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 |