Colin's & Jane's Dodgy Maldives 2001 Picture Page.


Pictures taken with a Sony DV camcorder's memory stick digital camera facility. Underwater pics were taken with an Ocean Images underwater housing.

Pictures all come from a trip to Ari Beach Water Village in November 2001.

If you click on the pictures, you should be able to see a bigger version, and then use 'back' to return here.

Last updated on 26th November, 2001.

 Seaplane (Maldivian Air Taxi) port at Male Airport.

 

 

 

 

Interior of seaplane on the way to the resort.

 

 

 

 

  Male / Atolls from the air.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Water Village seen from the seaplane jetty.

 

 

 

 

Reception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome Board.

 

 

 

 

 

The Bungalows from our sun deck - looking out to the open ocean.

 

 

 

 

Our first Sunset.

 

 

 

 

Looking out from walkway between the bar/restaurant area and the main island.

 

 

 

A Blue Fin Jack.

 

 

 

 

 

Humbug Damsels.

 

 

 

 

A Clam. 

 

 


 

Threadfin Butterfly.

 

 

 

 

Yellow-faced Butterfly. 

 

 


 

Jane snorkelling.

 

 

 

 

Picasso Trigger Fish. 

 

 

 

 

Wrasse.

 

 

 

 

Damsel Fish trying to 'see me off'!

 

 

 

 

Yellow Margin Trigger Fish.

 

 

 

 

Loads of little Damsels in coral.

 

 

 

 

Butterfly fish 'grazing'.

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaner Wrasse.

 

 

 

 

Walkway connecting the bungalows.

 

 

 

 

Jane on the walkway taking pictures.

 

 

 

 

Restaurant / bar from the end of the walkway.

 

 

 

 

Sand banks and 'local island' from the walk way..

 

 

 

 

The Bar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bar from the main island.

 

 

 

 

Bungalows (inc 2 'honeymoon' ones) from bar area.

 

 

 

 

Views from the reception / jetty area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The light played some lovely tricks at dusk!

 

 

 

 

Bar area at night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large ray (one of hundreds we saw at night).

 

 

 

 

Fish feeding at lunchtime.

 

 

 

 

Porcupine fish seen from the walkway.

 

 

 

 

Coral / rocks exposed at low tide.

 

 

 

 

Black-tipped Reef Shark swimming around our bungalow.

 

 

 

 

Crabs using our stairs.

 

 

 

 

Lionfish underneath bungalow steps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guinea Fowl Puffer Fish.

 

 

 

 

Sunset over the main island from bar area.

 

 

 

 

 

Clam.

 

 

 

 

Path to main Ari Beach resort and the dive school.

 

 

 

 

The island bunny!

 

 

 

 

Seaplane docked at jetty.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't we look happy?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunsets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funny lighting effects again (blue sand if you were there, not quite so obvious here).

 

 

 

 

Giant Clam.

 

 

 

 

Starfish on some coral.

 

 

 

 

Foursaddled Grouper.

 

 

 

 

 

Small Lionfish in the coral.

 

 

 

 

Moray Eels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Porcupine fish hiding in some coral.

 

 

 

 

Gobies.

 

 

 

 

Fruit Bat flying past.

 

 

 

 

Trigger fish with Cleaner Wrasse in attendance.