We stayed at this hotel in November 2015. The warmest ocean - water temperature 35 degrees. The underwater world is indescribable. Rest is like a fairy tale. Upon arrival, they immediately wrote a song and edited a video that I would like to show to everyone who is going to go there! Only there. It’s better to save money all your life and go there to relax than to go to strange countries with dubious service! I wish everyone to relax in Male! https://www.
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We stayed at this hotel in November 2015. The warmest ocean - water temperature 35 degrees. The underwater world is indescribable. Rest is like a fairy tale. Upon arrival, they immediately wrote a song and edited a video that I would like to show to everyone who is going to go there! Only there. It’s better to save money all your life and go there to relax than to go to strange countries with dubious service! I wish everyone to relax in Male! https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=UnZgbDfI4hs
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Maldives - heavenly delight! We were in the Maldives for the first time. Rested in March 2015. The dream of relaxing in the Maldives haunted us, my son and I really wanted to go there. The choice of the island and the hotel was approached “from afar” - two weeks of monitoring and studying the islands with a house reef (this was the main condition for choosing a hotel), hotel rating, price-quality ratio and setting your own priority for hotels.
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Maldives - heavenly delight! We were in the Maldives for the first time. Rested in March 2015. The dream of relaxing in the Maldives haunted us, my son and I really wanted to go there. The choice of the island and the hotel was approached “from afar” - two weeks of monitoring and studying the islands with a house reef (this was the main condition for choosing a hotel), hotel rating, price-quality ratio and setting your own priority for hotels. After studying a lot of reviews and videos - we got a list of hotels. When choosing a tour operator, we settled on Tez-Tour (because others either have a much higher price, or you need to make some additional payments in addition to the main tour, for example, a transfer, and it costs a lot of money in the Maldives). The choice fell on the Fihalhohi Island hotel, but when we asked for places at the hotel, we were refused (there are no places). The next hotel on the "list" was Fun Island. Availability was confirmed immediately. All documents (voucher, insurance, plane tickets) were received by e-mail. And then came the long-awaited vacation. Flight. Departure from Vnukovo. Airline - Transaero. Check-in for the flight took place in advance via the Internet (very convenient when choosing seats on the plane). Boeing 777-200 aircraft, 9 seats in a row, the distance between the seats is 81 cm - for a long-distance flight - “the very thing”. The flight departure was delayed for 40 minutes, but this is not critical - after all, the Maldives is ahead! There were a sufficient number of empty seats on the plane, and those who were quicker took them for a comfortable “flight-sleep” (including us). During the flight, the entry migration cards were filled out. Flying up to Male, you experience a storm of emotions when you see small islands with lagoons and azure water from a height from an airplane window. The airport in Male is small. Landing - passport control - a suitcase - a meeting by a Tez-Tour representative at the airport with free bottles of water - and we are rushing on a boat along the "azure waters of the Maldives" past beautiful island hotels. Having sailed for 15 minutes, the captain of the boat invited his son to take the helm of the boat. The son experienced a storm of positive emotions and a sea of adrenaline while driving a boat with tourists all the way to the island. There was only one couple of tourists from India on the boat with us. Only 40 minutes sailed to the hotel, because. Bodufinolhu Island is located in South Male Atoll, 38 km from the airport from Male International Airport. The Maldives greeted us with sunshine and there were no cloudy days throughout the holiday (only once there was a tropical downpour at night, lasting about two hours). In general, we were lucky with the weather! Island hotel. At the pier we were met by representatives of the hotel. They were not allowed to carry the suitcase themselves - such a gesture of courtesy. A few tens of meters along the pier, at the entrance to the reception there are cool wet towels for hotel guests, and here we are filling out hotel guest cards, drinking a cool cocktail. After reading the reviews in advance, we asked to be placed in rooms from 135 to 155 (on the left side of the reception), but there were no free places in them and we were placed in room 114 (on the right side of the reception), promising that if we didn’t like it, then they will give us another number the next day (but we did not change it). We were alone on the island from Russia, and the bulk of the tourists were Chinese, Italians, Germans and a few Indians. One-storey bungalows are located among the trees just 20-30 meters from the beach. While walking to our house, I was a little upset when I saw that the island seemed to be a little “bald” and “rustic”. The island itself is medium in size by Maldivian standards - 700x168 meters. There are two islands nearby: on the first (on the right, when viewed from the pier) is the OLHUVELI BEACH & SPA RESORT 4 hotel, and the second (on the left, when viewed from the pier) is the uninhabited colorful Robinson. Photos of the Fun Island hotel on the Internet on the official website of the hotel are true. The reception and dining room are located in the middle of the island, and to the right and left of them there are one-story bungalows with two or three rooms in each detached house. There is no pool in the hotel. If you look at the island from the pier, then on the left side on the outskirts of the island there is a sandy spit - this is a local beach, and on the right side of the island (from the very edge) there is an abandoned building, a generator and a house where the hotel staff lives. WI-fi is really free (a rarity for this level of hotels) and without a password, but only near the bar. I measured the speed: 5.5 Mbps - reception and 2 Mbps - transmission --- for Skype, Viber, FaseTime - plenty (I checked and used it myself, because I didn’t think to buy a local SIM card). There are no Russian-speaking staff in the hotel. I had to resort to the help of a translator on the tablet. The deposit at the reception was not taken. The hotel has table tennis (ping-pong), American billiards - free of charge. A suitcase was brought to our room. Standard room: spacious and simple - nothing more (the most important thing is air conditioning). From the room there is a second exit to the street ("type into the courtyard"). The bathroom is combined, hot and cold water is available with good pressure. The lamps are equipped with energy-saving light bulbs (after all, electricity in the Maldives is worth its weight in gold). There is no safe in the room (it is at the reception, you need to fill out a card and you will be given the key to the safe. If the key is lost, the fine is $ 75). The room has a free tea set (tea and coffee), a kettle, cups, telephone, umbrellas, toilet and beach towels. 1 small bottle of drinking water per person (500 ml) is placed daily in the room free of charge. Rooms are cleaned daily with towels replaced with clean ones. In the fridge-bar, everything is paid, there is a memo on the hotel in Russian. Adapters for Russian plugs are already installed in electrical outlets. Voltage 220 volts. There are no TVs in standard rooms. The hotel's rooms need a little cosmetic repairs (but it's bearable). Water in the taps is technical to drink and cannot be boiled! Before entering the room on the street there is a tap for rinsing your feet from sand - very convenient. Large ants (2 cm each) come to the bathroom at night, but at the first request (as if at the behest of a pike), hotel employees come running with some kind of chemical preparations to eliminate them. We got dressed and went to have lunch. In the dining room - buffet: breakfast 7-30 to 10-00, lunch 12-30 to 14-00, dinner 19-30 to 21-00. The waiters are young guys, very helpful. Food: a variety of dishes - if you don’t find fault, then everything is “normal”. Drinks: tea, coffee, milk, juice (water and beer for a fee). Main dishes: one or two types of “unexplored soup”, sandwiches, potatoes, pasta, broccoli, fish, two or three types of meat, sausages, chicken eggs (for breakfast, scrambled eggs, locally prepared scrambled eggs). Baking - fresh (probably baked right on the island). Fruits and all possible salads and many unfamiliar dishes that were not even suitable for (it was enough "familiar dishes"). If the hotel is full of tourists and all the tourists come to eat, then there will not be enough space for everyone in the dining room and you will have to wait! (it is a fact). Food is fresh, no complaints. I won’t talk much about food, we love to eat delicious and we know what delicious is, it was delicious for us, everyone found a set