Packed and ready to go

Yes we're all ready for our next trip. The bags are packed and we set off in the morning, having an overnight stop in the South East before getting the plane to Male in the Maldives on Sunday. We had a major panic this afternoon when we realised we'd lost the silicon grease that keeps the underwater case for our camera watertight! We rang several local shops who didn't stock it but found one in Bracknell that does. We're therefore setting off tomorrow, earlier than planned, as this shop shuts at 2.30! Fortunately our hotel has a swimming pool so arriving early means we can get insome practice for all the swimming & snorkelling we'll be doing in the next two weeks. We know there's some internet cafes in Male and will be there at weekends so hopefully will be able to update the blog. Mid weeks we'll be cruising the islands and unable to get online....we'll have a lot of catching up to do when we get back!

Elvie