After months of anticipation, we are finally at the Anantara Veli resort in the Maldives, redeeming the lucky draw prize I won from Marina Square’s GSS draw.
The flight was ok, though Nick found it bumpy. He is starting to develop a phobia of flying, his life flashes before him each bout of turbulence and his paranoia rubs off on me! As soon as the tyres hit the runway, he unbuckled his seat belt and rushed to the loo to hurl in one of those little blue SQ paperbags.
It was a pretty full flight, and about 70% of the passengers appeared to be from mainland China. I was surprised initially but the stewardess said there are usually tour groups on this sector. It is still CNY so that also explains the high numbers.
I managed to watch two movies, Tamara Drewe and The Switch. Didn’t really enjoy my ayam masak merah with rice meal, guess I was still full from the bite we had at the Krisflyer Gold Lounge, their tomato soup was quite lovely though the chicken rice and fried mee siam were dry.
We found our transfer easily enough after exiting the tiny airport but had to wait for others to join. Bought Nick a coffee, he was still light-headed from the flight but soon we were on our way to the boats lined up just outside the departure hall.
I’m fine with boats during the day but sitting on a speedboat for 30 mins when it’s pitch black all around you can be a little harrowing, especially when going over bumps. We could see a billion stars in the sky even though it was cloudy, and at times couldn’t tell where the sea ended and where the sky began.
Upon arrival at the resort, we were greeted at the jetty and check-in was conducted in our room by a China chick who at first was talking a mile a minute in Mandarin till we got her to speak in English.
The room is nice, lots of wood. There was welcome pineapple in the room, who eats a whole pineapple? Can’t see a thing in the dark but am sure the view outside will be gorgeous in the morning!
The flight was ok, though Nick found it bumpy. He is starting to develop a phobia of flying, his life flashes before him each bout of turbulence and his paranoia rubs off on me! As soon as the tyres hit the runway, he unbuckled his seat belt and rushed to the loo to hurl in one of those little blue SQ paperbags.
It was a pretty full flight, and about 70% of the passengers appeared to be from mainland China. I was surprised initially but the stewardess said there are usually tour groups on this sector. It is still CNY so that also explains the high numbers.
I managed to watch two movies, Tamara Drewe and The Switch. Didn’t really enjoy my ayam masak merah with rice meal, guess I was still full from the bite we had at the Krisflyer Gold Lounge, their tomato soup was quite lovely though the chicken rice and fried mee siam were dry.
We found our transfer easily enough after exiting the tiny airport but had to wait for others to join. Bought Nick a coffee, he was still light-headed from the flight but soon we were on our way to the boats lined up just outside the departure hall.
I’m fine with boats during the day but sitting on a speedboat for 30 mins when it’s pitch black all around you can be a little harrowing, especially when going over bumps. We could see a billion stars in the sky even though it was cloudy, and at times couldn’t tell where the sea ended and where the sky began.
Upon arrival at the resort, we were greeted at the jetty and check-in was conducted in our room by a China chick who at first was talking a mile a minute in Mandarin till we got her to speak in English.
The room is nice, lots of wood. There was welcome pineapple in the room, who eats a whole pineapple? Can’t see a thing in the dark but am sure the view outside will be gorgeous in the morning!
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