of dishes that suits their taste! If you take additional drinks at the bar or in the dining room (mineral water, beer, etc. ), then you don’t need to pay in cash - a waiter comes up with a check, you put a signature, and when you leave the hotel, you pay for all checks. The price of draft beer is Maldivian $ 13.55 per 1 liter. Rest. On the day of arrival, having had lunch, smeared with sunscreen (protection 50), we went snorkeling and getting acquainted with the underwater world of the Maldives. Masks, snorkels, fins we brought with us. I asked the tourists who had previously been here where it is better to snorkel. The best snorkeling on Fun Island is only at the end of the pier (i. e. , at the place where the boat docks upon arrival). There is a special ladder for easy descent, and there is also a house reef (barrier (deep), and which leads to the beach (shallow). In terms of snorkeling, the experience is not great, but we were very impressed by the beauty and richness of the underwater world we saw. On the first day, we snorkeled for only 1.5 hours and got very badly burned (they were smeared with sunscreen (protection 50) - the sun in the Maldives is very strong and swimming (snorkeling) during the day is best in long-sleeved T-shirts. The next day we did just that. On the second day of our stay on the island, we found a place where the stingrays are fed (where the staff lives and (or) where the diving center is located on the map of the island on the right side). The stingrays are fed at 16-00 by tourists in the presence of a hotel employee. - free. Amazing spectacle: by 16-00, as if on command, stingrays (10-12 pieces) swim to the place of "feeding". The hotel employee cuts the fish into pieces and starts feeding. The stingray, as if a vacuum cleaner, sucks food (fish) in the mouth, which is located below They eat only sliced fish (they don’t eat meat). All interested tourists join the “feeding meal. ” It seems that the stingrays are just tame creatures, they sort of flap their wings and try to “jump out of the water” in order to you get a fish. It even seemed to me that they, like kittens, love when they are stroked on the frontal part between the eyes. There are not very many tourists, I think that not everyone knows about this event (after all, there is no advertising). We were at this event and took part more than once. It is difficult to describe this spectacle - you need to participate in it! The beaches are everywhere on this island. From the side of the pier (to the right and left), but the entry into the water is not very comfortable (there are old corals and stones), the entry is smooth - there is no depth, almost the lagoon of the island. Clean sand is only on the spit on the left side of the island. There are ebbs and flows. The beach on the ocean side (the eastern part of the island), it seemed to me, was not suitable for swimming at all, only for sunbathing, although there is a very beautiful view (a large ocean wave breaks on the reef on the horizon). Separately, I want to focus on the uninhabited island of Robinson. It is located on the left side of the hotel. Every day, a motor boat with willing tourists sails to it for free at 10-00, and picks it up from the island at 12-00. You just need to register in advance at the reception. The size of Robinson Island is approximately 150x50 meters. The boat sails 5 minutes. You can also swim (or wade at low tide) to try, but there is a current. We didn't. “Landing” on this island you immediately get the complete feeling that you are IN THE MALDIVES - the purest sand, five or six colored water, and there is plenty of greenery on the island. Tourists go to the island mainly for photo shoots. Well, we did not miss such a chance. Even crabs and herons on this island “posed for a photo” for us. We were there twice (one time was not enough to "absorb such positive emotions"). There is practically no evening entertainment in the hotel (we only saw crab races). In the evening, basically everyone is on the Internet. But the moment when huge manta rays (about 3 meters) come to the pier, where the boats moor, deserves special attention. Arrive around 10-11 pm. There is night lighting and it seems that manta rays are coming to pose for a photo shoot. . We even filmed a fragment when one of the stingrays performed a “dead loop” and its abdomen was clearly visible! And against the backdrop of floating manta rays, a little further (about 20 meters) three or four meter sharks are “on duty”, and some predatory fish go hunting at night. A spectacle with unique sensations !! ! We were there three evenings in a row for two hours, it's a pity that we found out about it late. I will say briefly about the beauty of the underwater world - THIS IS COOL!! ! It's impossible to describe - you have to see it! They took an underwater camera with them, brought 5 GB of photo and video material. Snorkeling almost every day (and sometimes 2 times - in the morning and in the evening) for about 2 hours. Under the pier itself there are a lot of beautiful fish with bright colors. One day after dinner we saw a turtle - we swam after it. And she seemed to understand that I was filming her, after posing for a bit (enough for video and photos), she swam onto a shallow reef, finally waving her fin at me. Also, when snorkelling, we saw "wild" rays, coral sharks, octopus. My son most of all liked to disperse schools of colored fish. We went on an excursion to the Maldivian village on the island of Guraidhoo. In the local life of the inhabitants of the Maldives, there are no such bright colors as on the islands-hotels. We saw a mosque, a generator (as an attraction), a school, a kindergarten, a small fishing port. Everything is much simpler there, even a little sad. When we sailed on a boat to the island, we saw dolphins and the captain even turned the boat around so that we could enjoy this spectacle! The males, as if on command, rushed to the boat, diverting attention to themselves, and the females swam in the other direction. In conclusion, I can say that the holiday was a success, although the first impressions of the Fun Island Resort hotel were a little alarming. This is a great place for a budget holiday in the Maldives, where there is almost everything. This island has a beautiful house reef (we even saw a few boats from other islands with divers); sparse vegetation is compensated by the good ventilation of the island by the sea breeze, and there is enough shade for comfort; Robinson Island makes a good "weight" in a positive direction - there is simply a Maldivian PARADISE; Responsive and good-natured staff does not extort tips and quickly responds to requests from tourists. Do not buy souvenirs either on the island or on excursions - buy everything at Male airport in Duty Free, there is more choice and cheaper. I recommend sunbathing only from morning until 11-00 and after 15-00, because in the afternoon there in the sun - tin. During the rest we saw a lot of marine life of the equatorial waters of the Indian Ocean. And the fact that in many reviews they write that there is nothing to do in the Maldives is not true: it’s just that the rest here is kind of Maldivian.
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Value for money 10 out of 10!! ! Rested husband in November 2014.10 days. We were very satisfied!!!! we were lucky with the weather, sunny, bright, got a lot of impressions!! ! I really liked the service! they are all so cute and friendly! ! We met and were seated immediately. When we left, they saw us off, it was very nice! There were no questions about nutrition, there is plenty of food ! ! all sorts of exotic fruits every day, even fed lamb.
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Value for money 10 out of 10!! ! Rested husband in November 2014.10 days. We were very satisfied!!!! we were lucky with the weather, sunny, bright, got a lot of impressions!! ! I really liked the service! they are all so cute and friendly! ! We met and were seated immediately. When we left, they saw us off, it was very nice! There were no questions about nutrition, there is plenty of food ! ! all sorts of exotic fruits every day, even fed lamb. The room is ordinary, clean, tidy! Definitely not a party place! calm in the evenings, all in couples... there were discos, live music, and karaoke... The island has its own coral reef, scuba diving, we saw a lot of underwater beauty !! ! Loved the beach too! there are no crowds of people, than they were also satisfied ! ! Photographed happily! Would recommend for a relaxing budget holiday! !
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Very good hotel, beautiful atoll, food is good, the staff is also on the level, not annoying, they know their stuff!
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Very good hotel, beautiful atoll, food is good, the staff is also on the level, not annoying, they know their stuff!
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The Maldives is truly heaven on earth. This is a place of relaxation from the bustle of the city, noise. A place where you can find harmony and tranquility. I have more detailed information in my video report - an overview of the island and the hotel, food, entertainment, the beauty of the ocean and the underwater world.
