The Maldives - Truest Blue

Our last activity for the week was snorkeling, which is my second favorite thing to do on vacation (the first is doing absolutely nothing, of course).  The sun and I not being exactly friends, I was sure to be dressed in full long-sleeved swim wear and a layer of 80+ waterproof sunscreen.  My goal for the day was to see a shark (the little reef ones, not a big man-eating one or anything), and David really wanted to see a turtle.

They even gave us diving cards so we would know what we were looking at.  (See the color of the water behind me?  So clear you can see down 30 feet or more, and it was that color as far as the eye could see.)

Swimming out to the reef...

I took an extra minute to run from one end of this sandbar to the other, leaving my footprints in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Swimming along, we saw lots of clownfish, bannerfish, angelfish, soldierfish and even butterfly fish.  But no sharks, and no turtles.  The day was not lost, though, as it was a beautiful day and our snack in between dives was cake.

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After a few days we had finally smartened up and rented a cabana, so this was my view for the last two full days.

David looking for shells on the beach.

Last day was consisting of trying out the vine swing...

Staring up at the palm trees...

And never getting tired of looking at water that was so unbelievably blue you can't believe its real.

At night they have movies on the beach... the last night was Finding Nemo!

Our final sunset.

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Next?  Our last dinner in Singapore, and travel back to Minnesota, otherwise known as "Am I On A Different Planet?"