 Transfer from the airport to Meerufenfushi is a little over an hour |
 This small ship permanently docked at Meeru is the 1919 Bar and Hagern Restaurant |
 1919 Bar and Hagern Restaurant, Meeru |
 The arrivals jetty, Meeru Island Resort |
 Boats moored off Meeru |
 Reception, Meeru Island Resort |
 Map of the island, large by Maldivian standards |
 Ocean Pro Dive Center |
 The wet room: Swiss-run Ocean Pro is highly efficient |
 My travelling companion, Richard Graff |
 Richard flew half way around the world to spend 2 days in the Maldives (and a short time in Dubai) |
 Maldives flag, Meerufenfushi |
 Except for the flag, you really don't feel like you're in any paricular foreign country on the resort islands |
 Beach side at the Dhoni Bar |
 The Dhoni Bar and Hungaanu Coffee Shop, Meeru Island Resort |
 Patio of the Dhoni Bar and Hungaanu Coffee Shop, Meeru Island Resort |
 Patio of the Dhoni Bar and Hungaanu Coffee Shop, Meeru Island Resort |
 Meeru Island Resort |
 Pool at the Meeru Island Resort, Maldives |
 Richard by the pool |
 Kakuni Bar for special events |
 Lots of palm trees |
 Beware falling coconuts |
 Meerufenfushi |
 Maldivian dhonis usually sport these distictive prows |
 Dhonis are used for local diving |
 One of the dive dhonis, Ocean Pro Dive Center, Meerufenfushi |
 Richard on the dock at Meeru |
 Water Sports Center, Meeru Island Resort |
 Sandy beaches surround the island |
 Uthuru Bar at the north end of Meerufenfushi |
 Maalan Restaurant at the north end of the island caters to the water villas |
 Sunset, Meeru |
 Sunset behind the 1919 Bar boat, Meeru Island Resort |
 Sunset behind the 1919 Bar boat, Meeru Island Resort |
 Sunset, Meerufenfushi |
 Sunset, Meerufenfushi |
 Sunset, Meerufenfushi |
 We had perfect weather during our late November stay |
 Sunset, Meerufenfushi |
 Richard at Meeru |
 The water villas-the large building is the Meeru Village Fitness Center & Spa |
 Duniye Spa Over-the-Water, Meeru Island Resort |
 Duniye Spa Over-the-Water, Meeru Island Resort |
 Duniye Spa Over-the-Water, Meeru Island Resort |
 Duniye Spa Over-the-Water, Meeru Island Resort |
 Duniye Spa Over-the-Water, Meeru Island Resort |
 Duniye Spa Over-the-Water, Meeru Island Resort |
 Jacuzzi Water Villas, Meeru Village, north end of Meerufenfushi |
 Sandy tip at the north end of Meerufenfushi, popular for snorkeling |
 Sandy tip at the north end of Meerufenfushi at sunset |
 Water villas, Meeru |
 Water villas of Meeru Village, Meeru Island Resort, Maldives |
 Palms silhouetted at dusk |
 Palms silhouetted at dusk |
 Palms silhouetted at dusk |
 Palms silhouetted at dusk |
 Palms silhouetted at dusk |
 One of the Honeymoon Suites at dusk |
 Land villa, Meeru Island Resort |
 The birds come out when people go away |
 Early morning on the east side of Meerufenfushi |
 Bird walking along the beach early morning |
 Meerufenfushi and one of the watervillas |
 Small stingray seen from the beach at Meerufenfushi |
 Young black-tip reef shark from the beach at Meerufenfushi |
 Small moray eel from the beach, Meerufenfushi |
 Small moray eel from the beach, Meerufenfushi |
 Lots of lizards on the island |
 Small white crab, Meerufenfushi |
 Lizard, Meerufenfushi |
 Meeru Island Resort's floating restaurant |
 Meeru Island Resort's floating restaurant |
 Beach sweeper, Meeru Island Resort |
 Sailboat, Meeru |
 Honeymoon Suite, Meeru Island Resort |
 Honeymoon Suite, Meeru Island Resort |
 Honeymoon Suite, Meeru Island Resort |
 Relaxing on a swing, Meeru |
 Water villas, Meeru Village, north end of Meerufenfushi |
 Water villas, Meeru Village, north end of Meerufenfushi |
 Meeru's jacuzzi water villas |
 Guests at Meeru |
 Richard and the water villas |
 Water villas, Meeru |
 Water villas, Meeru Village |
 There's good snorkeling under and around the water villas, Meerufenfushi |
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 Artificial reef around the water villas, Meerufenfushi |
 Artificial reef near the water villas, Meeru |
 Peacock Grouper (Cephalopholis argus) Meeru |
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 School of Five-Line Snappers (Lutjanus quinquelineatus) Meeru |
 Beach at the northeast side of Meeru |
 Beach at the Maalan Restaurant, Meeru Island Resort |
 Very nice sand on Meerufenfushi |
 Richard at the Uthuru Bar |
 Uthuru Bar, Meeru Island Resort |
 Uthuru Bar, Meeru Island Resort |
 Though large, I didn't find Meeru particularly crowded |
 Meeru Island Resort |
 West coast of Meerufenfushi at sunset |
 Richard at sunset, Meeru |
 North end of Meeru |
 Richard, Meeru |
 Richard, Meeru |
 Richard, Meeru |
 Sunset, Meerufenfushi |
 Each night the sunset was nice |
 Sunset, Meerufenfushi, Maldives |
 A dhoni sailing at sunset |
 Dhoni at sunset |
 Waterbird, Meerufenfushi |
 1919 Bar, Meeru |
 1919 Bar, Meeru |
 1919 Bar, Meeru |
 1919 Bar, Meeru |
 At reception, Meeru Island Resort |
 Whale skeleton, Meeru Island Resort |
 Whale skeleton, Meeru Island Resort |
 Dhiffushi, a "local" island south of Meerufenfushi, North Male' Atoll |
 South end of Meerufenfushi |
 Asian Wok Restaurant & Beach Bar, Meeru Island Resort |
 Asian Wok Restaurant & Beach Bar, Meeru Island Resort |
 Asian Wok & Beach Bar, Meeru |
 Asian Wok Restaurant & Beach Bar, Meeru Island Resort |
 Storm moving in towards Dhiffushi |
 Tropical rain storm in the Maldives |
 Maldivian fuel supply ship, the Champa Moon, Meerufenfushi |
 Maldivian fuel supply ship, the Champa Moon, Meerufenfushi |
 Maldivian fuel supply ship, the Champa Moon, Meerufenfushi |