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The Maldives is truly heaven on earth. This is a place of relaxation from the bustle of the city, noise. A place where you can find harmony and tranquility. I have more detailed information in my video report - an overview of the island and the hotel, food, entertainment, the beauty of the ocean and the underwater world. https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLS1jTa6clAoPIuHRVS9W9XAQ8bdTpxeep
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we saw such a miracle during our vacation https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=1crbzy-QG5g
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we saw such a miracle during our vacation https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=1crbzy-QG5g
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We went in June 2012 through Tez-tour. Everyone was satisfied! : ) The only thing that upset me a couple of times was the behavior of some of our compatriots, but these are already details... ; ) The flight was a Transaero company, a Boeing 747 with a Russian crew (round trip) from Domodedovo. The plane is big, a lot of people with small children flew with us (literally from six months), but the kids behaved well, ate and slept.
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We went in June 2012 through Tez-tour. Everyone was satisfied! : ) The only thing that upset me a couple of times was the behavior of some of our compatriots, but these are already details... ; )
The flight was a Transaero company, a Boeing 747 with a Russian crew (round trip) from Domodedovo. The plane is big, a lot of people with small children flew with us (literally from six months), but the kids behaved well, ate and slept. The flight there was at night, the food was served twice (after climbing, at two o'clock in the morning and about seven, before landing), everything is quite edible. I managed to sleep on the plane. Departed and arrived without delay. We flew about 7.5 hours. We had e-tickets without seats, I highly recommend asking for a window seat at check-in! Landscapes before landing are simply unreal, I want to take a picture of everything : )
On the plane in the morning they will give immigration cards, you need to fill them out (it is possible later, at the airport, but they are handed out in advance so as not to waste time). No one really looks at them, they just put a stamp on passport control later. Check-in after arrival was quick. There are small shops at the airport (souvenirs, masks, tubes, sunscreen, etc. , but expensive, of course : )).
We got our luggage, went on, met a local young man with a sign "Teztur", who showed us where to go. At the counter of our company, they gave out envelopes with information about the hotel, country and a bottle of water (0.5 l). We sat for a while, waited for everyone and, accompanied by a Russian guide, Svetlana (who is constantly at the hotel), went by boat to our island (it took 45 minutes). On the way, we looked at the capital (the airport is on a neighboring island), the islands and flying fish that swooped in different directions from our boat : ) We were at the hotel around 11, the guide gathered us at the bar, everyone brought hot towels and fruit cocktails in misted glasses: ) Svetlana told about the daily routine, excursions, etc. , filled out guest cards and, accompanied by an employee, went to the rooms. Luggage was taken a little later. We settled in and had time for lunch : )
We have only positive impressions from the hotel : ) The staff speaks very decent English, with the simplest words or gestures, in extreme cases, you can explain yourself : )
We settled in a bungalow (Beach Front Room) of three rooms. The rooms are the same as in the photo on the Tez-tour website. The furniture is a little old, but everything is decent.
The houses do not have direct access to the beach, you need to go through the palm trees for 2-3 minutes : ) First, they settled in such a way that there were no neighbors (in the extreme rooms), then they filled the middle ones. Hearing is excellent. The room had air conditioning, mini-bar, bathroom with shower, telephone. No hair dryer or safe. Hairdryer, iron and board can be taken at the reception (about $ 2-3 per day). Safe - you can put documents and valuables for free. We did not use it, everything was in the room, nothing was missing. We left the cleaner a dollar tip, cleaned every day, changed the towels in the bathroom and beach towels too. Soap and shampoos have not been changed, though : )
The hotel was chosen because of three meals a day, they were afraid that the husband would starve : ) The food is excellent! Everyone has their own taste, of course, but we didn’t stay hungry, but we barely got up from the table a couple of times, we had to limit ourselves : ) Buffet, salads are not very diverse, but a lot of greens and vegetables (strictly speaking, greenish ones come across ). For breakfast - muesli, yogurt, main courses, pancakes, toast, jams. For lunch and dinner - the first (including vegetarian dishes). The second - two types of meat (more often beef and chicken), fish, garnish - rice, potatoes. Dishes were repeated only a couple of times in 10 days. Very tasty pasta, my husband was delighted : ) The dishes are often spicy, but interesting : ) Desserts are beyond praise : ) Pannacotta, soufflé , cheesecakes, mousses. . . Delicious! : ) Also - fresh fruits (papayas, watermelons, melons, apples, pineapples, passion fruit, something else).
Drinks for breakfast - no restrictions (tea, coffee, juice), for lunch and dinner - only one cup of black tea or coffee for free. Nuance: black tea from bags, they brew green tea, so they always pay for money : )
Every day, a free bottle of non-carbonated local water 0.5 l (per person) is placed in the room. There is a thermos in the room, also about 0.5 l, you can go to a restaurant with it, the waiter will pour boiling water, so take tea and cups with you, you can drink tea for free; )
A large selection of cocktails, the average price of alcohol is approx. $ 9, beer - approx. $ 5 (0.3 l). To all prices (on the menu, excursions, etc. ) you need to add 16% (10% - hotel services and 6% - state tax). You can pay immediately, you can before leaving. In the latter case, you will be given all the checks at once, along with the total bill. Payment by cash or card.
The import of alcohol into the country is prohibited, but people somehow manage : )
From all the houses to the complex of main buildings (reception, bar, restaurant) a maximum of five minutes on foot. When we were there, construction was going on on the island, but until we stumbled upon it while walking, we didn’t notice. There is a little noise next to the construction site, but a little walk - to the restaurant - and you can't hear it.
From the entertainment there was an evening show of local music and dances, the guys pulled the audience out to dance to the drums, it was fun : ) Also - a disco 2-3 times and live music (a local young man sang Maldivian and European songs with a guitar, sooo cool : )). Table tennis and billiards for free.
There is a diving and water sports center (canoe, catamaran, etc. ).
Tourists were taken to the neighboring island every day for free (it’s shallow there, you can swim yourself, depending on the water level : ) but the current is strong, and so that they don’t catch tourists from the ocean later, they carry : )).
You can take excursions, we went for a walk with dolphins ($20, if the dolphins don’t meet, then $10), we didn’t see them for very long, but it’s still great - they swim right next to the boat, jump : ) In addition, you can go to Male ($95), to local villages, to go fishing (the fish you catch will be cooked later for a fee).
People ordered dinner on the beach. They set the table on the sidelines, put candles, it’s very beautiful.
The bar has free Wi-Fi, the speed is decent, you can talk on Skype. There is a small library - tourists leave books : ), a souvenir shop (we bought there, we didn’t want to fuss at the airport). The store has some household goods (shampoo, sunscreen, hygiene items, swimwear, T-shirts, shorts, masks, tubes), but it's a little expensive, of course : )
Be very careful with the sun! The second day was cloudy, we spent the first half of the day on a neighboring island and did not use sunscreen, the result is my crimson shoulders and back and terrible burns on my husband, up to blisters. Therefore, products with SPF> 50 to start (especially with fair skin) and 30 then, even in water, especially when you swim with a mask. It is recommended to swim in clothes (long-sleeved T-shirt, shorts). Once, while snorkeling, I was bitten by a fish - she saw a mole and decided to clean me, apparently : ) A couple of times vacationers were stung by jellyfish. There were no serious incidents. First aid will be provided on the island for free, in serious cases they can be taken to a doctor (for a fee).
Be sure to take:
- a first-aid kit - you can’t buy anything on the island (we took Panthenol spray and antihistamines (tavegil), analgesics (after burns, everything came in handy together), enterodesis and smecta in case of a loose stomach (thank God, we didn’t use it), a band-aid, a disinfectant);
- mask, snorkel, fins (good house reef);
- hats;
- tanning products with SPF>50 for the beginning and 30 for the following days;
- insect repellant.
There are a lot of wooden sunbeds on the shore, the houses have foam mattresses, you can take it with you to the beach, lay it on sunbeds, you can just get by with a beach towel (everything is free).
