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我们在马尔代夫人口稠密的首都马累停泊。
马尔代夫由26个环礁和1292个珊瑚岛组成，岛屿的最高海拔不超过3米，其中约200个岛屿有人居住。
自1965年独立以来，1968年成为共和国，人口约550,000人，马累的人口密度为世界最高之一。
我们乘坐小艇前往岛屿，决定步行探索这座城市。
我们参观了水果和蔬菜市场以及鱼市。我们欣赏了阿尔-苏丹·穆罕默德清真寺、未来主义的国王萨尔曼清真寺和人造海滩的建筑。
傍晚时分，我们离开马尔代夫，前往毛里求斯。

有些地方并不会大声呼喊你的注意，它们只是静静存在，等待你到来并迷醉其中。汤杜富士，这个马尔代夫的小岛度假村，正是这样一个地方。从水上飞机在难以置信的蓝色水面降落的那一刻起，我就知道我步入了一场梦境。在接下来的十天里，我生活在阳光晒白的沙滩、碧绿的浅水和充满生机的珊瑚花园中。

我注意到的第一件事就是水的颜色。它不仅仅是蓝色——它展现出了每一种蓝色的色调，从海岸附近柔和的浅色调，到远处深邃而催眠的靛蓝。岛屿本身几乎只是一片沙滩和棕榈树，散落着几座水上平房，还有几条被热带树木遮荫的蜿蜒小路。我一到达，生活便放慢了脚步。

汤杜富士的日子没有严格的计划。时间由潮汐的涨落、金色日出洒在水面上的光芒以及将天空染成粉红和紫色的日落来标记。大多数早晨，我会在别墅下听着轻柔的浪花声醒来。我会端上一杯咖啡，坐在阳台上，双脚悬空在水面上，观看黄鳝在浅水中如影子般滑过。

然后，自然是潜水。如果你从未在马尔代夫潜水过，很难用言语形容沉入一个如此生机盎然、完全不受干旱土地忧虑影响的世界是什么感觉。每一次潜水都是不同的。一天早上，我与一群礁鲨同游，它们流畅的身体在水中自如地移动，对我的存在毫不在意。在另一次潜水中，我被一阵小银鱼包围，它们如同一个整体在水流中舞动，形成活生生的形状。

我环顾四周，珊瑚礁绽放着色彩。小丑鱼从海葵后探出头来，鹦嘴鱼在珊瑚上啃食，海鳗在岩石藏身处盯着我们。海龟懒洋洋地游过，仿佛是古老的灵魂。而在一次特别难忘的潜水中，一只曼塔鳐从头顶翱翔而过——一只庞大而优雅的生物，似乎更像精灵而非动物。

下午是享受阳光和鸡尾酒的时间。无数个小时我都躺在水边，手中拿着书，身旁是新鲜的饮品。莫吉托、菠萝冰沙、百香果达基里——我以往通常专注于更重要的事情的态度去一一品尝鸡尾酒单上的饮品。尽管我几乎在每个白天都沐浴在马尔代夫的太阳下，我的皮肤却顽固地拒绝晒黑。不知怎的，我的肌肤依然如初般苍白，这成为我在温暖下悠闲时光的一个个人谜团。

夜晚则是一种安静的魔力。日落缓缓降临，将整个天空变得如火般灼热。我会在沙滩上手握饮品，脚趾埋在沙中，看着地平线吞噬太阳。晚餐总是新鲜的——烤海鲜、热带水果，以及浓郁的椰子和香料咖喱。海风让每一种味道更加鲜明，使每一口都感觉像是一部分体验。

有一天晚上，在经历了一整天的水上活动后，度假村的工作人员在沙滩上为我们准备了一顿晚餐。蜡烛在微风中摇曳，波浪的声音填补了我们谈话之间的沉默。这是简单而美丽的，远离日常生活的匆忙，就像从故事中走出来的一幕。

在我离开的时候，我已经完全融入了这个岛屿的节奏，离开的想法变得如此奇怪。生活在汤杜富士是那么简单而美好。游泳、潜水、吃东西、喝酒、休息，一遍遍重复。没有时钟，没有压力，只有自然的稳定脉动和你在水下自己的呼吸。

当我登上水上飞机准备回家时，我回头瞥了一眼那片小小的沙滩和棕榈，已经感受到了离别的痛苦。汤杜富士不是一个你访问一次便可遗忘的地方。它会伴随你——在你嘴唇上的盐味，在鱼群如活云般游动的记忆中，在那阳光的温暖中，却不知为何在皮肤上不留痕迹。

我一定会再回来的。因为有些地方不仅仅是目的地，它们是你生命故事中的停顿。而汤杜富士是一个我想要重访的地方。

马累：阳光明媚，气温40度，湿度89%

我们在早上9点抵达马累，立刻登上了小艇。今天我们决定自行探索马累市。起点是鱼市场，接着去了水果和蔬菜市场。这些市场总是让我着迷。接着我们穿过狭窄的小巷，四处都是摩托车。这里的摩托车数量肯定超过岛上的居民 ;-). 我们参观了各个公园，可惜这些公园没有得到很好的维护，我们对此感到非常遗憾。蓝色清真寺于2018至2022年间建成，最多可容纳10,000名信徒在清真寺内祈祷。不幸的是，由于空调尚未投入使用（估计花费600万美元），该清真寺尚未开放。我们在海滩找到了一家超级餐厅，重温了鱼和炸薯条的美味，尽情享受生活，所有的一切只花了8美元。之后我们再次漫步回到小艇，期待着我们的空调舱室。今天是4月4日，我们将留在船上，因为从早上9点到11点之间已经下了五次雨。接下来两天我们将在海上，然后我们将抵达塞舌尔。

在繁忙的印度之旅后，马尔代夫正是放松身心、享受生活的理想地方。

这个位于印度洋的岛国拥有约1200个岛屿，能够让度假梦想成真。

我们立刻就感受到了在白沙滩旁的凉亭中居住的舒适。'房间里一切都好吗？'每天下午，房间服务员Abir都会面带微笑地问我们这个问题，关怀备至。

由于岛上有潜水中心，我们决定挑战一次潜水。我们很幸运遇到了来自德国的潜水教练Julia，凭借她耐心且专业的教学，潜水体验令人难忘。

在这里的时光飞逝，我们在珊瑚礁附近浮潜、打羽毛球、阅读、用餐、休息……

对我们而言，马尔代夫就是一个小天堂。

你好呀!

这几天我没有跟你联系，部分原因是因为中间发生了很多令人兴奋的事情把我吸引住了。然后我们有一段时间也没有互联网。而且，我的大小姐总是帮我写作，这几天她有点生病。但现在!!

所以，首先是最重要的：我真的潜得非常深!!!!

这让我克服了很多恐惧。不过，因为我的大小姐在水下看到了这么美妙的东西，我还是想亲自体验一下。

不过一切都要按部就班。安全是第一位的。

在我仔细确认船上所有安全设备后，我们真的一起跳入水中。我的大小姐抓紧我的手，以免我迷路。

万一我在水下意外需要呼吸，我们还测试了所谓的八爪鱼。这几乎是每个潜水员都有的第二个供气装置，以防有人气瓶里的气体用光。

当然，大家都很照顾我。首先是我的大小姐，还有我们的潜水向导哈桑，以及达沃——我的大小姐一直和他一起在水下活动。

和哈桑在一起让我非常安心，因为他有丰富的经验且非常冷静。这种状态似乎也传染给我了。

然后，水下能看到和发现的东西实在是太刺激了。我告诉你... 哇哦!!

我可以看到潜水员们在水中用他们的大橡胶脚蹼移动。哦，对了，那个叫做鳍。

总之，这里有许多奇妙的动物! 看看：

对我来说，最顶尖的亮点是有一只真正的鲨鱼在我身边游过! 想象一下。哇哦，这让我有点紧张。尽管我的大小姐之后说，他看起来更小，并且不危险。但是谁知道呢，对吗?

