We left Laos and continued our journey with a long flight to the Maldives, an island chain just south west of India. This part of the trip was planned as a "pit-stop" to re-charge. No activities were planned except to lay around and relax. We did just that and got ourselves a villa with our own private pool and beach! In the evening, we have a great dinner with everyone and watched an amazing sunset.
If you don't mind traveling half way around the World, this is a great resort area. We stayed at the Shangri-La resort - only accessible by boat.
One of the magical events while on the Maldives was an impromtu party, courtesy of Per and Astrid at their villa. A unique and intersting group of people, including our friends, plus Wade & Chris, the trip doctor and a variety of other fun folks. Many bottles of wine were consumed. We all had a great and memorable time and promised to do this again next time we were in the Maldives.
Batteries charged we moved on to our next destination - Africa.