Last night we cruised into Male, passed the airport terminal and moored about 30 minutes away.

In the morning, we have our breakfast, move to the quay right outside the terminal with trolleys on the quayside and say goodbye to the crew.

There’s the room boy Ahmed – nice hair!!

The waiter Assadh who kept an eye on me from the inflatable cause my mask kept leaking when in the water – nice eyes, eh?!!

Bablu the cook, from Bangladesh, who worked wonders in his little galley – the one with the white T shirt.

And Captain Laray

And this was our route –