A very warm welcome 💛🇲🇻

As we exited baggage claim we were enthusiastically welcomed into the Maldives by many of the lovely MGGA members. They were holding a banner that said “Maruhaba” which means welcome in Dhivehi. We were given wonderful gift bags and delicious coconuts. Once we had all changed our money and sorted out SIM cards it was time to head into Male. 





A short trip over the bridge into the city and we were soon at our accommodation. We were given a tour of our accommodation, met more members and were given some local treats 😋 

Later on in the day we had a meeting ExCo members and we experienced “short eats”. This included traditional Maldivian snacks such as pink sago and pancakes! 🥞



Soon after that a few members took us on a brief tour around Male to see some wonderful sights, we even gate crashed a four year olds Frozen party ❄️ (with permission 😆).  For dinner this evening, we were treated to many Maldivian delicious meals… best to say we were truly full after this feast!!!! The evening finished and we said farewell to our Guiding friends for the night and headed back to the association for some much needed sleep. 







The next day the MGGA had planned for us to spend the day with the training team. We were very fortunate as they had organised for us to have a surfing lesson in the afternoon in Hulhumale 🌊 It was very challenging but we all gave it a go and had the best time! 







Once we had finished surfing, the training team had prepared for us some short eats. We had a variety of delicious fruits and even tried some tuna and coconut together … It was amazing! We were each given a homemade ice lolly too. They were made with condensed milk, so as you can image they are super sweet!







In the evening we had a bus toor of Hulhumale… as the MGGA called it “like a London bus toor but smaller🙈 🚎🇬🇧

We learnt so much about the island on this tour. 

Fun facts:

  • The island became populated only 30 years ago, and construction on phase two is still ongoing!
  • The island has four bridges 
  • The beach is articulated 
  • There are no traffic lights 
  • The new development of council house equivalent has the largest population outside of Male
  • As you swim off the coast there is an area of coral reef, over which is a cliff which marks the edge of the man made island 

Before ending the tour we took the opportunity to have some group pictures in the Maldives ‘Central Park’!







We finished our evening sitting on a pier watching the sunset over the yachts which were anchored out at sea. The team described the views as mind blowing. We had dinner and headed back to the association.







We are currently writing our training plans for tomorrows sessions and are looking forward to starting our training sessions with Little Maids (Brownies) and Guides.




That’s all for now, we’re off to bed!


GOLD love 💛🌏🇲🇻


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