This was a lazy day! Morning started out with coffee and blogging on the deck! Later was a snorkel at South Beach…but the current was SO strong, it was impossible! Back at the villa, we changed from our swim suits and snorkeling gear to shorts and a t-shirt to walk the island! The skies started…
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Maldives Baby! Kandooma Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day I – Our First Snorkel!
Supplied with free snorkeling gear from the hotel, we headed to the South Beach to snorkel!! The water was actually cool! I was shocked! As well, visibility was poor because of the recent rains. The best snorkeling, we were told, was near and under the overwater villas. However, the current there was strong – making…
Maldives Baby! Kandooma Fushi Island, South Malé Atoll – Day I – Our Arrival!
According to Wikipedia, the Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands that are chained into 26 atolls. Simply put, the Maldives is sectioned into 26 groups of coral islands. We flew from Jordan to Hamad International Airport in Qatar for an hour or so layover, to fly into the Velana International Airport, on HulHulé Island in…
Amman, Jordan – Final Day In Jordan
Final Day Our final afternoon in Jordan was a walk around the area of our hotel, the Gerasa Hotel. We stopped at a little shopping mall for something to eat. This food court meal cost 16 JOD – that’s about 30 CAD. On our walk back to the hotel, we decided to walk along this…
Balqa, Jordan – Dead Sea Spa Hotel – Last Day
Some random moments during our last day at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel. S, 🇯🇴
Balqa, Jordan – Dead Sea Spa Hotel – Afternoon In The Pool
Michael and I spent a lazy afternoon in the pool. S, 🇯🇴
Balqa, Jordan – Dead Sea Spa Hotel – The Dead Sea – Floating
You can’t sink in The Dead Sea. You float. People out in the salty water who look as if they are standing – are not – they are floating. Standing straight up. The water also feels oily. It slips off your skin, slides around you with a feeling of density to it. When I swam…
Balqa, Jordan – Dead Sea Spa Hotel – The Dead Sea – The Mud
Dead Sea Spa Hotel – Making Mud Staff make mud from The Dead Sea. It’s free for hotel guests. The mud is a mix of soil and mud from the beach. Soil & Mud The mud box on the beach is mixed with this soil surrounding the beach. As well as mud from where the…