我大哥在最后一天看到了老虎鲨鱼。听说那是另一回事。没能一起去真是太好了。

总的来说，我一起进行了两次潜水! 这是不是超级酷?! 以前我对水感到非常恐惧。现在却能做到这。 我为自己感到骄傲! 我大小姐们也一样。船上的其他人都对我赞不绝口，真是对我很友好。

贝贝，她总是在船上帮我的大小姐准备装备，潜水后也很亲切地接待了我。

然后我可以泡澡。泡沫浴之类的。那真的很舒适，比海水还温暖。虽然这里的水温也已经达到29度。应该算温暖，我对度数不太了解。

在晒干的时候，我还可以利用风扇的风。这非常舒服和有点痒。

所以，我现在是一只真正的潜伴熊。因为你知道，潜伴就是潜水伙伴，他们一起潜水并相互照顾。

未来我也能做到——潜水和当潜伴。我非常期待！！

至少和我的大小姐们一样，因为她们看到了一个鲸鲨。这似乎是非常特别的。尽管那只还是个“宝宝”，但它已经相当大了。幸好作为浮游生物的捕食者完全无害。

在潜水游轮上经历了如此美妙的时光后，我们还在离马列仅15分钟船程的小岛上住了两个晚上。在这里，我正在与我的大小姐一起为你写这段文字。

这是我们旅程的一个美好结尾。

谢谢你再次耐心地阅读我的故事。

明天我们将飞回家，并在阿布扎比停留较长时间。我们想在那里四处逛逛。

我祝你一切顺利，并期待尽快与你分享我更多的冒险故事。

热情的问候，来自特拉维斯，那个（现在已经潜水经历丰富的）潜伴熊

你好!

首先，我得冷静下来，因为我经历了一些了不起的事情！幸好这里有足够的机会让我冷静下来。我是说，摇摆应该有帮助：

好吧，我现在要告诉你：我去浮潜了！没错！和我的大朋友们一起。他们带着我乘坐潜水艇，我们远远地到了大海深处。那里有真正的珊瑚礁和各种鱼类，真是美妙！

不过我得从头开始讲这个故事：我的大朋友们来这里浮潜，还带回了这么美的照片！

好吧，我变得有点好奇，忍不住问他们我能不能也一起去。结果你想想，我刚说出口就已经出发了。我根本没时间感到害怕。咻一下，我就已经在我的潜水艇里，和我的朋友们一起在海里。即使是照片下面的那种巨浪（你看到了吗？就在我大朋友那里？！）我几乎是没有恐惧地克服了。

我告诉你，水下可以看到很多东西。

它们在这里被称为独角兽鱼。独角兽就像是一个角的马。起初我以为是指六月这个月。但它们整年都在。我的英语还在继续练习。我的朋友给它们起了个名字叫匹诺曹鱼。我觉得这个也不错。

我们也在“深处”！我听说过，当人们谈论游泳池时会提到这个。现在我有了一个概念。在珊瑚礁结束的地方，海水陡然变得很深。但只有能够潜水的人才能到那里。

谁知道将来我是否也会尝试。给你透露一个秘密：即使我有时会说“我喘不过气来”，其实我根本不需要呼吸。旅行结束后，我的大朋友给我洗了澡，完全没有潜水艇。我其实觉得挺好的。这里的水几乎像洗澡一样温暖，温度是29度！所以 - 所以 - 理论上 - 只是一个疯狂的想法 - 仅仅是个念头...

...我也许有一天会去潜水。🤔😢

其实我对这件事很尊重。但是昨天我的大朋友们回来的时候，他们看到了好多的魟鱼。是魟鱼，不是汽车。看看，这不是很棒吗？

好吧，这种东西我也想看。总有一天。尤其是因为这些魟鱼完全无害。没有毒刺之类的。它们只吃浮游生物。无论如何，我的大朋友们显然和我在我的浮潜冒险后几乎一样印象深刻。至少…

在那之前，我会再多看看海，听听海浪声。尤其是早上，这里的气氛非常好：

我会和我的两位大朋友们好好讨论这个事情。我们会看看会发生什么。这样的事情确实需要很好地计划和思考。否则到最后发生了什么！或者在最糟糕的情况下我迷路了！🤦‍♂️

或许这里的小壁虎们也有见解。

当然我会及时让你知道。在两天后我们将去进行一周的潜水侦查之旅。至少会有很多机会。如果我有勇气的话...

首先祝你一切顺利。我很快会再次联系你。

再见啦！

特拉维斯，那个伙伴熊

你好！

我又回来了，向你报告我的新冒险。我是Travis，你希望还记得我吧？

那么：我们四天前从杜塞尔多夫出发。感觉似乎不久前才出发。我家人说，这与旅行和时差有关。

我们在飞行中认识了一位非常友好的空姐。她叫Daniella，我觉得她也有点喜欢我☺️

我们的中途停留是在阿布扎比。那里是阿拉伯联合酋长国的首都，机场相当令人印象深刻。

哦，我还没告诉你我们要去哪儿：我原以为是巴利阿里群岛。但我的家人说：不，是马累！因为马累是许多岛屿的首都，而这些岛屿叫做马尔代夫。

而且，因为这些岛屿之间有些远 - 在不同的环礁 - 有些地方是不能用船到达的，所以我们还必须再坐一架小飞机。想象一下，这架飞机甚至可以在水面上起降。于是它也被称为水上飞机。我觉得这很合理。

我们就这样飞到了“我们的岛”。我坐在飞行员后面，能看到他们的操作。哇，他们有那么多按钮、杠杆和开关。

我们的岛叫做Fonimagoodhoo。所有岛屿的名字听起来都很美，但我真的记不住。我们的酒店是Reethi Beach Resort。你看看，你能在和我家人的合照中找到我吗？

我们三天前到达，我的家人相当累。因此我们稍微逛了逛，去了一下潜水中心，除此之外主要是吃和睡。还有我们放松了一下。放松就是休息和放松的意思。

昨天我的家人第一次去潜水。早上从海滩出发，下午我们又坐船出海。没错，是我们！因为我现在已经不太害怕水，所以我也跟着去了。而且我当然要检查一下船上的安全程度。是的，至少到我判断为止是安全的。

他们拍了很多五光十色的鱼的照片。这是一些供你选择的：

夜晚的沙滩和海边的氛围总是特别好，我觉得。

而且我们在这里走了很多路，因为我们从位于岛一端的别墅定期走到另一端的餐厅。那里很不错，沿途经过美丽的树木。一切都是光着脚的。

说到餐厅：我的家人对这里的食物非常满意。有很多不同的美食，还有美味的当地菜肴。而且人们对我们都非常友好。

最后，我的家人在餐厅里给我拍了照，好让我把这些展示给你。然后她还跟一位询问她关于我和我们一年前的伟大旅行的女士聊过。我为她如此好地谈论我而感到自豪。

后来在餐桌上，我的家人对她说，如果考虑到我脑袋里只有棉花，他们觉得我还是去了不少地方。那算是一个赞美吗？我还不太确定……你觉得呢？

我会继续向你报告这里发生的一切。在酒店之后，我们还要去潜水船上一周。哇哦，肯定又会有很多故事要讲。而且我一点也不害怕。说真的！

很快再见，来自你的Travis，搭档熊

(German version below)
In the last few days of our stay, we go on a few more excursions - in addition to the usual snorkeling on the house reef. On one of these we see a whale shark, on another a manta ray, and on the last excursion we see some nurse sharks. But we still spend most of our time on the house reef...

(Deutsch)
During the last days of our stay on Vilamendhoo island we went on a few guided snorkeling tours. Amongst the highlights of these tours we were able to swim with a whale shark on one of them and on another we swam with a Manta ray. Additionally, on the last excursion we spotted a couple of Nurse sharks. However, the majority of our time was still spent snorkeling the usual tracks around our house reef...

(英文版在下面)
在我们完成印度中部的虎访问后，我们花了两天时间前往我们最喜欢的马尔代夫岛 - Vilamendhoo。印度的机场仍然不是我们喜欢的地方，但现在，我们进入了假期的悠闲部分：白天潜入水中浮潜，日落后喝一两杯鸡尾酒，悠闲地读书或玩游戏。
对于浮潜，Vilamendhoo 有 10 个从沙滩通往珊瑚礁的入口，让我们可以随意开始。通常，我们每个早晚都浮潜完整的可达部分……这可能听起来有些无聊，但在不同的光线、潮汐、洋流中，总会有些变化，当然，鱼类也不总是一样的。遗憾的是，珊瑚礁较我们上次访问时明显受损，但至少鱼类仍然色彩斑斓，种类繁多。

(English)
After we finished our tiger visit in Central India, it took us 2 days to make our way to our favourite island of the maldives - Vilamendhoo. Indian airports are still not our favourite places, but now, we got to the the lazy part of our holidays. During the day, we snorkeled along the house reef, and, after sunset, had one or two cocktails and hung out reading or playing games.
For snorkeing, Vilamendhoo has 10 access points to the reef, giving us the opportunity to start whenever and whereever we like. Usually, we snorkeled along the full accessible part of the reef each morning and afternoon... It might sound boring but there is always some change in light, tides, currents, and - of course - fish and, so far, we haven't gotton tired of this. Unfortunately, the reef is pretty heavily damaged - visibly more damaged compared to our last visit - but at least the fish are as colourful as always ...

