On the road again - Journey to the Maldives

We woke up to bad news. The curfew hadn't yet been lifted and they weren't sure when it would be. We checked out a poster of all the animals we COULD see, which included leopards (most of why we were there) and sloth bears (who knew? but they looked so cool!). We waited and they finally said the curfew would lift at 6:30 but the park wouldn't open until 8 am, too late for us since we had to get to the airport.  We went back for a nap since we woke up so early, had breakfast and were on our way.  On the way back we saw a bunch of soldiers and police and the roads were pretty empty. Schools were closed and I'm not sure what else.  We saw lakes where they get salt from.

Anyway the ride was quicker than anticipated and even the security to get into the airport was quick. They had mirrors to check under cars and checked in as well. 

They changed the route for cars so they wouldn't be too close to the runway. They weren't allowed to take us all the way to the doors, but close enough it wasn't a big deal. Then we immediately went through security to enter the building. We went through security again and then despite being 7 hours early we were luckily able to check in.  Thankfully we finally had wifi, though social media was banned and we heard there's going to be another curfew 8 pm - 4 am.

The flight is nice. We left our headphones in our checked bags by mistake but there's plenty of leg room and over 120 movies!

We're fans of Sri Lankan airlines.

It's a quick and easy flight.  We went back a half hour though, so now we're 2 hours ahead of Israel.

The airport

When we land we'll have almost 2 hours before a speed boat picks us up to take us to Maafushi, the local island we're spending the first few nights at.

I'm not sure if I'll blog anymore since our plan is just to relax but we'll see! You never know what adventure we'll end up on.