The sea is very good, the water is of incredible color! Crabs run along the shore, at night we scared them with flashlights : ) Small sharks, stingrays and various small fish swim right along the beach. You can swim anywhere, but it's more pleasant - on the spit. The locals will show and tell everything : )
People write that you can take a knife, knock coconuts off the palms yourself and get milk : ) but firstly, they will notice - a fine, and secondly, they hang very high, it’s hard to reach : ))) Ask - they will prepare such a coconut for you, will cost approx. 4-5 $.
There are few insects on the island. They are periodically poisoned, but a couple of times someone has bitten. It is better to take insect repellant with you. Ants run around the number, three pieces will definitely climb in the evening : )
And also about the weather! The high season in the Maldives is in winter, in May - July, prices are lower, because rain is likely. We read about June that this is the month of storms : ) Therefore, we were very nervous before the trip. As it turned out - in vain! We were very lucky with the weather, it rained twice - at night. During the day it was more cloudy, but it didn’t stop us from getting sunburnt : ) There was a clear sky and the sun for a couple of days - and then the equatorial heat was felt with might and main : )
I would recommend this hotel to anyone who likes a relaxing holiday.
That seems to be all : ) Have a wonderful vacation for everyone! : )
The flight was a Transaero company, a Boeing 747 with a Russian crew (round trip) from Domodedovo. The plane is big, a lot of people with small children flew with us (literally from six months), but the kids behaved well, ate and slept. The flight there was at night, the food was served twice (after climbing, at two o'clock in the morning and about seven, before landing), everything is quite edible. I managed to sleep on the plane. Departed and arrived without delay. We flew about 7.5 hours. We had e-tickets without seats, I highly recommend asking for a window seat at check-in! Landscapes before landing are simply unreal, I want to take a picture of everything : )
On the plane in the morning they will give immigration cards, you need to fill them out (it is possible later, at the airport, but they are handed out in advance so as not to waste time). No one really looks at them, they just put a stamp on passport control later. Check-in after arrival was quick. There are small shops at the airport (souvenirs, masks, tubes, sunscreen, etc. , but expensive, of course : )).
We got our luggage, went on, met a local young man with a sign "Teztur", who showed us where to go. At the counter of our company, they gave out envelopes with information about the hotel, country and a bottle of water (0.5 l). We sat for a while, waited for everyone and, accompanied by a Russian guide, Svetlana (who is constantly at the hotel), went by boat to our island (it took 45 minutes). On the way, we looked at the capital (the airport is on a neighboring island), the islands and flying fish that swooped in different directions from our boat : ) We were at the hotel around 11, the guide gathered us at the bar, everyone brought hot towels and fruit cocktails in misted glasses: ) Svetlana told about the daily routine, excursions, etc. , filled out guest cards and, accompanied by an employee, went to the rooms. Luggage was taken a little later. We settled in and had time for lunch : )
We have only positive impressions from the hotel : ) The staff speaks very decent English, with the simplest words or gestures, in extreme cases, you can explain yourself : )
We settled in a bungalow (Beach Front Room) of three rooms. The rooms are the same as in the photo on the Tez-tour website. The furniture is a little old, but everything is decent.
The houses do not have direct access to the beach, you need to go through the palm trees for 2-3 minutes : ) First, they settled in such a way that there were no neighbors (in the extreme rooms), then they filled the middle ones. Hearing is excellent. The room had air conditioning, mini-bar, bathroom with shower, telephone. No hair dryer or safe. Hairdryer, iron and board can be taken at the reception (about $ 2-3 per day). Safe - you can put documents and valuables for free. We did not use it, everything was in the room, nothing was missing. We left the cleaner a dollar tip, cleaned every day, changed the towels in the bathroom and beach towels too. Soap and shampoos have not been changed, though : )
The hotel was chosen because of three meals a day, they were afraid that the husband would starve : ) The food is excellent! Everyone has their own taste, of course, but we didn’t stay hungry, but we barely got up from the table a couple of times, we had to limit ourselves : ) Buffet, salads are not very diverse, but a lot of greens and vegetables (strictly speaking, greenish ones come across ). For breakfast - muesli, yogurt, main courses, pancakes, toast, jams. For lunch and dinner - the first (including vegetarian dishes). The second - two types of meat (more often beef and chicken), fish, garnish - rice, potatoes. Dishes were repeated only a couple of times in 10 days. Very tasty pasta, my husband was delighted : ) The dishes are often spicy, but interesting : ) Desserts are beyond praise : ) Pannacotta, soufflé , cheesecakes, mousses. . . Delicious! : ) Also - fresh fruits (papayas, watermelons, melons, apples, pineapples, passion fruit, something else).
Drinks for breakfast - no restrictions (tea, coffee, juice), for lunch and dinner - only one cup of black tea or coffee for free. Nuance: black tea from bags, they brew green tea, so they always pay for money : )
Every day, a free bottle of non-carbonated local water 0.5 l (per person) is placed in the room. There is a thermos in the room, also about 0.5 l, you can go to a restaurant with it, the waiter will pour boiling water, so take tea and cups with you, you can drink tea for free; )
A large selection of cocktails, the average price of alcohol is approx. $ 9, beer - approx. $ 5 (0.3 l). To all prices (on the menu, excursions, etc. ) you need to add 16% (10% - hotel services and 6% - state tax). You can pay immediately, you can before leaving. In the latter case, you will be given all the checks at once, along with the total bill. Payment by cash or card.
The import of alcohol into the country is prohibited, but people somehow manage : )
From all the houses to the complex of main buildings (reception, bar, restaurant) a maximum of five minutes on foot. When we were there, construction was going on on the island, but until we stumbled upon it while walking, we didn’t notice. There is a little noise next to the construction site, but a little walk - to the restaurant - and you can't hear it.
From the entertainment there was an evening show of local music and dances, the guys pulled the audience out to dance to the drums, it was fun : ) Also - a disco 2-3 times and live music (a local young man sang Maldivian and European songs with a guitar, sooo cool : )). Table tennis and billiards for free.
There is a diving and water sports center (canoe, catamaran, etc. ).
Tourists were taken to the neighboring island every day for free (it’s shallow there, you can swim yourself, depending on the water level : ) but the current is strong, and so that they don’t catch tourists from the ocean later, they carry : )).
You can take excursions, we went for a walk with dolphins ($20, if the dolphins don’t meet, then $10), we didn’t see them for very long, but it’s still great - they swim right next to the boat, jump : ) In addition, you can go to Male ($95), to local villages, to go fishing (the fish you catch will be cooked later for a fee).
People ordered dinner on the beach. They set the table on the sidelines, put candles, it’s very beautiful.
The bar has free Wi-Fi, the speed is decent, you can talk on Skype. There is a small library - tourists leave books : ), a souvenir shop (we bought there, we didn’t want to fuss at the airport). The store has some household goods (shampoo, sunscreen, hygiene items, swimwear, T-shirts, shorts, masks, tubes), but it's a little expensive, of course : )
Be very careful with the sun! The second day was cloudy, we spent the first half of the day on a neighboring island and did not use sunscreen, the result is my crimson shoulders and back and terrible burns on my husband, up to blisters. Therefore, products with SPF> 50 to start (especially with fair skin) and 30 then, even in water, especially when you swim with a mask. It is recommended to swim in clothes (long-sleeved T-shirt, shorts). Once, while snorkeling, I was bitten by a fish - she saw a mole and decided to clean me, apparently : ) A couple of times vacationers were stung by jellyfish. There were no serious incidents. First aid will be provided on the island for free, in serious cases they can be taken to a doctor (for a fee).
