{"id":16345,"date":"2023-04-23T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:00:50","slug":"maldives-on-a-budget-perhaps-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/trips-asia\/other-trips\/south-east-asia-2023\/maldives-on-a-budget-perhaps-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldives on a budget – perhaps not!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We had kept our expectations quite low in anticipation of our visit to the Maldives on a budget. We found our travel itinerary, calling for a stay on two different islands, a bit stressful as the local ferry transfer schedule was not overly tourist friendly. The alternate and more costly scheduled speedboat was not much more convenient. Although we had researched quite extensively the snorkeling opportunities in the Maldives, we had been led to believe that snorkeling was fabulous everywhere on the islands. Unfortunately, this was not our own experience. It was quite possible that Maldives offered great snorkeling opportunities for those at a private resort island with a nearby house reef or those folks were willing to incur the expenses of a snorkeling day trip with a boat. Would we return to the Maldives? Probably not – unless we won a very large lottery prize. Although we had originally planned for our visit to the Maldives to coincide with our 20 year wedding anniversary, we ended leaving this exotic (or exclusive) destination before our actual event day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023.04.17 – Dhiffushi Island – Dhiffushi Island (Maldives)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond our regular island routine, we tried our hand at snorkeling at the 2nd bikini beach – an isolated beach where bikini swimwear can be worn freely without offending the Muslin residents on the island – proved to be difficult because of the current.<\/p>\n\n\n