, March 25th – Visiting two local islands (Kamadhoo and Kihaadhoo)

We had a very nice breakfast and then went into the water for a bit and stopped at the Sunset bar for a drink. While there, we saw two schools of dolphin swim by. I t was nice to see. We then got ready for our afternoon excursion, which consisted of visiting two “local” islands. After a boat ride of about 30 minutes, we got to our first island, named Kamadhoo. It was an island of about 500 people and a fisherman’s island, and there was nothing else to do there. They had a school that did go up to grade 10. But with the size of the island, just like the one we are on, there are no cars, no motorcycles, no nothing motorized!

The second island, Kihaadhoo, was more developed; some of the buildings had AC. There was a medical clinic, a restaurant, a school, and colours on the buildings, as opposed to just being white/grey, the colour of cement. The population of this island was again around 500, and from what our guide was saying, that is pretty common. We did see some motorcycles on the island, even though I don’t know why with the size of it. Our guide actually lived on this island as he did not return with us. The whole tour lasted for about three and a half hour and we got back by about 6 pm. Just enough time for a quick dip in the ocean, a short walk to the Sunset bar to watch the sun set, which was amazing as the sea was as calm as can be (but no camera with us), then go for dinner. All in all, a very nice day! By the way, the food is amazing!