Be sure to take:
- a first-aid kit - you can’t buy anything on the island (we took Panthenol spray and antihistamines (tavegil), analgesics (after burns, everything came in handy together), enterodesis and smecta in case of a loose stomach (thank God, we didn’t use it), a band-aid, a disinfectant);
- mask, snorkel, fins (good house reef);
- hats;
- tanning products with SPF>50 for the beginning and 30 for the following days;
- insect repellant.
There are a lot of wooden sunbeds on the shore, the houses have foam mattresses, you can take it with you to the beach, lay it on sunbeds, you can just get by with a beach towel (everything is free).
The sea is very good, the water is of incredible color! Crabs run along the shore, at night we scared them with flashlights : ) Small sharks, stingrays and various small fish swim right along the beach. You can swim anywhere, but it's more pleasant - on the spit. The locals will show and tell everything : )
People write that you can take a knife, knock coconuts off the palms yourself and get milk : ) but firstly, they will notice - a fine, and secondly, they hang very high, it’s hard to reach : ))) Ask - they will prepare such a coconut for you, will cost approx. 4-5 $.
There are few insects on the island. They are periodically poisoned, but a couple of times someone has bitten. It is better to take insect repellant with you. Ants run around the number, three pieces will definitely climb in the evening : )
And also about the weather! The high season in the Maldives is in winter, in May - July, prices are lower, because rain is likely. We read about June that this is the month of storms : ) Therefore, we were very nervous before the trip. As it turned out - in vain! We were very lucky with the weather, it rained twice - at night. During the day it was more cloudy, but it didn’t stop us from getting sunburnt : ) There was a clear sky and the sun for a couple of days - and then the equatorial heat was felt with might and main : )
I would recommend this hotel to anyone who likes a relaxing holiday.
That seems to be all : ) Have a wonderful vacation for everyone! : )
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There are a lot of reviews about the Fun Island Hotel on the Internet, so it’s quite difficult to write something new and unsaid about it. I can add that everything written positive about the hotel is true. You will go with a positive - you will have a great rest! The choice of the country and place of rest turned out to be random and fast.
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There are a lot of reviews about the Fun Island Hotel on the Internet, so it’s quite difficult to write something new and unsaid about it. I can add that everything written positive about the hotel is true. You will go with a positive - you will have a great rest!
The choice of the country and place of rest turned out to be random and fast. We planned to go to Egypt with a young man, but purely by chance I came across a tempting offer from Tez Tour to relax for 8 days in the Maldives with three meals a day for an inexpensive price - 80 thousand rubles. for two. I always wanted to feel what the ocean is like, swim in its transparent azure waters and find yourself on a small island with palm trees, such as in pictures on the Internet or wallpaper on your desktop.
After reading the positive and negative reviews about the hotel, after weighing the pros and cons, we purchased a ticket. We bought masks, snorkels, fins, march, sunscreen with a protection factor of 50, medicines...... and began to wait for the X day!
Since we do not live in the capital of Russia, we traveled by train to Moscow. Upon arrival in Moscow, they checked in their luggage at the Paveletsky railway station, because the flight to Male was at 0.20 and spent the day walking around the Red Square and the local surroundings.
In Domodedovo, they quickly passed the registration and began to wait for boarding the plane. After reading the reviews, they did not take alcohol with them, because. they thought that everything would be taken away upon arrival in Male. But knowledgeable people bought alcoholic drinks in plastic bottles and wrapped them in clothes, while others put them in laptops. And those who know everything worked out, they passed customs in Male without any problems!
Transaero flew a direct flight to Male on Bing 777-200. The plane was full of passengers. The flight went well, but it was very hard and uncomfortable to sleep. The monitors in the chairs didn't work, and the audio players weren't offered. Upon arrival in Male, the flight attendants handed out migration cards, which they tried to fill out with great care, but in the end such thoroughness was not required. We looked at the migration cards through our fingers: one half remains with the inspector, the second you take with you until the return flight, which will then be taken away.
Coming out of the plane, we were doused with hot and humid air. At the airport in Male, we were met by a girl with a Tez Tour sign, who, when we announced the hotel, sent us to the counter, where the longest queue of all gathered. After standing it, we were instructed to wait for a man with a Fan Island sign in the nearby Aqua cafe, where we settled in, ordering two mugs of non-alcoholic beer (beer in this cafe and cocktails are only non-alcoholic). 70% of those who arrived on our flight sailed to the Paradise Island Resort 5 * hotel, a total of 11 people gathered in our hotel. A man came with a sign Fan Island, quickly gathered everyone, and we rolled in a speedboat. We sailed for about 40 minutes, looking at the colorful houses of Male on the way, and then - various atolls.
Upon arrival at Fan Island, we were met by a young guy at the pier, all the suitcases were loaded onto a gurney and we went to the main bar. There we were met by one Maldivian with wet cold towels wrapped in a roll. We realized that we had to wipe sweat from the road with them and cool ourselves. Another Maldivian served us two chilled cocktails and asked us to fill out cards. All the staff at the hotel speaks English, but it is enough to know a good school level of the language, because. is no longer required. Russian is known a little by one curly guy at the reception and a couple of words like "spicy", "salty", "pasta" the cook in the restaurant.
After filling out the cards, the Maldivian took us to our room, talking in English about local rules and customs. True, later he gave a memo on sheet A4, where everything that he had told us before was written in Russian. We decided to see which room we would get, and if it didn’t suit us, then pay the money and change it to another one. We got the number to the right of the pier (numbers 126 to 101) at number 109 almost at the very end. Everything suited us. True, in the reviews of other vacationers, we read that it is better to have rooms closer to the spit (that is, on the left side of the pier), but in my experience this turned out to be completely different. The most relish of these rooms is that you are close to the bar, the restaurant, the reception, the pier, and your own beach with sun loungers…. The rooms on the left side have their own beach only on the spit, and we have 30 seconds. right from the house through the palm alley and you are splashing in the ocean! Although the island is so small that there is always room for everyone and for everything!
After arriving at the house, we were immediately brought things up, we quickly laid them out in lockers. Looking into the mini-bar refrigerator, we marked our arrival with bottles of cold Heineken beer. There are checks on the bar, in which you need to note what you took from the refrigerator and used. Minibar content prices:
Whiskey Black Label - 11$
Whiskey Red Label - 7$
Hennessy V. S. O. P - $11
Gordan Gin - $7
Bacardi - 7$
Campari - 7$
Smirnoff vodka - 7$
Beer - 5$
Granini - 3$
Soft Drinks - $4.5
Potato Chips - 3$
Snickers - 2$
Mini Snack - $1.5
Mineral Water (0.5 l) - 2.5$
Also, add an additional 10% to the prices - a service fee and 3.5% - a tax on goods and services, this also applies to excursions. All checks you sign will eventually contain all fees and taxes.
The house is divided into two parts - two rooms. You can sometimes hear what the neighbors are doing through the wall. We have changed two neighbors for the whole holiday. We did not see the first ones, but we heard them coughing, the second ones we saw and heard their headboard knocking against our common wall. Well, what can I say, a lot of newlyweds. The Maldives is just the place where you can enjoy each other to the fullest! I liked the room, everything worked, everything shone, the air conditioner worked perfectly well. We took care of ourselves and took shampoo, balm, shower gel. Those shampoos in tiny jars, we did not even open. There were three pieces of soap, which was enough for the whole holiday. And we were very generously presented with toilet paper..... three rolls each.
