Summer Island

 I am already home but lucky you I've decided to make a post about what happened next at Summer Island Resort before my ScubaSpa posts are scheduled to publish. 

However I seem to have contracted some airport crud and am feeling a bit under the weather so this post will not be very detailed and I might forget some parts but oh whale at least you get something. 

So we left off with I had just taken a bath in the jacuzzi tub and was laying on the loungers to write out my blog post. After writing for a bit I went to explore the resort. As I mentioned, there are tons of activities to do on island. Unfortunately I had no time to do them as most required a sign up the day before, such as snorkeling or using the gym (which lol I wouldn't gym anyways but still).

On my wanderings, I found a nice relaxing area in the "jungle" with a wooden tree swing, some hammocks, and a place to just chill. Right around the corner from that was a little garden where I assume the staff grows herbs for the meals and medicine and such. A little around the corner the other way was the bar, pool, and main restaurant/buffet. I swung on the swing and laid out on the hammock for a bit before moving on to the pool. A real infinity pool that really went from pool to reef to ocean seamlessly just like on posters! I had never seen one in real life and I was very excited to swim in it. The weather was turning for the worse, and the pool attendant was closing the pool for the incoming storm. I spent as long as I could in the pool but my bungalow was on the other side of the resort where the storm seemed to be coming from, so soon I headed back to my bungalow. 

The bungalows on the other side of the path seemed to take the worst of the weather and block it from our bungalows. Stepping onto my lanai there was no wind and aside from the dark sky you wouldn't know the wrath that was happening just on the other side of the buildings. However the waves were still slapping quite loud on the pilings. 

For dinner I went to the fancy restaurant that was included for the over the water rooms but extra charge for the normal rooms. I got the fish and it was overcooked but that seems to be a common theme with the fish in Maldives. After I picked at it for a little bit I went back to my room and turned on the floor light to attract the fish. I laid on the floor and watched 5-6 pretty big fish swim under until my eyes were too heavy to stay open. I was hoping for a shark or ray but didn't see any. 

The next morning I woke up for the sunrise, but it was too cloudy and instead of a colorful sunrise the sky just got lighter. I had to have my bags out by 9 and check out by 9:30 so I wasted no time snorkeling around under the bungalow. When I got too cold to continue, I took another warm bath with the windows open. It was so nice that I got to breakfast later than I wanted! Breakfast was actually very good and I even had like 6 cups of hot tea. I had too much tea to make it back to the pool before I had to head back to my bungalow to make sure my suitcases were out on time. 

I walked along the beach on the way back instead of along the path I had taken the day before and earlier that morning. Via the beach I found an in-water hammock that would have also been nice to lounge on for a bit! If I were to do it again, I would have put my resort stay after my liveaboard and stayed for 2-3 days so I could do more activities and get my tail wet with enough time to dry it out before the flight. 

My bags were picked up, I checked out, and was back on the speedboat to take me back to the airport before I knew it. 

Until next time,

xoxo,

Tasha