我们都已经梦想在马尔代夫度假很久了。现在我们让这个梦想成真了。自从周一（2023年9月4日）起，我们就在马尔代夫，放松身心。

这里美得无法形容。清澈的水、洁白的沙滩、棕榈树以及壮观的海滩让这里看起来就像一个目录中的图片或电影中的场景。令人难以置信的美丽！我们花了一段时间才意识到我们真的在这里。由于我们在一个小岛（Dhigura）上，那里主要是当地人居住，我们常常独自享有这美丽的海滩。

我们每天都在游泳、浮潜和放松。

这三天我们一直在下雨、暴风、刮风和打雷，导致我们的水屋摇晃。几乎无法出去，吃饭时我们都打着雨伞，但即使如此，什么都不做依然乐趣无穷
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抵达伊胡鲁

小岛Angsana Ihuru，位于北马累环礁，距离机场仅20分钟的路程。通过快艇轻松到达。当我们拿到行李后，几分钟内就出发了——酒店非常努力确保所有流程快速而顺利（从马累降落到入住小屋，最多2小时）。这一点对家庭尤其重要。

Angsana Ihuru

这个岛常被称为“完美的马尔代夫岛”。确实如此——因为它呈椭圆形，宽200米，四周环绕着绝美的珊瑚礁。岛上配备马尔代夫特色的设施，包括一个带海滩入口的小屋、户外淋浴和一家提供美味食物的餐厅。如果你在寻找娱乐、表演或派对，这里就不适合了。不过，伊胡鲁的梦幻海滩、浪漫的日落、提供美味鸡尾酒的酒吧以及出色的餐饮非常适合放松身心。

八月马尔代夫的天气

关于马尔代夫天气的话题常常引发争议……八月是雨季，虽然官方如此说。然而，我们最开始的几天有点阴云，接下来的10天则被阳光和每天1-2次的10分钟小雨惊喜了。我的建议是：八月非常不错——当地人也这么说——而且比旺季便宜得多。

Angsana Ihuru 潜水和珊瑚礁

是的，这个岛不以奢华著称，而是因其环绕的梦幻珊瑚礁而出名。确实如此。数米之内就可以开始潜水——这里有丰富的水下生物，成群的鱼、鹰鳐、海龟、鲨鱼等等。

在伊胡鲁的内侧有一个“初学者”区域。这里水深较浅，几乎可以站立，特别适合初学者潜水。若想要更多的刺激，可以前往外侧的各种潜水通道。可以说，这个岛几乎可以绕游一圈。

伊胡鲁 - 与家人一起？

我们说“是的”！这里有好几对家长带着孩子。无论年龄大小，岛上都有儿童俱乐部，还有针对小孩的保姆服务。工作人员非常友好和热情，我们该说的就是——一切都很完美 :-)

与其他岛屿的比较

与马尔代夫的其他岛屿相比，赤脚岛伊胡鲁并没有提供超豪华的水上别墅、私人泳池、五家餐厅或其他任何花里胡哨的设施。但这个岛在自然环境和礁石方面表现出色。不要误解我——餐厅也很棒，提供自助餐和单点的交替服务，服务也很好——但就是一家而已。

很少有其他岛屿的形状如此完美如同伊胡鲁。价格在中等范围内（有很多便宜的和贵的度假村）。因此，如果你在寻找马尔代夫而不仅是奢华，您来对地方了！

查看我的其他“冒险”博客！

我们一家四口 - 热爱旅行的家庭 - 还有许多在遥远国家的家庭冒险要分享 - 我们最近的三次大型假期已经上线 :-) - 新增了关于马尔代夫的博客！

随便看看！

祝你们玩得开心，期待收到你们的提问、建议和反馈！

我的博客：

2020: 亚速尔群岛的冒险

=> 我们在Covid-19条件下探索圣米格尔岛、特塞拉岛、皮库岛和法亚尔岛

2019: 非洲冒险

=> 我们三周的非洲冒险带我们去赞比亚和津巴布韦的维多利亚瀑布，接着前往南非的约翰内斯堡，探索小德拉肯山的Safari旅馆，然后抵达克鲁格国家公园，最后前往开普敦及周边地区

2018: 澳大利亚的冒险

=> 我们迄今为止最大的冒险：四周横穿红色大陆，四个州和四个气候带，从大城市到偏远海滩，再到内陆，直到北部达尔文国家公园的夏季气息，最后在新加坡停留

一个新的冒险博客上线了！

这次我们前往（其实并没有计划）马尔代夫！

欢迎来到印度洋的小岛天堂‘Thulhagiri’，来看我们的最新‘家庭冒险’。

提前说一句：我们可不只是懒洋洋地躺在沙滩上哦 ;-)

https://vakantio.de/urlaubsabenteuer

(很遗憾，我没能及时把链接更改成与我其他博客相匹配的‘冒险马尔代夫’，但我希望大家能在‘度假冒险’中找到它)

祝好，并享受我们的冒险假期 :-)

一个新的冒险博客上线了！

这次我们（其实并没有计划）前往马尔代夫！

欢迎来到印度洋小岛天堂'Thulhagiri'，来看我们的最新‘家庭冒险’。

提前说明：我们可不仅仅是在躺椅上懒洋洋地待着 ;-)

https://vakantio.de/urlaubsabenteuer

(遗憾的是，我睡过头了，没有及时将链接更改为我其他博客的‘马尔代夫冒险’，但我希望大家也能在‘假期冒险’找到它)

祝好，享受我们的冒险假期 :-)

2021年8月10日

我们的闹钟在7:15响起。我们迅速起床，收拾好行李，然后把它们放在门口。

在海滩上拍了张告别照后，我们去吃早餐。

从我们的穿着可以看出我们要离开了：鞋子、袜子，部分长裤和背包。

我的脚非常抗拒袜子和鞋子。

过去的两周，光脚或者最多穿凉鞋走来走去是多么美好啊。

我们依依不舍地坐在我们美丽的有景观的桌子前。服务生穆罕默德还以双倍的饮料数量（“带走”）为我们送行，在煎蛋站，工作人员同样发现我快离开了，给我做了一个“特别美味的煎蛋”，作为最后一顿早餐，并向我告别。

哦，岛上的工作人员真棒！！！真的是全部都非常友好和乐于助人。而且穆罕默德虽然看起来总是“心情不好”，但他的内心其实很温柔😉

我迅速在泳池边拍了几张照片

在8:15准时，我们的行李通过行李车被运送到码头，我们和另一对德国夫妻以及一家带孩子的家庭一起登上快艇。

今天海面平静，能见度极佳，阳光明媚，天空湛蓝……呜呜。可是岛屿也在让我们告别时不容易啊！

算了，至少今天的船程应该比到达那天轻松。

我们依依不舍地离开我们的小梦岛图尔哈基里 - 向机场岛出发。

在8:40，我们在机场的队伍中等候，出汗。从这里开始必须戴口罩。我换下FFP2口罩，戴上“手术口罩”，因为在这种出汗的情况下几乎无法呼吸。

进入建筑物时，确实必须准备好手机上的IMUGA表格以供扫描。

唉，这次至少出口的过程还顺利！

在我们耐心等待了无尽的几分钟后，我们终于可以通过第一次安检进入建筑物。这里稍微凉快一些——至少站在空调出风口下的时候。

在3个Condor柜台前的排队很长。所以又是：等待！

我们终于轮到我们了。

工作人员检查了我们的护照、孩子的PCR测试结果和我们的疫苗接种证明。可再次遇到问题：

虽然我作为教师在4月就已经接种了Biontech疫苗，但我丈夫因为“没有任何疫苗优先权的普通人”根本没有机会接种Biontech或Moderna。连阿斯利康的疫苗都没有可能……

