Did some major relaxing today and actually fell asleep by the pool for about two hours, I think if I stayed and practiced this art of doing nothing I might be able to finally get it right. I swam in the beautiful clear blue ocean with the amazing tropical fish for the last time and then spent the afternoon on the decking listening to music and working on my tan. At about 3pm I decided to move to the private beach, which is the absolute image of perfection and...

For some reason I was up at 5am this morning and couldn't sleep, so I figured I would get up quickly and watch the sunrise and then go back to bed. I figured, how often does one get the chance to see a Maldivian sunrise. I didn't really get to see one anyway, on one side of the island the restaurant blocks the view and on the other the boat harbor, its as if they knew, no one in their right mind would be up this early, so I soon went back to bed. Later in ...

I managed to get myself up early in my island paradise this morning despite every bone in my body wanting to sleep in. About half an hour after I had gotten up, my early morning wakeup call came, which I hadn't ordered. I almost said, Yes Mum, when I picked up the phone. Really? People can't get themselves out of bed at 7:30am? Must just be an occupational hazard of having to organize everyone all the time and not ever having someone to organize you. I we...

Most of this morning was spent drifting in and out of consciousness, I can't believe I've finally managed to sleep on planes. Even as one of the flights was just taking off I remember falling into oblivion as it lifted off the ground. I eventually arrived at Male international airport at about 1pm and then had to figure out how to get a seaplane to the island that I am staying on. I managed it but I had a bit of a wait and had to pay and oversized luggage ...