Maldivian Honeymoon

We really glad we had this opportunity to go to Maldives for our honeymoon destination..

Anyway, due to my hubby forgetfulness, we go to Balikpapan early on the 21st of Oct which actually our plane scheduled on the 22nd of Oct.. So we stay overnight in a hotel in Balikpapan due to he left his passport in Jakarta.. So he asked a guy from Jakarta to bring it to Balikpapan.. LOL..

On th 22nd, my dad text me that when we arrived at Singapore, I need to see my uncle as he is diagnosed with a cancer.. Thus, when we transit for about 4 hours at Singapore, we're in rush to meet my sister to get some pocket money from her, and then go to my uncle's house.. At night, we finally fly from Singapore to Male City..

Arriving at Male City was a shock for us.. Jakarta's airport is much much better than their airport, especially due to some renovation going on.. We're picked up by our hotel representative to be send to the hotel using somekind of old minibus without aircond... Along the way, we saw nothing.. Everything seems so dark, only some small houses on the roadside.. Hubby said it was like we're inside the horror movie where we'll be discarded soon in this unknown island.. Thank God we arrived at our small hotel safely.. This hotel is facing the sea, a small brand new budgeted hotel.. We then served some welcome drinks and we went to our room to clean our self.. After that we go to the lobby to surf the internet.. Luckily they have a good WiFi there..

On the 23rd, we planned to see the Male City.. Our hotel representative and another hotel guess come along with us.. We use a ferry to cross get to the city from the Airport's island.. When we arrived, we saw the city map.. Well, I should say I'm so lucky I lived in a big city like Jakarta although its always jammed everyday.. Male city is so small, and they have nothing for their place of interest.. Only one national museum, one big mosque, one Sultan park, and their traditional market.. Some houses in Pantai Indah Kapuk were nicer and bigger than their President office building.. Thus, we decided to shop for souvenir rather than having the city tour..

Anyway, the shocking things were, there are a lot of Indonesian product in here.. When we go to a place to have some lunch, we saw the menu and from there we saw a lot of Indonesian dishes like Gado-Gado, Bakmi Goreng, Bakso Soup, Soto Ayam, Rujak Buah, Ayam Goreng, Ayam Penyet, Daging Rendang, etc (although they have some mistakes on spelling of those food's name, and they wrote that Soto Ayam is a Japanese soup, I'm so proud of being Indonesian!) We also check their minimart, which have a lot of Indonesian product such as Susu Bendera, Indomilk, some product of shampoo, soap, tissue, etc.. A lot of it! Until we saw an advertisement on Indonesian cement's product "Portland Cement Made In Indonesia" (Yes, they wrote a big Made in Indonesia there!).. Well then, we went back to our hotel and had some dinner and pack our things up for tomorrow journey to ClubMed Kani..

Early in the morning in the 24th, we woke up and getting ourself ready to go to the airport.. We arranged the meeting with ClubMed Kani's representative in the airport.. Around 2pm, finally we travel using 20minutes speedboat to Kani island.. It is such a beautiful paradise on earth! We went to the Lagoon Suites accompany by Japanese GO.. She explained a lot on the benefit of lagoon suites and all activity we could do in the island.. We then took a picture of our beautiful room and hanging around in the Manta Lounge and finally swimming in the ocean directly from our suites.. In the afternoon, they're having a seaside cocktail party.. Then we had our fine dining dinner.. After that we watch their Bollywood night dance and followed by cultural night where there's a lot of stand from countries around Asia showing their culture.. Indonesian were there, teaching people on doing the Balinese massage.. All of them are from Bali, working in the spa boutique in this island..

Second day in Clubmed, we served by breakfast in room.. We ordered Japanese breakfast.. then we decided to see the snorkeling activity.. Hubby can't swim, and the snorkling activity requires swimming test.. So we decided to cancel it and just swim around the suites again.. On the afternoon we go to the central of the island, searching for activity to do and having ourself the island tour.. At 5pm, they have a unique sea-side tea-time, with a beautiful decoration (we even thought there's someone getting married there) we then meet Indonesian GO there.. and finally he had a lot of suggestion for us to do in this island.. On the night, there's a beach party.. So we decided to go, and the Indonesian GO accompany us.. He then introduced us to the snorkeling team, and he ask us to do the snorkeling lesson to be able to snorkeling tomorrow..

So the next day, we're ready to have the snorkeling lesson.. we found that it's actually easy, you don't even have to be able to swim to do this.. You just need to learn on how to breath using the snorkle and how to swim fast using the fin.. We then enjoy ourself in their infinity swimming pool and hanging out in the manta lounge.. We had our lazy time, sitting on our bed, watching the TV.. Unexpectedly, we saw their TVs're using Indovision Cable.. So their HBO,etc have the Indonesian's subtitle..  At the night, we then join the Michael Jackson Show which is incredible!

The fourth day we're in ClubMed Kani, we finally have a chance to snorkle.. We went to Coral Island using a speedboat, and we snorkeling around there for an hour.. It is such a beautiful place! Lot of corals, colourful fishes, etc.. We even meet a big group of small fishes swimming nearby us..What a wonderful experience though! Too bad, after that hubby feel not in his good condition, so we decided to take a rest and feeding some fish nearby the manta lounge while sipping our drinks.. It's a perfect day for us.. At the night, we watch the couple show in the theatre and have a little party a while, then we decide to go back and pack our things up..

The last day we're in Kani.. We try to take a lot of picture.. Too bad the weather is not that great which is very windy and a bit dark.. So we just took several pictures, saying goodbye to the GO we know and then directly go to the jetty.. The wave is so big due to the wind, its so scary to travel at this time actually.. The speedboat become so bouncy and the water could easily come in to the boat.. Anyway, we finally reach the Maldives' airport and waiting for our plane to board to Singapore..

We should stay a night at Singapore due to we arrived quite late in Singapore and our flight to Balikpapan is on the 29th Oct.. So we decided to stay in Changi Airport..

This honeymoon is the best experience in my life.. Feeling so happy I could meet and becoming friends with the GO, and can't wait for the next vacation with ClubMed team.. Thanks to everyone that help us to create this wonderful experience.. It is really an unforgetable journey!