在出发前获取相对良好的保护的唯一选择是接种强生疫苗。优点：只需要接种1次！

但现在这就是问题所在！

看起来他是马尔代夫的第一个接种强生疫苗的游客。工作人员不想给我们出票，因为没有“第二次接种”。他们可真不相信我们说强生疫苗只有一针。

哦，天哪，简直无法置信！！！

排在我们后面的游客显得相当烦躁，因为工作人员首先得给他们的上司打电话。之后，她旁边站了3个工作人员，分别在电脑、手机上和通过电话寻找关于强生疫苗的信息。

过了几乎一个世纪，终于有工作人员批准，接受了我们的疫苗接种。唉……

真是没必要。

下一个障碍：

因为我们从未支付过座位预定，希望这次能够被分到一起的座位。

但这次可惜没成功。

系统把我们4个人分散了！

哦，天哪……😱

不过，工作人员很友好和乐于助人，她和旁边柜台的同事讨论，指着我们说“有孩子的家庭”，然后她微笑着打印了登机牌给我们。

直到最后，总是为家庭保留在一起的座位，这次终于给到我们了。真是太好啦😉

在飞机上，我们的孩子（13岁和17岁）从12岁开始就被算作“成年人”，这更是让他们获得“儿童折扣”，在座位方面。

我们得到11排，窗边2个座位，中间2个座位——正如去程时一样。（这次我们还考虑从家里预定类似的座位，这样的乐趣要花80欧元。不过，这次再次证实了：座位预定真的就是扔钱！）

这次我们坐在机翼前面，（希望）在起飞时能看到美丽的马尔代夫！或许我们能从高处看到图尔哈基里！？

毕竟就位于航班经过的路线中——在过去两周，我们也看到好几架飞机就飞越我们头上😇

几天前我发现，一个朋友今天将作为机长驾驶我们的假期航班🛩️

这太棒了！！！几年前我们就有幸在同一架飞机上。那次飞往埃及，我甚至能在降落时进入驾驶舱。那真是太神奇了！

由于新冠疫情，这次遗憾不能实现，但是我们约定可以在登机时去驾驶舱看一看😉

太酷了！这肯定是最后的一个惊喜！

通过所有的安检后，我们在免税店待了一小时，女儿买了一个汉堡，然后就去登机了。

我们成功与“优先乘客”一起乘坐第一辆巴士前往飞机。

机组人员已经知道我们会来，因为当我说我们想向机长“问好”时，我们立刻被微笑着引入驾驶舱。这并不简单，因为除了机长外还有2名副驾驶在驾驶舱内，所以我们和我们的背包挤得很紧。

副驾驶最终给孩子们让出座位，他们轮流坐在飞行员座位上并接受了讲解。

当登机几乎结束时，我们不得不告别（当然要拍照）然后回到各自的座位上。

可这次飞机上人满为患！！！

所有的座位都被占用了，当然也包括3人座中间排的第3个座位，儿子和丈夫的位置。

不过，希望大家实际上都是接种过疫苗和检测合格的😇

我们准时起飞前往家乡，几分钟的飞行时间后发现：

我们坐在“正确”的一侧！！！

我们正好飞过我们的小梦岛图尔哈基里！！！耶！！！

从高处还可以看到旁边岛屿上的建筑工地的规模。比从下面看到的更糟糕。这将是一个巨大的度假村……可怕！

再见，图尔哈基里！！！

这次航班很平稳——但时间拖得很长。

可惜的是，我们无法将任何一个设备与机上娱乐系统连接，因此我们不得不轮流使用平板电脑观看保存的电影。幸好还有手机和书籍，但10小时确实很漫长……

午餐时（我们饿得要命！）幸运的是又有素食意大利面。我们大家都吃了。

但午餐到晚餐的时间却漫长得令人窒息。幸运的是，早餐自助餐上我们带走了一些迷你松饼和蛋糕。

这拯救了我们在云端的午后。

在19:11我们在法兰克福降落，天气对我们很好：

24度 - 多么舒适！

那么，我们把好天气带回来了🏖️

我们的替代的葡萄牙之旅到马尔代夫是我们所能遇到的最好事情，是对取消的葡萄牙假期的绝佳补偿。

这次的选择真的没能更差了😉

这真是一个梦想假期！！！！我绝对推荐给每个人！

然后请关注我们下一次的冒险博客将何时发布。计划的事情还有很多 - 请期待吧！

在此之前，祝大家身体健康，并在翻看中享受乐趣！

„Choukouriya & Vakivani!“😉

August 9, 2021

I'm already sleeping poorly because the bed is too hard for me and the sound of the sea is not really calming me down.

We wake up at midnight. Did someone knock on the door and shake it? Something is making strange noises here.

After the giant crab outside the door and the not-so-small centipede in the bathroom, I sit up straight in bed.

The husband is also listening. What was that? Now we hear scratching and banging directly above us. Light on! Something seems to be sitting and running around in the roof. But what on earth fits under the palm roof and makes so much noise?

It becomes more and more clear. Something is running or chasing on the roof. Not on the palm roof outside, but between the palm roof and the ceiling. The daughter next door has also woken up and expresses her discomfort via WhatsApp.

The husband knocks loudly with his snorkeling fins against the ceiling to scare away whatever is up there.

It is quiet for about 10 minutes, we turn off the light and want to sleep, then there is a real hunt in the attic. Scratching, knocking, running....

Something is chasing up there. But what could it be!?

We try to reach the reception by phone, but the phone is dead. What!? Somehow everything is happening at once. We turn on the light on the terrace, hoping to scare away the thing in the attic. Without success.

I manage to record a few audio clips. Let's see what the reception says about it later. After knocking several times against the ceiling, the husband gives up. It doesn't help anyway. Then he puts earplugs in his ears and falls asleep. I chat with the daughter next door until 1:30 am, who also can't sleep because of the noise. Then it is quiet at some point.

I wake up at 7:30 am feeling exhausted. The night was not restful, but: the sun is shining! Yeah!

There is low tide outside. I take a walk along the beach. The concrete walls/wave breakers in front of Bungalows 120+ are already visible, and the coral net wave breaker is almost completely exposed.

The sea is quite smooth and for the first time really clear and not 'milky'.

Today we MUST go snorkeling!!!

New insta-stars have arrived. They contort themselves in skimpy bikinis in the most unnatural poses in front of the turquoise dream.

Quite embarrassing... but well, clearly not my age group anymore.

After breakfast, the husband goes to the reception and tells them about the incidents during the night. They promise to send someone and don't seem particularly surprised by our report. But we don't find out what is living under the roof 😱🤷🏻

I take a walk with my daughter on the Superior Bungalows pier and take some farewell photos in the sunshine. Unfortunately, we have to go home tomorrow morning

Now we also know what the many troughs with ladles are for, which are standing every few meters on the pier:

You either clean your sandy feet with the water or you cool them down when the wooden planks are too hot due to the sun.

My daughter takes every other opportunity to cool her feet, I wear flip flops

The snorkeling boat drives by in front of us.

My condolences 🤭

Well, at least the weather is nice 🤷🏻

After the storm a few days ago, we had real 'break edges' on the beach where parts of the beach were washed away.

The pier at the water sports/diving station was several centimeters above the beach, the concrete edge appeared at our big umbrella on the beach in front of Bungalows 117-118, and the wave breaker was exposed.

It is all the more astonishing how other currents and weather have completely changed the island in just a few days!

Today, the pier is almost buried in the sand - where just a few days ago there were big drop-offs towards the sea, there is now only sand!

It is again a gently sloping beach, just like at our umbrella. No drop-off in sight, you can only see a gently sloping beach.

Crazy!

There are even weeks in the year when the beach is 'gone' up to the white concrete pillars. Unbelievable - hard to imagine...

The sandbank in front of the Beach Bar also changes weekly. Sometimes the water reaches the tables, and then at high tide it is several meters away. Depending on the season, weather, wind, and moon phase. Crazy!

We have experienced it live in the last few days!

Every day it looked different.

Today we have to go to lunch a little later because the kids need to go for a PCR test at 1 pm.

Both, especially the son, are extremely enthusiastic... (irony mode on!)