So it was lunchtime and immediately went to the restaurant for lunch. In the bar, a waiter immediately approached us, apparently our looking faces caught his eye, showed us our table, which, conveniently, was located on the edge at the entrance to the bar and no one walked between us. The food suited us very well. Of course, there were things that we did not like, but for the most part everything was very tasty. Always amazingly delicious crumbly rice and non-sticky pasta with various seasonings and shrimp, cream soups, meats, skewers on sticks, deep-fried fish, salads, sauces, buns and, of course, delicious desserts. The fruits are also a delight. For the first time in my life I tried pitahaya, ripe and juicy papaya, there were also apples, pineapples, small bananas, watermelon, melon. If I hadn’t leaned so heavily on papaya, then everything would have been okay with digestion...... now I can’t look at it - I overate so much. Of course, we don’t eat so many tasty and unusual things at home every day, but no one can master such a large number of dishes. Tea and coffee is always free for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As on the first day they asked for tea for lunch, they always brought it without a reminder and there was no need to order in advance.
Of course, every day we swam a lot. The weather for the whole vacation was excellent, only the last days of the day it was cloudy in the morning, but this made swimming easier - you could swim without T-shirts. The skin tans and burns out very quickly, and tan protection products with protection 50 do not really help....Saves only Panama and T-shirts to toe. My cheeks and legs were burned. I did not see anyone sunbathing, except for an oriental-type girl with a dark skin color. Vacationers either simply swim in the ocean, or lie under the sunbeds under the palm trees. The ocean is simply incomparable and everyone in life should find out what it is like to swim in the ocean and see the beauty of the underwater world. In the morning, with masks and fins, we went swimming to the pier. The most beauty of the underwater world is only swimming from the pier. The house reef is great! You will not find such a variety of fish and corals anywhere else on the island. We swam with sharks, with turtles, with various fish-like creatures, saw an angry moray eel and the flight of a manta ray. We took with us a case for underwater shooting. Clicked over 1000 photos. We swam to the neighboring islands, but in fact there also remains only to admire nature and the ocean. On the third day, we already learned everything and went to all the places on our own. Also engaged in knocking coconut from palm trees. They found a long stick and wielded it around the island in search of coconuts. We did not find lying coconuts, only growing on palm trees! We drank coconut milk...... it was our second ambush... now I can’t see this milk - I drank too much before.
It got dark in the Maldives early, at 6 pm it was already dark (in Moscow: - 1 hour). They entertained themselves. Played table tennis or billiards for free. The island has football and volleyball fields. I really wanted to play both, but, unfortunately, no one was willing. There is also a gym, but they didn’t get there, or maybe they didn’t really want to. After dinner, we sat at the bar, bought beer or cocktails (I liked Dream for $ 7.5). Or, taking buns with them, they went to the pier and fed the fish. At night, the pier is illuminated and many different fish swim to it, including sharks. The sight is very beautiful. We also walked along the night beach with flashlights and looked at crabs and shells. Of the excursions, they took only night fishing for $ 30 per person. We really enjoyed. Although fishing is called night fishing, you actually start fishing when it is light. We left the hotel by dhoni boat at 17.00. When fishing, only fishing line and hook are used, cotton gloves are issued so that the fishing line does not injure hands. Anything you catch can be cooked by the hotel's chef on the same evening for a fee (1 fish - $10). I really liked the attitude of the Maldivians on fishing to us Russian fishermen. I couldn’t catch a fish for a long time, they fussed so much, they were worried about me that I couldn’t catch it, they themselves set the bait, advised how best to catch it. I ended up catching 3 of them.
The hotel was about 70% Russian, the rest - Italians, Indians, Japanese. All resting intelligent people, all polite, respect each other. No one got drunk and everyone behaved with dignity. The Maldivians, on the other hand, turned out to be simple and pleasant people, they are endowed with nobility and self-esteem.
I really liked that the hotel does not have a guide who sells you excursions. Everything is calm, he went to the reception, read it, and if he wanted, he signed up on the sheet. Everything is clear and not burdensome. All excursions are carried out with a set of 8 people. Excursion programs of the Fun Island Hotel (add another 13.5%):
Mon - Snorkeling 10.00-12.00 (attractive sides of the reef) 25$
Dolphin trip 16.00-18.00 (on the ocean) 20$
Tue - Morning fishing 5.30-8.00 (on the ocean) 50$
Trip around the islands 14.00-17.00 (local island resorts) 40$
SR - Tour to Male 9.00-14.00 (trip to the capital) 95$
Night fishing 17.00-20.00 (on the ocean) 30$
Thu - Snorkeling 10.00-12.00 (attractive sides of the reef) 25$
Dolphin trip 16.00-18.00 (on the ocean) 20$
Fri - Trip around the islands 14.00-17.00 (local island resorts) 40$
Night fishing 17.00-20.00 (on the ocean) 30$
Sat - Snorkeling 10.00-12.00 (attractive sides of the reef) 25$
Local island tour 13.00-16.30 (to the local village) 40$
Dolphin trip 16.00-18.00 (on the ocean) 20$
Sun - Night fishing 17.00-20.00 (on the ocean) 30$
In general, the service at the hotel is incomparable. Cleaned up twice a day. I forgot how to make the bed, tk. it was refueled for us both in the morning and in the afternoon. They made us all kinds of swans, fish, hearts and waves. We left $5 for cleaning, but the quality was as excellent as without additional payment. Beach towels and shower field changed every day. No one stole anything during the entire vacation, no one rummaged through things. The money was kept in the room, the reception did not hand over. Of the parasitic living creatures, none marred the rest. There were no ants, mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, hungry cats. No one asked for money for an additional service, they did not impose anything.
Once only the waiter offered for $45 per person. dinner with lobsters on the ocean. We agreed. The action itself, the feeling that you were on the ocean shore really liked it, but lobsters didn’t. There were a lot of spices and the taste of lobsters was not felt at all.
The day before departure, a show of local dances "bodu beru" performed by the hotel staff took place in the bar. The music for the dance was performed by three drummers and one soloist. The dancers began to slowly perform different movements with their bodies and arms, gradually speeding up and by the end the dance became just crazy. Those wishing to dance with them from the audience were invited. She danced with them, repeating their movements. Crazy drive. I was delighted! On the same day we paid the bills for the entire holiday. They took care of their own expenses. As a result, the total amount even turned out to be less than we expected. Yes, as it turned out, they spent quite a bit of money, for the rest they bought after in Duti-free.
There is a gift shop next to the hotel reception. We bought there only shark teeth on strings: 1 tooth - $ 6 and wooden multi-colored fish: 1 pc. - 3-4$. They didn't find anything else for themselves. The souvenir shop also sells swimwear, swimming trunks ($38), pads with tampons, and flip flops with coral slippers. All the remaining souvenirs were bought at Male airport. Yes, they are 1-3$ more expensive, but the choice is very large.
On the day of departure, a storm began and we did not leave the pier, because. the boat could not moor, but from the side of the diving center. We were all equipped with ponchos and we sailed on the waves to Male airport. Registration completed successfully. The return flight turned out to be much easier - the monitors were working, watching clips and "Lyubov Carrot 2". Moscow met us with rain and coolness. Upon arrival, we received our luggage and went to the railway station, where after 20 minutes. the train was taking us to our city home.
The Maldives makes you think about life. This is the place where you want to return! And the fact that people (vacationers) are irritated in others means that they have it in themselves. It is enough to look around and take a closer look at what is happening around us in order to understand what needs to be learned and what to work on. Have a great holiday at Fun Island!! !
The choice of the country and place of rest turned out to be random and fast. We planned to go to Egypt with a young man, but purely by chance I came across a tempting offer from Tez Tour to relax for 8 days in the Maldives with three meals a day for an inexpensive price - 80 thousand rubles. for two. I always wanted to feel what the ocean is like, swim in its transparent azure waters and find yourself on a small island with palm trees, such as in pictures on the Internet or wallpaper on your desktop.
After reading the positive and negative reviews about the hotel, after weighing the pros and cons, we purchased a ticket. We bought masks, snorkels, fins, march, sunscreen with a protection factor of 50, medicines...... and began to wait for the X day!
