March 15

Still "smiley"!

We reached Male at 8:00 in the morning. We went through customs and got our bags. Unfortunately one of the items we were given for our honeymoon was confiscated (fuzzy red handcuffs), but we will get them back before our flight out on the 28th.

We were on a sea plane scheduled to leave at 9:50, but it didn’t leave until 10:30. It was quite cool! We saw other islands and stuff from the air that we would have missed if we’d been on a boat. The plane brought us to the island on which we are staying the next 2 weeks – Velidhu. When we arrived (11:30), our water bungalow was not ready yet, so we went to bungalow 142 to relax and freshen up. Within 5 minutes of being in that room, Mark and I were both passed out! The porter came to tell us our room was ready (12:30) we woke up and went to our bungalow. The guy who comes at night to turn the bed down knocked on our door at 7:45 and woke us up. We dressed and went to supper. Our waiter for the duration of our stay is Ali Waheed. He seems nice. After supper, we went back to the water bungalow and went back to sleep.