Shortly before 1 pm, we are at the reception, where we are taken to the first bungalow (150) by the pool after a short wait.

Bungalows 149 & 150 are vacant. 150 was converted into a "doctor's bungalow". Here you will only find 3 chairs, a wheelchair, and various medical equipment. A young doctor (?) is already waiting for us.

There are already some samples and test tubes on the table. As expected, the son acts like a "diva" for a moment, but then endures the nose-throat-swab action with a lot of good talk.

I'm actually quite glad I don't have to do that too 🤭

It goes faster with the daughter. She had already gone through it last summer during our vacation in the Azores (https://vakantio.de/abenteuer-azoren). We were tested multiple times there, and they really went high up in the nose with their swabs.

At that time, the son was still under 12 years old, so he was spared the testing procedure - but now he has to go through it.

After all that is over, we go to lunch.

I quickly take some pictures of the pool across.

After lunch, we want to go snorkeling again in this beautiful weather. Unfortunately, the tide is coming in again and the wind has picked up, so it's very wavy. As we approach the beach next to the dive boat pier and the snorkel buoys, we see several onlookers on the beach pointing to something big and black not far from the shore in shallow water.

We believe it's a ray or a turtle and hurry to get into the water.

As I am about to put on my snorkel mask as the first one:

a huge jellyfish!!!!

Really huge! It's pulsating and swimming through the water, with a cleaner fish on its jellyfish body. I immediately look for tentacles, since I'm really close.

It has tentacles, but they are very short. Nevertheless, I keep my distance and observe the giant creature from a safe distance. Incredible!!! It's bigger than the turtle 😱

We observe the creature for a while from a safe distance and then swim to the edge of the reef. It is quite a struggle against the incoming current.

Unfortunately, the visibility is very poor in the direction of the lagoon at the edge of the reef. We stay there for a few minutes, but then retreat. It wasn't meant to be, the last snorkeling session for this vacation ends here!

But: we had this incredible jellyfish sighting! Yes!

When we are back at the pier, the jellyfish is gone. We swim in the lagoon again, and I look from the pier to see if I can spot it anywhere, but it remains hidden.

Strange - where did it swim to in such a short time???

Well, now it's time to go into the lagoon with my son!

Afterwards, we lie in the sun and relax.

Last day - sniff...

Afterwards, I grab my camera and shoot some final videos of our little island paradise.

The crab's empire is next to the pool....

The critters even climb trees...

From the beach of Bungalows 140, you can see the neighboring island(s), a major project where the original island / sandbank has allegedly been heavily filled and enlarged. The islands (there is another one behind) are supposed to be connected by piers, and then a luxury resort with a whopping 900 rooms is planned there!!!

OMG - no one needs something like that!

A complete architectural monstrosity (and unfortunately also the view that the water bungalows have...)!

The architectural monstrosities zoomed in to the max

Really creepy....

In the 15 days we have been here, I have only seen a father with his little daughter in the small pool at the restaurant once.

Before we enjoy our sundowners, our favorite online form "IMUGA" is waiting for us. We have to register for departure...

Well, I'm now an expert in filling it out...

Calmly (this time nobody is rushing us), we fill out the form for the four of us. Same procedure, upload photos, swipe for minutes for the date of birth, and then we get our well-deserved cocktails with a sunset at the Beach Bar 😊

New Russians seem to have arrived today. Several couples are standing by the sea, taking posed photos. Very funny.

The island spoils us with a great sunset, we enjoy it with a Black Russian (or two!?) 😉

The wind has picked up again, which Dagmar and Paul from the water sports center don't want to miss. They take turns going out with their kites

For dinner, the 17-year-old daughter is allowed to toast with us - appropriately with a glass of wine 😉

Our waiter Mohamed is actually quite talkative on the last evening. He briefly chats with us, wishes us a safe journey home tomorrow, and then changes his collected €20 in coins into a €20 bill (of course, he has also received tips from us - as have our room boy and the Beach Bar waiter 😊 ).

(PS: Coins are useless for the staff! They can't change them...)

We spend our last evening again at the Sand Bar. A bit melancholic with a card game and a Black Russian. This last Black Russian is really something - and we still have to pack our suitcases...

August 8, 2021

Unfortunately, the weather this morning is mixed. It's quite windy and the sun hasn't been able to break through the cloud cover yet.

After breakfast, my daughter and husband want to go sailing with Paul from the water sports station.

Since they are supposed to receive a 30-minute briefing, I decide to go to the water sports station later to take photos. Unfortunately, I find out that they have already started sailing with the catamaran. Dagmar shows me where they roughly want to sail. We walk to the pier of the Superior Bungis and see the catamaran circling behind it, then they turn towards Malé and are too far away. I decide to wait on the pier in front of the dive station until they come back.

The sky is getting threateningly dark again. After a while, Dagmar also comes to the pier and hopes that Paul is slowly heading back to the island. She wouldn't like the dark cloud cover - something bigger would be coming towards us again....

Oh no......

We can watch as the clouds move towards us in minutes and get darker and darker. On the horizon, we see the catamaran coming back. They better hurry up now, otherwise we'll all get wet...

The wind picks up, and with a stormy breeze and higher waves, Paul sails back to land with my daughter and husband.

Together, they pull the catamaran out of the water, then we run to the bungalow. The thunderstorm is coming!!!

We just manage to bring all the clothes and towels from the loungers to safety when the sky opens up.

It's pouring down (but it's still warm), so this time I jump into the sea with my husband for a "rain bath".

If the rain didn't feel like needles on my face, it would have been a pleasant experience. So we splash around for a while and then quickly leave the sea. But it was fun!

As quickly as the storm came, it is also over just as quickly this time. Only an hour later, we can lie on the beach again and bask in the sun 😉

After lunch, we attempt to snorkel, but the high waves and rising tide make it challenging. It takes us a while to even reach the first buoy, which shows the way to the reef entrance with a rope. Due to the tide, it's now so deep that none of us can even stand. It's not like our first few days of snorkeling. The water only reached our son's chest back then, and you could stand anywhere in the lagoon. That hasn't been the case for a few days now.

We are swept over by several waves until we finally reach the roof of the reef. However, the waves are so intense here that we can't see anything and can't get to the edge of the reef due to the current.

It's safe to say that snorkeling today is more challenging. We return to the beach a bit faster than usual due to the currents and being tossed around.

Instead, we prefer to jump around in the waves and splash around on the beach.

Afterwards, our son and husband play a round of table tennis and foosball, and then we organize a hermit crab race 😉 and observe the lizards that are moving around in front of our bungalow.

Today, we have our sundowner cocktail on the bungalow lounger and later sit at the front of the beach. But due to the low-hanging clouds, there is no beautiful sunset today.

After dinner, we sit in the sand bar again for some gaming.

My daughter and I briefly browse the souvenir shop and among all the 'MALDIVES' mugs, we spot one with the inscription 'Seychelles' 🤪

My husband returns from the reception and waves the key to the kids' bungalow 😉 Hooray! Someone found it and turned it in. I suspect that we left it behind during the storm when we were playing cards in the sand bar at noon.

Phew, one less worry!

Now we just wish for sun tomorrow, then everything will be perfect!!!

On the way back to the bungalow, we shine our flashlight on the path (like every evening) to avoid stepping on hermit crabs or crabs. When I quickly walk towards the bungalow terrace, I only see something "big" with many legs in the shadow of the flashlight. These moments of terror with these huge black crabs are not good for my arachnophobia....

Exactly one of them has now ended up on our terrace. Amidst the screams of the kids, my husband gently chases away the crab from the terrace. Phew. What a scare!

Our son urgently needs to use the bathroom, so he runs to the toilet before anyone can turn on the light. A scream!

My husband quickly films a huge centipede (?) - in any case, it has significantly more legs than the crab - as it runs through the bathroom in a flash and disappears under the cabinet.... Ewwwwwwwwwwwww......

I won't go into the bathroom without shoes anymore.... 🤪

August 7, 2021

The night was still stormy, but this morning at 7:30 I see the first rays of sun in the sky. The sea is very wavy, but it's no longer raining and the wind has subsided.

I lay on the beach in the morning sun and wait for the family to get ready.

A huge annoyance is that some tourists leave everything behind wherever they happen to be! And they don't care!

