Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

The Maldives – A contrast to India!

We’ve thoroughly enjoyed our time on this tiny, laid back island.

We go for daily walks down the beach, meeting more wildlife than people!

Daily beach walk
Few people around

The Maldives is such a contrast to India where people are everywhere, on top of each other. There are no cars on this island, only scooters and small delivery vehicles. No honking, no running to cross the road! In fact, there are no paved roads here!

Beautiful white sand
Turquoise blue water

We had no issues with sun burn in India. Despite the heat, we hardly got any colour. The sun is very powerful here. We’ve been applying SPF 50 and still burning our skin. They sell SPF 70 which is what we really need!

Feeling the sun’s rays!
Stingray

The fish are plentiful and friendly. Rays, small sharks, lemon tangs, snappers and schools of small white fish swim around us. The sand is white coral.

White Heron

There are beautiful birds: white heron, parakeets, peacocks and this noisy parrot!

Freddy

The end of our time in paradise is coming. We may never be back but we sure enjoyed ourselves!


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