Since we do not live in the capital of Russia, we traveled by train to Moscow. Upon arrival in Moscow, they checked in their luggage at the Paveletsky railway station, because the flight to Male was at 0.20 and spent the day walking around the Red Square and the local surroundings.
In Domodedovo, they quickly passed the registration and began to wait for boarding the plane. After reading the reviews, they did not take alcohol with them, because. they thought that everything would be taken away upon arrival in Male. But knowledgeable people bought alcoholic drinks in plastic bottles and wrapped them in clothes, while others put them in laptops. And those who know everything worked out, they passed customs in Male without any problems!
Transaero flew a direct flight to Male on Bing 777-200. The plane was full of passengers. The flight went well, but it was very hard and uncomfortable to sleep. The monitors in the chairs didn't work, and the audio players weren't offered. Upon arrival in Male, the flight attendants handed out migration cards, which they tried to fill out with great care, but in the end such thoroughness was not required. We looked at the migration cards through our fingers: one half remains with the inspector, the second you take with you until the return flight, which will then be taken away.
Coming out of the plane, we were doused with hot and humid air. At the airport in Male, we were met by a girl with a Tez Tour sign, who, when we announced the hotel, sent us to the counter, where the longest queue of all gathered. After standing it, we were instructed to wait for a man with a Fan Island sign in the nearby Aqua cafe, where we settled in, ordering two mugs of non-alcoholic beer (beer in this cafe and cocktails are only non-alcoholic). 70% of those who arrived on our flight sailed to the Paradise Island Resort 5 * hotel, a total of 11 people gathered in our hotel. A man came with a sign Fan Island, quickly gathered everyone, and we rolled in a speedboat. We sailed for about 40 minutes, looking at the colorful houses of Male on the way, and then - various atolls.
Upon arrival at Fan Island, we were met by a young guy at the pier, all the suitcases were loaded onto a gurney and we went to the main bar. There we were met by one Maldivian with wet cold towels wrapped in a roll. We realized that we had to wipe sweat from the road with them and cool ourselves. Another Maldivian served us two chilled cocktails and asked us to fill out cards. All the staff at the hotel speaks English, but it is enough to know a good school level of the language, because. is no longer required. Russian is known a little by one curly guy at the reception and a couple of words like "spicy", "salty", "pasta" the cook in the restaurant.
After filling out the cards, the Maldivian took us to our room, talking in English about local rules and customs. True, later he gave a memo on sheet A4, where everything that he had told us before was written in Russian. We decided to see which room we would get, and if it didn’t suit us, then pay the money and change it to another one. We got the number to the right of the pier (numbers 126 to 101) at number 109 almost at the very end. Everything suited us. True, in the reviews of other vacationers, we read that it is better to have rooms closer to the spit (that is, on the left side of the pier), but in my experience this turned out to be completely different. The most relish of these rooms is that you are close to the bar, the restaurant, the reception, the pier, and your own beach with sun loungers…. The rooms on the left side have their own beach only on the spit, and we have 30 seconds. right from the house through the palm alley and you are splashing in the ocean! Although the island is so small that there is always room for everyone and for everything!
After arriving at the house, we were immediately brought things up, we quickly laid them out in lockers. Looking into the mini-bar refrigerator, we marked our arrival with bottles of cold Heineken beer. There are checks on the bar, in which you need to note what you took from the refrigerator and used. Minibar content prices:
Whiskey Black Label - 11$
Whiskey Red Label - 7$
Hennessy V. S. O. P - $11
Gordan Gin - $7
Bacardi - 7$
Campari - 7$
Smirnoff vodka - 7$
Beer - 5$
Granini - 3$
Soft Drinks - $4.5
Potato Chips - 3$
Snickers - 2$
Mini Snack - $1.5
Mineral Water (0.5 l) - 2.5$
Also, add an additional 10% to the prices - a service fee and 3.5% - a tax on goods and services, this also applies to excursions. All checks you sign will eventually contain all fees and taxes.
The house is divided into two parts - two rooms. You can sometimes hear what the neighbors are doing through the wall. We have changed two neighbors for the whole holiday. We did not see the first ones, but we heard them coughing, the second ones we saw and heard their headboard knocking against our common wall. Well, what can I say, a lot of newlyweds. The Maldives is just the place where you can enjoy each other to the fullest! I liked the room, everything worked, everything shone, the air conditioner worked perfectly well. We took care of ourselves and took shampoo, balm, shower gel. Those shampoos in tiny jars, we did not even open. There were three pieces of soap, which was enough for the whole holiday. And we were very generously presented with toilet paper..... three rolls each.
So it was lunchtime and immediately went to the restaurant for lunch. In the bar, a waiter immediately approached us, apparently our looking faces caught his eye, showed us our table, which, conveniently, was located on the edge at the entrance to the bar and no one walked between us. The food suited us very well. Of course, there were things that we did not like, but for the most part everything was very tasty. Always amazingly delicious crumbly rice and non-sticky pasta with various seasonings and shrimp, cream soups, meats, skewers on sticks, deep-fried fish, salads, sauces, buns and, of course, delicious desserts. The fruits are also a delight. For the first time in my life I tried pitahaya, ripe and juicy papaya, there were also apples, pineapples, small bananas, watermelon, melon. If I hadn’t leaned so heavily on papaya, then everything would have been okay with digestion...... now I can’t look at it - I overate so much. Of course, we don’t eat so many tasty and unusual things at home every day, but no one can master such a large number of dishes. Tea and coffee is always free for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As on the first day they asked for tea for lunch, they always brought it without a reminder and there was no need to order in advance.
Of course, every day we swam a lot. The weather for the whole vacation was excellent, only the last days of the day it was cloudy in the morning, but this made swimming easier - you could swim without T-shirts. The skin tans and burns out very quickly, and tan protection products with protection 50 do not really help....Saves only Panama and T-shirts to toe. My cheeks and legs were burned. I did not see anyone sunbathing, except for an oriental-type girl with a dark skin color. Vacationers either simply swim in the ocean, or lie under the sunbeds under the palm trees. The ocean is simply incomparable and everyone in life should find out what it is like to swim in the ocean and see the beauty of the underwater world. In the morning, with masks and fins, we went swimming to the pier. The most beauty of the underwater world is only swimming from the pier. The house reef is great! You will not find such a variety of fish and corals anywhere else on the island. We swam with sharks, with turtles, with various fish-like creatures, saw an angry moray eel and the flight of a manta ray. We took with us a case for underwater shooting. Clicked over 1000 photos. We swam to the neighboring islands, but in fact there also remains only to admire nature and the ocean. On the third day, we already learned everything and went to all the places on our own. Also engaged in knocking coconut from palm trees. They found a long stick and wielded it around the island in search of coconuts. We did not find lying coconuts, only growing on palm trees! We drank coconut milk...... it was our second ambush... now I can’t see this milk - I drank too much before.
It got dark in the Maldives early, at 6 pm it was already dark (in Moscow: - 1 hour). They entertained themselves. Played table tennis or billiards for free. The island has football and volleyball fields. I really wanted to play both, but, unfortunately, no one was willing. There is also a gym, but they didn’t get there, or maybe they didn’t really want to. After dinner, we sat at the bar, bought beer or cocktails (I liked Dream for $ 7.5). Or, taking buns with them, they went to the pier and fed the fish. At night, the pier is illuminated and many different fish swim to it, including sharks. The sight is very beautiful. We also walked along the night beach with flashlights and looked at crabs and shells. Of the excursions, they took only night fishing for $ 30 per person. We really enjoyed. Although fishing is called night fishing, you actually start fishing when it is light. We left the hotel by dhoni boat at 17.00. When fishing, only fishing line and hook are used, cotton gloves are issued so that the fishing line does not injure hands. Anything you catch can be cooked by the hotel's chef on the same evening for a fee (1 fish - $10). I really liked the attitude of the Maldivians on fishing to us Russian fishermen. I couldn’t catch a fish for a long time, they fussed so much, they were worried about me that I couldn’t catch it, they themselves set the bait, advised how best to catch it. I ended up catching 3 of them.
