Photo and Video reportage of Sport Fishing on the Sultan of Madivaru, a luxury boat in maldives. Organized by GP voyages chasse peche (gpvoyages-chasse-peche.com) in november/december 2010 directed/edited: cyril chateau (cyrilchateau.com) music: buddha bar / farruca T hanks: gpvoyages chasse peche all the team on board Alban Regnoult Non-commercial video

Maldives April 2010 Running time 3 mins 16 sec Video I took during a week in the Maldives in April 2010. We didn’t do much, which of course is the point of staying on a tiny tropical island - you can stroll around Velassaru with your feet in the sea in less than 20 minutes. We divided our time between sitting on the beach, swimming and snorkelling in the lagoon, keeping cool in our bungalow during the fierce midday sun, more swimming and beach-bathing, before eating exquisite food every evening and doing it all again the next day. There were some majestic thunderstorms at night which lit up the sea like daytime and reminded us that we were on a tiny speck in the middle of the vast Indian Ocean. There was also a day when it rained heavily for an hour, which freshened the air a little, but mainly it was baking hot, bright, sunny, and most important of all, peaceful. Stationed along the beach were three (according to my book of Sri Lankan birds) Western Sea Egrets. When not resting in the shade of a beach umbrella, they would occasionally catch a tiny black and white sea snake or some little fish from the waters edge, all the while keeping an eye on the other egrets making sure they weren’t encroaching on their bit of beach. Foraging through the undergrowth were White-breasted Waterhens. Cute and utterly tame birds that were our almost constant companions. There was lots of other wildlife as well; fruit bats, ghost crabs, various lizards, and of course, a great abundance of …

conrad hilton maldives 2009

BIll and Caroline go to the Maldives for some fun in the sun. A storm threatens their fun, but they know the sun is always shining somewhere, you just have to go find it. Thanks to Sri Lanka Airlines, Maldives Air Taxi, Medhufushi Island resort, and key2holidays

In februari 2007 we visited the Maldives. This is a small collection of our photos.