Male

We returned to Male on Sunday, ready for the return trip to Gatwick and on to Broadstairs. The ferry left Huraa at 8am, so we were up and ready for our breakfast in the morning. Mark took us the short distance to the port in the golf buggy where the ferry was waiting.

The port




And one of the playgrounds on Huraa


The ferry



The return journey was direct and took just over an hour. The sea was relatively calm, which helped.

We arrived at Male and the walked round the island to the hotel we had stayed in 6 days earlier, pausing for cups of tea on the way. At times it was difficult to get by because of the parked motorbikes which are all over Male.




We passed the fish market where the fish were being prepared.








We were staying in the same hotel as on our way to Huraa. It is not grand, but is clean and convenient for the ferry port to the air port.

In the afternoon, we visited the museum, which we had not seen on our first visit. It was an odd collection with random historical objets from the 9th to the 20th century, the police museum and a stamp museum.

This was the first CPU on the Maldives





A camera used by the police in the 90s which had a floppy disc drive built in



9th century coral carving - little is known about it.



In the evening, we found a pizza restaurant and then packed up for the flight.

We are now in our way to Gatwick where we expect to arrive at about 6pm, the on to Broadstairs.



- Pat and John on tour