The four-day and three-night trip to Maldives Slide Island is over!
On the night of 6.27, I arrived at the airport three and a half hours early on a direct flight from Beijing to Male on Maldives Airlines, with a queue of tens of meters long at check-in. The plane was a bit old, the small TV was not activated, and the service, meals and hygiene were average;however, it was enough to get to the Maldives at eight in the morning so that we could get on the island earlier!
6.28, after leaving customs found a pick-up person, went through the water flight procedures, was told to fly at 11:10, wrote an email in advance hoping to arrange an earlier water flight, but there seemed to be no arrangement. The water fly is more noisy and it is recommended to prepare earplugs with children and the elderly, however my daughter fell asleep on the water fly for some reason (laughing and crying).
Arrive at the hotel in about 40 minutes and were assigned a Sri Lankan butler, Denu, who spoke Chinese very well and had studied abroad in Kunming. The first time he helped us check in, drove the small car to the room, and introduced the hotel facilities in detail along the way.
6.29-7.1 There are several aspects to share on the island:
- The lagoon water house I stayed in, the space was not big, only two rooms, bedroom and toilet, just right for two people, if you bring older children or two babies, it will be a bit crowded. The room decor is average, like a domestic without star but relatively clean business hotels. The slide was shorter and not exciting. Later I experienced the long slide and found that the short slide was also good and would not choke on the water.
- Snorkeling conditions below the room were average, there were fish but not much, however the snorkeling near the hotel Thai restaurant saw more fish, participating in the paid outing project can see more fish and sea turtles.
- One price all-inclusive, but dinner is recommended to be booked a week or two in advance on the hotel app, temporary reservations are not easy to arrange. If you can't arrange it, you can go to tempo for a buffet. In terms of restaurants, Maldivian restaurants > Indian restaurants > Thai restaurants, while service is Indian restaurants > Maldivian restaurants > Thai restaurants. Actually, I thought the food was pretty good. The best salmon I’ve ever had in my life was on this island
- Suitable for people who like liveliness, want to participate in all kinds of activities, and demand value for money. There are several beach bars on the island, evening bar events, large naughty forts on the water, a free out-of-sea snorkeling and paid out-of-water projects, three or four days can be arranged fully. But if you are after luxury amenities or want to lie quietly, there is no need to come.
- Service is not a one-to-one butler, but you can add WeChat, busy will be a little slower to reply, not busy will be very fast. In addition, the app has a chat function, questions immediately have staff replies, feeling will not be neglected.
To sum up, basically met my expectations.
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