Trip to the Maldives and Sri Lanka

Monday, 28th January 2019

We have been planning this trip for quite a while – actually since before we left for our road trip to the Souther States of the U.S. Sri Lanka has been on my “to do” list for quite some time, especially after having visited the southern state of Kerala, India some three years ago. Gerry persuaded me to include the Maldives, paradise islands in the Indian Ocean surrounded by turquoise waters, white sandy beaches and spectacular coral reefs, in our itenarary. Of course Gerry has already visited both the Maldives and Sri Lanka, but I am hoping we will be experiencing this trip in a totally different way……

I packed my stuff and drove down to Gerry’s place as his daughter Monique (perhaps his grand daughter, Gaby) will be driving us to Schiphol Airport.

Our trip will take 21 days: 4 days on the Maldives at Bandos Maldives, a Resort on the Bandos island which we will reach by a 15 minute speedboat ride from Male airport. We will arrive on Wednesday morning after flying from Amsterdam through Moscow and will be leaving for Colombo on Saturday 2nd February in the evening.

Our road trip through Sri Lanka will enable us to experience this pearl in the Indian Ocean in all aspects:

Beautiful beaches, lush forests, mountains and a land blessed with a rich and vibrant cultured aging back to thousands of years. However our first destination will be the Maldives – a three night / four day stay to build up our energy for our our Sri Lanka trip.

On the Maldives, we are hoping for some good weather ( the forecast was that we would be having some showers!!) so that we can relax and just enjoy the serene surroundings of Bandos Island. Gerry will be going diving of course while I will act as his photographer……. and now our luggage is packed, Gerry’s family came over for goodbye drinks and tomorrow morning Gaby will be driving with us to Schiphol Airport so that she can take the car back to Krimpen.

  • Sunrise in Krimpen as we prepare to leave for our trip

Author: Liliana

Retired banker now spending time travelling the world with my soulmate, Gerry. Early retirement due to the fact that the bank I worked for changed their direction from global to local and hence my expertise was not needed any longer - now using my passion and energy in discovering the world after I have worked enthusiastically for so many years, brought up my daughter and son and now still have good health to enjoy my new experiences.

3 thoughts on “Trip to the Maldives and Sri Lanka”

  1. Wij zijn benieuwd naar de verslagen?
    Het eerste smorgens lezen het verslag van jullie trip.

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    1. Hi Rob en Maya, zoals jullie zien, Ben ik wel Met mijn blog weer bezig! Ger en ik vinden het leuk dat jullie de blog leven. Morgen vertrekken wij naar Colombo……
      Groetjes
      Liliana en Ger

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