“What do Muslims say when you pray?”
I paused in the dim light, still seated on the floor where I was praying. The room was near-darkness, in...
I travelled to Dhigurah twice. The first time was for the MWSRP whale shark volunteering project, and then again to visit a fellow volunteer-turned-friend who ended up working for that very same project. It says something: I rarely travel to the same place twice, let alone within months of each other!
Dhigurah was the place I learned how to relax into independent travel, and feel accepted into the society of others likewise exploring new things in the world. It was where I began to re-learn how to be in a sisterhood.
I also went to Dhiffushi to spend some layover days. This was when I began taking time and courage to ask questions around travel and sustainability – as a regular traveller.
Both times yielded memorable lifetime encounters with marine wildlife, incredible paradise atoll vistas, and the beginning of a new belief in myself as a traveller in the world.
The Non-Honeymoon Maldives Introduction
I came to the Maldives in ignorance. It never even occurred to me to wonder what language Maldivians speak. I suppose I took it for granted that they would have their own. It’s only that I didn’t know what it was.
Whale Shark Conservation: The Women I Met in Dhigurah
When I volunteered for whale shark conservation in the Maldives, it was an all-women team, and they made my time in Dhigurah memorable.
I Was Sent a Manta Ray for My Birthday
I don’t remember who spotted the manta ray. Whether it was one of us volunteers, or Farouk, the first mate. But let’s be honest, who cares.
Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme: Where It All Began
Not long before I founded this blog, I went to the Maldives to volunteer for the Maldives Whale Shark Research...
Fernweh @ Grey on the Last Day
I haven’t got it bad. It is not an ‘addiction’, as some travel bloggers claim for themselves. I’m not a travel junkie. I don’t need it to feel whole. I don’t dislike the place I normally consider ‘home’.