Wanna Be Snobbery: The Maldives

Let me start by saying that this trip into the capital city of the Maldives was a bit anti-climactic. Though the city of Male (pronounced "Mah-lee") has only 100,000 people, it's also only 2.2 square miles (less than a tenth of the size of Singapore) making it the second most densely populated island in the world after Hong Kong. But since everyone who comes to the Maldives pretty much heads straight to the resorts from the airport, the capital city of Male isn't exactly set up for tourists. I expected it to be a bit more cosmopolitan. It was not.

But first, a sea plane ride! I've been on plenty of planes, but none that take off from the water. Which makes is so much cooler.

I'm a bit of a nervous flyer, and the fact that our pilot was not wearing shoes did not inspire confidence.

The take-off!

Shots from the air:

Shots of Male:

When we arrived in Male, I could not stop myself from staring at our guide's hairstyle. I couldn't decide if he was trying to look more like Justin Bieber or that guy Chad from Million Dollar Listing.

Justin Bieber. Definitely.

Our 20 minute walking tour of Male consisted of a cemetery, the president's house, a mosque, and the market. I'll skip the two trees that were highlighted also along the way.

Check out the size of that fish on the left! And the guy with the beard, he's pretty cool looking, too.

And that was pretty much it. Having taken in as much culture as was available, we headed back to the boat for our 45 minute ride back to the Holiday Inn. We were treated to a gorgeous sunset on the way back, pretty much par for the course here, before spending the next few days doing absolutely nothing.