The hotel was about 70% Russian, the rest - Italians, Indians, Japanese. All resting intelligent people, all polite, respect each other. No one got drunk and everyone behaved with dignity. The Maldivians, on the other hand, turned out to be simple and pleasant people, they are endowed with nobility and self-esteem.
I really liked that the hotel does not have a guide who sells you excursions. Everything is calm, he went to the reception, read it, and if he wanted, he signed up on the sheet. Everything is clear and not burdensome. All excursions are carried out with a set of 8 people. Excursion programs of the Fun Island Hotel (add another 13.5%):
Mon - Snorkeling 10.00-12.00 (attractive sides of the reef) 25$
Dolphin trip 16.00-18.00 (on the ocean) 20$
Tue - Morning fishing 5.30-8.00 (on the ocean) 50$
Trip around the islands 14.00-17.00 (local island resorts) 40$
SR - Tour to Male 9.00-14.00 (trip to the capital) 95$
Night fishing 17.00-20.00 (on the ocean) 30$
Thu - Snorkeling 10.00-12.00 (attractive sides of the reef) 25$
Dolphin trip 16.00-18.00 (on the ocean) 20$
Fri - Trip around the islands 14.00-17.00 (local island resorts) 40$
Night fishing 17.00-20.00 (on the ocean) 30$
Sat - Snorkeling 10.00-12.00 (attractive sides of the reef) 25$
Local island tour 13.00-16.30 (to the local village) 40$
Dolphin trip 16.00-18.00 (on the ocean) 20$
Sun - Night fishing 17.00-20.00 (on the ocean) 30$
In general, the service at the hotel is incomparable. Cleaned up twice a day. I forgot how to make the bed, tk. it was refueled for us both in the morning and in the afternoon. They made us all kinds of swans, fish, hearts and waves. We left $5 for cleaning, but the quality was as excellent as without additional payment. Beach towels and shower field changed every day. No one stole anything during the entire vacation, no one rummaged through things. The money was kept in the room, the reception did not hand over. Of the parasitic living creatures, none marred the rest. There were no ants, mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, hungry cats. No one asked for money for an additional service, they did not impose anything.
Once only the waiter offered for $45 per person. dinner with lobsters on the ocean. We agreed. The action itself, the feeling that you were on the ocean shore really liked it, but lobsters didn’t. There were a lot of spices and the taste of lobsters was not felt at all.
The day before departure, a show of local dances "bodu beru" performed by the hotel staff took place in the bar. The music for the dance was performed by three drummers and one soloist. The dancers began to slowly perform different movements with their bodies and arms, gradually speeding up and by the end the dance became just crazy. Those wishing to dance with them from the audience were invited. She danced with them, repeating their movements. Crazy drive. I was delighted! On the same day we paid the bills for the entire holiday. They took care of their own expenses. As a result, the total amount even turned out to be less than we expected. Yes, as it turned out, they spent quite a bit of money, for the rest they bought after in Duti-free.
There is a gift shop next to the hotel reception. We bought there only shark teeth on strings: 1 tooth - $ 6 and wooden multi-colored fish: 1 pc. - 3-4$. They didn't find anything else for themselves. The souvenir shop also sells swimwear, swimming trunks ($38), pads with tampons, and flip flops with coral slippers. All the remaining souvenirs were bought at Male airport. Yes, they are 1-3$ more expensive, but the choice is very large.
On the day of departure, a storm began and we did not leave the pier, because. the boat could not moor, but from the side of the diving center. We were all equipped with ponchos and we sailed on the waves to Male airport. Registration completed successfully. The return flight turned out to be much easier - the monitors were working, watching clips and "Lyubov Carrot 2". Moscow met us with rain and coolness. Upon arrival, we received our luggage and went to the railway station, where after 20 minutes. the train was taking us to our city home.
The Maldives makes you think about life. This is the place where you want to return! And the fact that people (vacationers) are irritated in others means that they have it in themselves. It is enough to look around and take a closer look at what is happening around us in order to understand what needs to be learned and what to work on. Have a great holiday at Fun Island!! !
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We rested in October 2010. The weather was different, but it rained periodically. But, personally, I liked everything. After all, the main thing is the very fact that you are on a coral island in the middle of the ocean! White coral sand, green water, living creatures (all sorts of creeping shells). Turtles, fish, sharks in their natural habitat.
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We rested in October 2010. The weather was different, but it rained periodically. But, personally, I liked everything. After all, the main thing is the very fact that you are on a coral island in the middle of the ocean! White coral sand, green water, living creatures (all sorts of creeping shells). Turtles, fish, sharks in their natural habitat. In general, I liked everything. Who is bored, and who - a relaxing holiday. My wife even wrote a big review about this trip. For those who are interested, read it - everything is very detailed there. http://sergio. net. ru/show. php? rub=events&inf_id=maldives
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We decided to take a break with a friend. On the advice of friends, they rushed to the Maldives. Everything was fine, but I give some useful tips: 1) Try to take a migration card from your operator so that you don’t fuss at the airport, but fill it out in advance. 2) ALCOHOL. we carried. Just do not need it in glass, my friend poured wine into a plastic bottle back in Moscow (you can use a heating pad).
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We decided to take a break with a friend. On the advice of friends, they rushed to the Maldives. Everything was fine, but I give some useful tips: 1) Try to take a migration card from your operator so that you don’t fuss at the airport, but fill it out in advance. 2) ALCOHOL. we carried. Just do not need it in glass, my friend poured wine into a plastic bottle back in Moscow (you can use a heating pad). There were no questions, though you can put a glass bubble to divert your eyes. . . Wine on the island is expensive (1500 r) and very sour, sugar was added. If the issue is not resolved with the swill, it will be sad in the evening. . . You can take chips, and other nonsense, (Tver guys rammed a whole suitcase: cola in cans and other nonsense. . . ) 3) I advise you to take an air mattress. you can sunbathe topless on it, if you sail a little. . . , but the fine is large, (faith does not allow them). pyrochine knife with a file, for breaking cocoa. 4) I didn’t go on excursions - all this is pampering. I came to rest, not to stagger. They will show a church in Male, a mental hospital on the island, an uninhabited island, but I thought, but I didn’t go, and rightly so! You are not alone there with a girlfriend and wine, but with a "small" bunch of people, the same romantics as you. They invite you to swim on a reef somewhere in the ocean. . . did not go. There is already a beautiful reef, it was enough for me. That's just a flashlight is needed to dive with it at night, that's class ! ! The turtle was chasing me when I shone on it. True, there is no need to joke, it will bite and business. . . Went to the gym, great job. Water skiing! It captures, though someone pulled, some kind of stupid: pulled so that my hands almost flew out of the joints! I drank some water that day. . . (costs 25 dollars 15 minutes) But I did not lose my head and skated the remaining time behind the wheel of a jet ski. Souvenirs are sold on the island and here they are cheaper than on excursions. Also be sure to take a mask and fins + coral slippers. But you don’t have to do this! There is beer in the room bar, (it costs 0.33 3.5 dollars) (But I’m Russian, I felt so bitter and I couldn’t stand it: I opened a couple of bottles. I drank, and then poured some water and pliers closed, ashamed it was just horror, But I could not resist! In general, everything is ok. There is no garbage dump there, it's just rubble for construction. no need to be afraid of it!
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