Well, today we have no pictures, it was our first monsoon day. It poured on and off all day. We did find a monsoon friendly activity though...snorkeling. The rain doesn't bother the coral or the fish. We took a short fifteen minute boat ride out into the Atoll to a reef. After some lessons from Scuba Steve (also known as Wes), I was ready. I did make him hold my hand the whole time because I remember watching something on Dateline about a newlywed bride...

Day 3 We had great weather today with only a few intermittent storms. We woke up to amazing sun, the temperatures are in the mid 80's but the breeze keeps things cool. We pulled our lounge chairs out and soaked in the sun. Wes is in love with the sea planes, he runs around like the little guy on fantasy island every time one takes off or lands, I'm sure he has a million photo's of them. We also saw some kite boarders. Wes laughed when I said they weren't hal...

Day 2 in paradise. It started with breakfast, I was nervous because you know how picky I can be, but luckily my three favorite friends: french toast, pancakes, and waffles were there to greet me:) We have a great server Majid, he is assigned to us for all three meals. After breakfast we took a walk around the island. It is a coral graveyard along the shore, so pretty. Every shell I picked up had a hermit crab in it, there are lots of those ghost crabs here t...

We're here!!! What a day. We left Dulles at around 9:50 Monday night. We flew 7 hours to London, then instead of catching a cab, we caught another flight. Wes disclosed that our next destination was Dubai. I was so excited, because you know the Sex and the City girls went there. I decided to study up on Dubai culture, sights, and shops. I had basically planned out our whole itinerary for our visit to Dubai by the time the 7 hour flight there was over. It w...

Sitting in London Heathrow airport waiting for our next flight to........Dubai! Will that be our final destination? Hmmm.....