We have observed this all over the island. They get a lot of cocktails, but despite the nice, sometimes written request everywhere to please bring the glasses back to the bar (and we're talking about a max. 3 minutes walk on the mini island!!!), some half-full cocktails are simply left on other beach chairs. Just like this morning on the beach, on the beach chairs, including OUR beach chair with the number 118 on it !!!

The half-full glasses have fallen over due to the wind and the whole beach chair is now full of fruit juice and sticky.

PEOPLE, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN!!!! BE A ROLE MODEL FOR CHILDREN LIKE MINE; WHO ALWAYS HAD TO BRING THEIR GLASSES BACK TO THE BAR!!!

After breakfast, we all jump into the sea together and have a lot of fun jumping in the waves. Some big waves are coming in. It almost feels like our vacation in the Azores last summer - but with turquoise water and double the water temperature 🤪

Surprisingly, the sea is very clear despite the waves. We can see the bottom everywhere. It has never been this clear since we've been here. Until now, the sea in the first third of the lagoon was milky and opaque, turquoise blue but not clear.

It would be good for snorkeling, but with the waves we can't even get 5 meters away from the beach.

Some snorkelers still try, but they give up quickly.

Most tourists have made themselves comfortable on their beach chairs in the sun, we almost have the sea and the waves to ourselves 🤪

Afterwards, we start another search mission: the kids haven't found their bungalow key since yesterday. It can't be gone, but we don't know where it is either. We've already searched both bungalows, all the clothes, bags, backpacks, and pants twice: gone! 😱

Damn, hopefully it turns up again, otherwise it will be expensive 😬

The mosquitoes are also annoying! I haven't figured out exactly when they like to sting. Definitely in the twilight, but they're also active in the morning and afternoon.

Autan has worked well for us, the 'milder' repellents (from Citronella to Antibrumm, etc) don't bother the bugs.

Before I think about using Autan, the bugs want to sting me (and I've collected quite a few red bumps already!). Hunting instinct - and smack - 2 fewer mosquitoes 🤪

During lunch, we're almost alone. It seems that fewer and fewer people have booked 'All Inclusive' - we already noticed that yesterday. In the first week, all vacationers seemed to have booked it without exception, and lunch was just as crowded as breakfast or dinner.

The vacationers have now been completely replaced, and since the day before yesterday we haven't seen anyone who was here when we arrived. It seems that no one else is here for 15 days except us.

I feel a little sorry for the vacationers who arrived yesterday before or after the storm (or had to leave). Hopefully the wind will calm down tomorrow. Waves are fun, but not suitable for snorkeling at all.

The sun has also hidden behind the clouds again. Too bad ...

It's still warm, but the real Maldives feeling doesn't really come up right now 😬

After lunch, I take a walk on the water bungalow jetties with my son and husband. I have been here on my own several times.

Because I wore flip flops, the hot wooden planks of the jetties didn't bother me. Since it's no longer sunny today, my boys can walk barefoot on the jetties.

The sea is very wavy, and the waves crash against the concrete walls of the islands, spraying several meters high fountains into the air at regular intervals when they hit the island wall.

So I'm a little wary of the jetties. We walk to the end of the jetties, see a few schools of fish in the turbulent water, and of course, my son has to climb down the ladders towards the water on the jetty of the Superior Bungalows. It was clear that the second wave would catch him and now he has wet pants 🤷🏻

My husband and he find it very funny. Well, as far as I'm concerned - it's warm.

So as beautiful as the water bungalows may be: they wouldn't be for me!

You can constantly hear the waves, and then the running on the jetty...

With yesterday's storm, I wouldn't have dared to leave the bungalow 😉

I also find the view rather modest. The new bungalows look out onto Malé/Airport Island or the construction site island across, the old bungalows also look towards the new bungalows or Malé. I prefer to enjoy the view of the beach with palm trees and sea view from the beach bungalow 😍

From the jetty, we see the waves crashing against the pool wall. Incredible how high the water splashes. Of course, my son can't resist and has to pose and fool around on the wet boat jetty right in front of the Thulhagiri sign. I warn him that a wave can come, he doesn't believe me...and then it's too late. We both see the wave rolling in, it turns at the wall instead of crashing against it, and it pours about 3 meters high from the side over the jetty - right over my son! The force of the wave is so strong that it almost knocks him down.

Screaming and laughing loudly, he now runs from the jetty soaked to the underwear (of course, he's not wearing swimwear). Well done 🤪

In front of the Sand Bar, there is a cart full of suitcases. It seems that many have left today and some new guests have arrived.

The island is now firmly in German hands. There are only a few exceptions, otherwise, everyone speaks German!

We spend the afternoon on the beach chairs of the bungalow terrace. Unfortunately, the sun doesn't want to show itself anymore, but the wind seems to be getting stronger.

Dagmar and Paul are out with the kites again, we chill until dinner and go on another key search.

Unfortunately, the key is still nowhere to be found...

After dinner, we sit in the Sand Bar and play cards.

Hopefully that was the end of the storm - it would be nice if the sun would come out again in the last few days...

6th August 2021

I wake up at 5 o'clock: Storm!

When I look out the window, our bungalow neighbor is fishing his bathing clothes out of the bushes, because the wind has scattered them everywhere and saves his towels that he left on the plastic loungers in front of the bungalow. I quickly go outside and collect our air mattress and the other inflatables. Luckily, they are protected behind the loungers and haven't flown away yet. Half of our bathing clothes, which were hanging on the rod to dry, have fallen down. I bring everything inside.

By now, the husband is also awake and helping me.

After another 10 minutes, we decide to bring in the cushions for the loungers as well. It's quite windy.

However, completely without rain - only wind 🤷🏻

I'm curious what it will look like tomorrow morning. I can't imagine that the storm will be over in 3 hours, but let's wait and see.

This morning at 8:30 it's still windy and cloudy, but the situation seems to have calmed down.

During breakfast at 9 o'clock, the waiters eventually roll down all the blinds and move the tables away from the windows. Since I've been waiting the longest for my omelette, the family urges me to eat quickly. Our waiter Mohamed says that a storm is coming and it will rain... 'very soon'.

We watch the snorkel guests in disbelief as they board the snorkel boat for the excursion.

Why they still allow a snorkeling trip with this black curtain of clouds and the obviously impending bad weather is a mystery to me.

We eat and drink quickly, then we go out. It's still quiet inland.

My son and I take a look at the beach in front of our bungalow, it starts drizzling lightly. Many holidaymakers are frolicking in the sea, many are lying on the beach.

Then it happens very quickly. On the horizon, we see a yacht "disappear" into the rain cloud every second, and just as quickly, the few raindrops turn into a full-blown shower with gusts of wind around 10 o'clock.

We quickly bring everything from the bungalow terrace to safety: the cushion for the loungers, all the bathing clothes, swimming gear, and towels. Most of them are already wet because it's raining at an angle.

My son puts on his swimming trunks and runs joyfully through the rain, which is probably quite refreshing.

The husband suggests jumping quickly into the warm sea!?

Well then. Both of them run through the storm into the sea and come back shortly after. There are too many waves and the rain would feel like needles. But it was fun apparently 😉

Now we are lying in bed with various entertainment electronics and watching the storm through the big panoramic window.

The idea of watching the Olympic Games on TV is destroyed by the message 'No Signal' on the screen. That figures....

Let's see how long the bad weather lasts 🤷🏻

After an hour, the rain stops, but the wind is still blowing over the island and whipping the waves up the beach slope, so that occasionally a wave splashes towards the bungalow but sinks into the sand long before.

I am sitting with the kids in Bungalow 117 and watching the spectacle through the panoramic window. Crazy weather...

At 12:30, we take advantage of the brief lull in the rain and walk to the restaurant with umbrellas.

However, shortly before we remember that because of the Friday prayer, lunch is not served until 1:15 pm, so we sit in the Sand Bar and play a round of 'Phase10'.

The waves lash against the concrete walls at the piers in front of us. One wave actually gets so high that it almost reaches the Sand Bar.

After another round of 'Lama' and mocktails 'Lime&Lemonade', we go to lunch. Here too, the view through the lowered transparent blinds is very 'stormy'.

Some people also don't dare to sit at their window seats. Some couples have asked for another table for lunch today, "away from the window".

It starts raining and storming again, so we go back to the Sand Bar and play more games.

It's really exciting to watch the waves.

