Happy 2013!! Alex and I started the year in Chicago--our new home! But more on that later. First, let's head back to the week before Christmas when Alex and I finally celebrated our HONEYMOON!
I had always dreamed of going to the Maldives for my honeymoon. White sand beaches, blue water, ocean villas...it's the stuff romance is made of, right? However, it was looking like the Maldives was going to be cost prohibitive until our move to South Africa! (one of the benefits of our short tenure overseas)
Flights were cheaper from Johannesburg to Male, and then we found a deal for an all-inclusive hotel on Jetsetter! Jetsetter is a discount travel site that is powered through Gilt--the designer fashion flash sale website. I highly recommend you try it out if you haven't already.
We flew on Emirates (fantastic airline!) through Dubai to Male, and then caught a seaplane to get to our hotel.
The Maldives is an archipelago of 1,199 islands with about 300 of them being inhabited. Tourism is a huge industry in the Maldives, and after a visit there I totally see why.
Our hotel, Constance Moofushi, was an all-inclusive resort that was amazing. While the food was nothing out of this world, it was good and there was plenty of it. (You have to remember that any food has to be flown in, so we cut them some slack.)
Here are some photos of our fabulous over water villa with access to the Indian Ocean.
I had always dreamed of going to the Maldives for my honeymoon. White sand beaches, blue water, ocean villas...it's the stuff romance is made of, right? However, it was looking like the Maldives was going to be cost prohibitive until our move to South Africa! (one of the benefits of our short tenure overseas)
Flights were cheaper from Johannesburg to Male, and then we found a deal for an all-inclusive hotel on Jetsetter! Jetsetter is a discount travel site that is powered through Gilt--the designer fashion flash sale website. I highly recommend you try it out if you haven't already.
We flew on Emirates (fantastic airline!) through Dubai to Male, and then caught a seaplane to get to our hotel.
The Maldives is an archipelago of 1,199 islands with about 300 of them being inhabited. Tourism is a huge industry in the Maldives, and after a visit there I totally see why.
Our hotel, Constance Moofushi, was an all-inclusive resort that was amazing. While the food was nothing out of this world, it was good and there was plenty of it. (You have to remember that any food has to be flown in, so we cut them some slack.)
Here are some photos of our fabulous over water villa with access to the Indian Ocean.
View of the water from our deck.
our amazing little deck from the back of our villa
view of the water villas from the sea plan dock
the sinks had mirrors that you could pull close or pull open to see through to the water
steps from our deck leading straight into the water. And a little shower to rinse that salt water off.
half indoor/half outdoor shower.
the throne. Notice the little kitchen sink sprayer like item...fantastic invention called the 'bum gun' to clean off after a #2 (too much information?)
AppleTV and better internet in the middle of the ocean than we had in one of the largest cities in Africa. hmm...
our super cozy nest!
I'll post some more about our trip later. And our move to Chicago, buying a house, job hunting...got a lot going on right now!
xoxo
