Reflections of parents of not-so-young-kids-anymore
The Maldives trip was my first extensive sojourn into taking underwater stills of marine life, so it was a real eye-opener. I’ve commented on my experiences using the different equipment that I carted along for the trip, so here’s a
Equipment wise, the Maldives trip turned out to be quite a varied experience: I bought just two lenses for the Sony A73 – the FE 24-105mm and Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 – and not unexpectedly, used the former far more than
Back in January this year, our local travel agent for our private island segment exclaimed in surprise when she learned that we were planning for a ten day trip to the Maldives. She asked if we were absolutely certain of
Before we began planning for our Maldives trip, a stay at a water villa at an all-inclusive private island was the bucket list item. So, in a sense, the planning for our 10 day trip was first largely centered around
The third in my series of posts covering Olhuveli by day, night, and finally – at sunrise. The lightweight Sirui T-024X Carbon Fiber Tripod and C-10S Ball Head was carted along for this Maldives trip. And after two earlier attempts
A companion pictorial blog post to Olhuveli by Day, and this time when the sun sets. Our Ang Mo bud quipped that he was half-expecting for a bunch of very drunk Aussies to show up at any time. Fortunately, that
It was literally impossible to take a bad picture at the Olhuveli Beach & Spa Maldives. A collection of pictures from our point of arrival and across the four days we stayed at the property. I’ll do a longer commentary
Truth to tell, prior to departure, I did have some trepidation to the length of time we’d be spending on a local island, and that we’d be staying in a guest house. The touristy private island resorts, where we’d be
The summary of stay at The Sunrise Huraa where we spent the first seven of ten days of our Maldives 2019 trip: fantastic, exceeded expectations, and we couldn’t have asked for better care. My more specific comments! The Sunrise Huraa
Our Ang Mo bud was especially interested in the sunset fishing excursion, so the kids and wife joined him for that outing on day 6 evening too. The catch was Jack fish, and the other a snapper. The critters were
The kids – especially Hannah – have come to love snorkeling this trip so much that they couldn’t wait for the next outing: and we went out yet again on Day 06. The still photos weren’t as good this time,
The kids knew they were in for a treat on Day 5 today when our guest house host Sameer suggested we go out crab hunting at the mangrove swamp just two minutes from our house. Matt and I being the
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