When the rain subsides in the afternoon, my son and husband jump into the sea, because now there are great waves for wave jumping.

In the lagoon, Dagmar & Paul from the water sports station are speeding past us on surfboards with kites and doing cool jumps. The two of them are visibly happy about the weather 💨🌊

Today will be the first evening without a sunset drink, the sunset is missing due to the clouds and it's quite uncomfortable at the Beach Bar with the storm and occasional rain.

After dinner, we sit in the Sand Bar again and treat ourselves to the first cocktails of the day: Whiskey Fizz, Tequila Sunrise, and Black Russian 🍹

CHEERS 😇

2021年8月5日

早餐后，我们开始今天的浮潜环游。

今天的能见度比昨天稍差。

我们再次在我们小屋前的浮标处进入珊瑚礁（这意味着这里也要先游泳并划水，才能穿过泻湖到达珊瑚礁）。

今天有很多鱼群在四处游动。我们只看到一条鲨鱼，鳐鱼和魔鬼鱼今天都没有出现。

但是与庞大的鱼群游泳和浮潜也是非常酷的。

在我们浮潜环游的中间，我们看到一只蓝龙虾从它的藏身之处探出头来。和最后那只龙虾一样，它在我们靠近时躲起来了。因此我们只看到了它的触角，看起来像是在看着我们。

再走一段，我们在珊瑚礁的边缘看到两个龙虾的骨架。哎呀，肯定有人饿了！稍后，达格玛（Dagmar）在水上运动中告诉我们，这很有可能是章鱼，在享用盛宴。

今天，丈夫在浮潜环游后直接游回海滩，而我和女儿又在泻湖的珊瑚礁一侧浮潜。我们希望再次见到海龟。

不幸的是，它今天似乎在别处。我们见到了巨型石头鱼、一只大蓝贝壳和许多彩色鱼。

当我们在外面时，我劝说儿子至少在泻湖前面再浮潜一次。沿着通向120-130号小屋的海中混凝土墙，很多鱼在游动 - 他无需远距离浮潜。到珊瑚礁的路已经相当远，而且逆流游泳会很累。

他屈服了，和我一起下水。我们在到混凝土石块的泻湖中浮潜了几米。有多个通道，我游在前面……

..... 直接对着一条鲨鱼的眼睛！！！

哦哦哦哦哦…… 鳐鱼在泻湖这么近的海滩上？？？现在我知道为什么外面的珊瑚礁没有鲨鱼。幸运的是，儿子没有看到那条鲨鱼，它直接游过我身边。否则他肯定会跑开，以后再也不愿意游泳。我们在墙的内外浮潜，看到很多彩色鱼，然后返回海滩。

现在可以享受一些戏水的乐趣了！

午餐后 - 我们几乎是独自一人，因为在客人更换后，似乎没有其他人预订了“全包” - 儿子和丈夫又打了一轮乒乓球。

我和女儿一起躺在躺椅上放松。哦，度假真的是很累呀😉

儿子在观察寄居蟹，家里的其他人今天在水中玩耍和放松。度假是如此美好！

我们的日落饮品大约在16:30在海滩酒吧享用。今天，天空中又出现了一座可怕的云塔，看起来不怎么好，但今天我们运气不错：可能的暴风雨已经经过！

当我们享受日落饮品的时候，儿子在沙滩上捣蛋。

最终，他没有逃得够快，被一波浪击中。当裤子和T恤都湿了之后，我们走回小屋（我真喜欢这座小岛，路程极短！）。儿子脱掉衣服，在日落中戏水，而我们从沙滩躺椅上观看。哦，度假是多么美好啊！

August 4, 2021

Yesterday was "halftime", from today we are getting closer to the departure day step by step. Oops....

But we don't want to think about that now.

The sun is shining again, the sky is almost cloudless, and like most days, there is a gentle breeze blowing (without it, the humidity would be unbearable).

But what's amazing is how the wind varies on this small island. So on our side of the beach, there's often a good breeze, but a little further towards bungalows 130-140, it's almost calm. The sea is also much calmer and less wavy at the corresponding section of the beach (a few meters into the water, you can find concrete walls that make the lagoon quieter for swimming, they don't exist at bungalows 101-118).

After breakfast, we go snorkeling. Today we enter the reef at the buoy in front of our bungalow and swim (against a gentle current) to the other exit in front of the jetty, where we usually enter.

I don't know if there's a big difference in the sun / visibility, etc. The husband says the visibility is better. Well then...

There are not as many sharks as yesterday, but we see the Mobula Trio several times. They're really cool! Once, they glide past me on the roof of the reef. We used to think they only swim in deep water.

But today, they're also swimming near the surface because there's a lot of plankton in the water.

We need a little more time against the current.

The husband has had enough and swims back to the beach. I snorkel back to our bungalow with our daughter on the lagoon side of the reef. At first, it's a bit desolate snorkeling in the coral desert, but then I see a turtle in the shallow water (maybe the same one as yesterday?). It's digging around in the corals and doesn't mind us being there. How cool!

(Reminder: Unfortunately, the pictures are all a bit blurry and not optimal because we don't have a suitable underwater camera anymore - it broke on day 3). These are screenshots from videos taken with my daughter's phone and an underwater case 😊)

With this fantastic sighting, we swim back to the beach, where our son and husband are already playing in the lagoon on an inflatable mattress.

After lunch, the program only consists of relaxing and playing in the water. In the afternoon, the wind picks up again and the waves get bigger. Snorkeling would no longer make sense (even though many vacationers snorkel in the lagoon in the evening).

While we are sitting in the beach bar, we observe a huge black cloud that seems to be coming straight towards us. We are already considering whether to make ourselves comfortable on the bungalow terrace with cocktails, but we are lucky: the cloud passes by!

No rain in paradise 😉

In the evening, at the Beach Bar, we observe some newcomers with interesting T-shirts. Did they mistake Malé for "Malle" here!?

The label "Bierautomat" almost suggests so 😉

Our evening game round is a bit shorter today because, for some reason, we are all totally exhausted. It's unbelievable how tired you can get from the sun and the sea 😊

August 3, 2021

The sea is completely calm today!

First, this morning we search the entire bungalow again for the stuffed animal. It is still missing. Even the room boy has no idea where it could be.

My husband goes to the reception with our son and the 'wanted poster'. They record the case and promise to inform us as soon as they find the stuffed animal.

After breakfast, we go snorkeling right away. Unfortunately, our son still refuses to snorkel. However, he had earache after the last snorkeling session. He prefers to stay on the beach with his Nintendo. Happy Holidays...

Right at the rope that leads to the reef, we see a large turtle at the beginning of the coral roof. Cool! She eats and digs right next to the rope and is not bothered by us.

Since the sea is so calm today, we want to snorkel towards the overwater bungalows, but the visibility becomes extremely poor just a few meters in that direction, so we turn back. So we go on the familiar snorkeling route to the next rope in front of our bungalow.

Shortly afterwards, several blacktip reef sharks swim past us without paying any attention. In addition to many colorful fish, parrotfish of all sizes, and triggerfish of all sizes, we also see the two Mobulas (devil rays) again, which we initially mistook for small manta rays.

Eventually, the third nurse shark swims past us, followed by more blacktip reef sharks. There are suddenly so many that it makes me uncomfortable. And when an unusually large specimen starts circling around my daughter while she completely unabashedly records everything with her phone, we've had enough.

We swim quickly to the other rope and leave the reef for the lagoon. There, we are greeted with excellent visibility and a Picasso triggerfish defending its coral. It keeps attacking us, darting towards the camera or snorkel mask and then darting back at us. Is this the same one we saw on the first snorkeling day?

We leave the little guy alone and swim to the beach. Today we've been snorkeling for over an hour again. And it has been very exciting!

On the beach, our son comes towards us with a big smile on his face, his stuffed animal firmly in his arms. It had actually hidden itself in the sheets when the beds were stripped and now it has come out freshly washed from the laundry 🤭

Phew, the vacation is saved 😉

During lunch, we hear from our table neighbors that the two-person table in the corner by the window, overlooking the beach and sea, was completely washed over and cleared out by a wave this morning, shortly after we left.

It seems that water is still seeping under the restaurant, as there is a big puddle under our table and the table next to ours.

