10 Days in Paradise
It was my wife’s long-time dream to visit the Maldives. Before we had our son, we used to travel to remote exotic locations at least once a year, but ever since our boy was born—who is now 8—we haven’t been farther than three hours by plane. There is no one we can leave him with at home, but we also didn’t want to take up the challenge of going on an overseas flight with him. This year, we felt the time had come. So we booked our tickets. Malé We flew into Malé, which is the capital of the country. It’s a small island on its own, yet probably the biggest one of all. The Maldives consists of 1,192 islands spread across 26 atolls, but only a fraction of them are inhabited or developed for tourism. After landing, we took a cab to the apartment we booked for the first night, called Reef Guest House, which actually turned out to be in Hulhumalé, the other big town on the main island. We figured it was wise to spend the first night there in case our flight got delayed and we missed our speed...
