Round The World and other travels
A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries
This is: Indian Ocean 2012
A happy coincidence
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I got up a
little earlier today, having realised that I was already well
rested and not wanting to be completely lazy. As a result,
breakfast at Feast was a much quieter affair.
Unfortunately, the previous day's weather had disappeared
and it was raining again. I spent much of the morning
reading and, as expected, the phone rang at 11am. I had
learned before leaving home that, quite remarkably, Bruce
had realised that he had two friends in the
Maldives at the same time. Not only that, we had both
decided to stay at the Sheraton! So it was no surprise at
all when I picked up the phone and a voice said: "Hello,
this is Phil." In the hope that the weather would improve before then, we agreed to meet up for the beach barbeque run by the Anchorage Bar on Monday evenings. |
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As had now become my standard practice, I took
lunch at Sand Coast. I spotted a long table on my way in
and was relieved to see that it was being cleared. One of the
waiters read my mind in an instant: "You're in luck - they've gone!"
The weather cleared up for a while in the afternoon, so I managed to
get out for a walk and used my balcony for a while to read.
Phil called again at 5pm to say that the beach
barbeque had been cancelled due to the weather. It was no real
surprise. With a little input from myself on the relative merits of
Sand Coast and Baan Thai for an evening meal, we
arranged to have dinner in the latter at 7pm. We had no difficulty
at all in spotting each other and I had an excellent dinner in
equally excellent company.
Interestingly, although western people had in the main dressed
smartly for the restaurant, at least two Asian men were refused entry
after turning up in beach shorts, flip-flops and singlet-type tops
with exposed shoulders. What were they THINKING?!
As requested by the hotel, I settled my bill in readiness for departure the following morning.