After lunch, our son and husband play a round of table football and table tennis, while I relax on the terrace of the bungalow with our daughter.

In the afternoon, we convince our son to go for a short snorkeling session by the edge of the reef. Unfortunately, the visibility is terrible and we can't even see the rope to the reef.

After we reach the front, we watch some fish and then turn back.

At least our son tried snorkeling again without experiencing any ear pain.

We spend the rest of the afternoon chilling and wave-hopping in the lagoon with our swimming pillows and inflatable mattress. The big waves come out of nowhere, I get washed over twice, much to the amusement of the kids 🤭

We spend the evening watching the sunset again at the beach bar with a Pina Colada and beer 🍻, later of course with the evening Black Russian

Almost only German people are sitting around us now. The alarming thing, however, is that the young Germans without exception either don't have any sunscreen with them or have underestimated the sun here to such an extent that some of them look like lobsters. One male specimen has burned the silhouette of his tank top onto his back, and for many ladies, it is the bikini that can be seen in white on their bright red backs - ouch...

That already hurts just by looking at it.

Due to the large number of clouds, the sunset today is not as spectacular as in previous days.

However, today we see 2 flying foxes directly in the trees in front of our bungalow. I have seen a flying fox flying from the sea several times in the past few days, but I have never found one in a tree. Our daughter has a talent for that and manages to film and photograph the animals.

Dinner is delicious again. Our son has fallen in love with all the chicken dishes and goes to the buffet 3 times for another schnitzel, chicken skewers, or tomatoes with cucumbers.

Just be careful with the curry - it's usually very spicy 😬

Like the past few days, every vacationer in the buffet queue has their temperature measured. Mostly during breakfast, but sometimes also during dinner. So far, we have always been on the safe side with temperatures of 36.2-36.4 👍🏻

After dinner, we go to the sand bar to play. They show a half-hour diving video, which must be over 20 years old judging by the many colorful corals and intact reef... (the format doesn't look very up-to-date either).

On the way back to the bungalow, we see a little mouse 🐁 sitting under a lamp. That's something new, we haven't seen any mice before. When a big crab approaches the mouse, it jumps up and hurries into the thickets. Very funny.

With the sound of the waves in our ears, I toss and turn for a while until I finally fall asleep on the hard mattress.

August 2, 2021

I wake up at 7 o'clock and can't sleep anymore.

My back hurts, the mattress is just too hard for me 🙈

After another half an hour of tossing and turning, I move to the sun lounger on the terrace. The sun is shining and the water is calm. I'm curious to see if we will have a good view while snorkeling later.

The wind is completely absent today and I already have a feeling that it will be a sweaty day, as the sun is already shining brightly in the sky.

We have breakfast at 9 o'clock.

As always, I have omelette and melon for breakfast. The omelette cook already knows me and I don't have to say anything except "Good Morning!". He repeats for me every morning:

"Good Morning! Two eggs with cheese, tomato, spinach and onions, salt & pepper – come back in 5 minutes!"

That's what I call service! So I can already queue up at the fruit buffet and then pick up my finished omelette. Nice!

After breakfast, the husband would like to go wakeboarding, but since there are 2 water skiing beginners getting lessons today, wakeboarding will only be possible afterwards, earliest at 11 o'clock.

We decide to go snorkeling before that and swim past the two yellow buoys above the jetty.

Unfortunately, the visibility under the water is very poor, the sea is very turbulent, although there are hardly any waves. Just before the last rope to the reef edge, we see a huge ray swimming into the lagoon right next to us. Wow, it's big!

At the front of the reef edge, we see some fish and schools, but no sharks. The visibility doesn't improve despite the direct sunlight, so we decide to snorkel back and skip the big round today.

On the way to the buoy towards the beach, we see the ray again next to us. It is digging the bottom of the sea and seems to be looking for food. It is already quite far in front of the lagoon.

After snorkeling, I quickly get my DSLR camera and we head straight to the water sports stand. The husband wants to go wakeboarding.

I can go on the boat and take photos. Perfect!

Paul, the head of the water sports station, takes us on beautiful rounds around the island so that the husband can pose on the board in front of the water bungalows and the island 😇🤪

We drive almost 1.5 times around the island, then the husband signals that it's enough - haha. Paul encourages him to jump over a few waves (yes, we have a lot of fun in the boat *ggg*), then he slows down and drives back towards the beach.

Dagmar is already waiting there and walks around the boat to take my bag with the DSLR camera. The water is already 2m deep behind the beach, reaching up to my chest. Dagmar is smaller than me and juggles my bag safely over her head while fighting through the waves to get to the beach.

After lunch, we actually want to walk along the jetties of the water bungalows and look into the lagoon, but I'm the only one with flip-flops and the wooden planks are very hot. So I go 'strolling' alone.

Walking on the jetties in the midday heat is quite exhausting.

After a little break on the sun lounger, we splash in the sea. We have a lot of fun with the air mattress and the waves in our oversized bathtub 🤪.

For the sunset, we sit again at the beach bar and around us there are almost only German couples, most of them are on their honeymoon, we hear. Many arrived with Condor yesterday.

You can tell that there are hardly any Russians here anymore. The posing on the beach at sunset has noticeably decreased 🤭

I try a new creation: Lime&Lemonade with vodka. Also nice 🤪

Together with a Black Russian, the perfect sunset drink.

The dinner is again very diverse. The eggplants in all variations are very delicious today. As a vegetarian, I have never had to go hungry. But I will stay away from the ratatouille from now on. My last 2 attempts ended in sweating and a numb tongue. I'm really not picky when it comes to spicy food, but that was really too spicy.

It's a pity that it never says whether something is spicy or not. Maybe a suggestion for improvement to the hotel - we have already received the appropriate paper to fill out.

The dessert is again very chocolatey, but unfortunately there are raisins or candied orange peel almost everywhere. Some people may like it, but I don't like it at all, but there are still plenty of pastries, fried fruits, or dough with honey or vanilla sauce, and of course fruit 😉

The nightly gaming session at the Sand Bar is a must. Today we stick to 'Skyjo' and 'Llama', we are once again exhausted from the sun ☀️.

Unfortunately, there is still a big drama before going to bed:

The beloved Pokemon plush toy of our son is missing!

We search everywhere, under the bed, in all the closets. The plush toy is gone. We comfort him and promise to search again tomorrow. It can't be gone....

Who would steal a stuffed toy on a mini island!?

8月1日 2021

今天阳光再次闪耀，不过比昨天明显风大。
我觉得我们的别墅外昨晚一定举行了隐士派对。真不可思议，夜间留下的痕迹显示出那是多么热闹。今夜发生了不少事情。

一个特别大的个体还坐在脚水槽旁边。

在去早餐的路上，我们又看到了两只兔子。所以，这里至少有4只兔子居住在这个岛上。

早餐后，我们开始每天的浮潜行程。我们在码头的黄色浮标处再开始浮潜，然后沿着礁石边游到我们118号别墅附近的另一个浮潜入口。这个路线还挺长，我们每次在水中呆的时间介于60到80分钟。由于小儿子不愿意浮潜，我们不需要再在浮标附近呆着，而是可以绕个大圈，让小儿子在海滩椅上用平板电脑休息。无所谓，大家都有自己的乐趣——这就是假期！

我们再次看到了各种五彩斑斓的鱼，还有一些在埃及见过的巨型鱼，甚至还看到一两条鲨鱼和一些类似魔鬼鱼的魔鲹。此外，还有一只龙虾从岩石的缝隙里看着我们。不幸的是，当我们靠近时，它就缩回去了，只能看到它的触须和眼睛。

午餐时我们见到了许多新面孔。在交谈中我们听到许多度假者是乘坐Condor公司航班到达的。

现在我可以说，岛上大约有三分之二是德国人。几乎所有俄罗斯人都已经离开了，桌子旁边坐着的是瑞士人，还有一些奥地利人，不过我们偶尔仍能听到一些游客说英语。

下午风越来越大，我丈夫非常喜欢。这下他可以再去冲浪一趟。
我从码头上看着他在泻湖里转圈。

然后又是和孩子们在泻湖里嬉戏的时间。

在去晚餐的路上，我们看到了那只黑兔子

自助餐

晚餐后，我们又玩了几轮Skyjo和Lama，试了几种鸡尾酒，22点就上床睡觉了。
这样的假期可真累人。🤭