The History of The Maldives...lesson 1

The Maldives were discovered September 26, 1964...I know, I thought it was older too...by 7 shipwrecked people.  No known traces of the ship, the S.S. Minnow, have ever been recovered.  The 7, led by "The Captain", or Skipper (no relation to Skippy Finkelstein) was brave and sure, the mate was a mighty sailing man...if not for the courage of the fearless crew, none would have survived.  On board the Minnow were 5 passengers...Thurston Howell  III, his wife, a professor, a legitimate movie star name Ginger Silicon, and a porno queen name Marianne.  As legend has it, they built this resort using tools they made themselves.  The professor built a desalination plant that worked until the tsunami took it out a few years ago.  The cabins are quite luxurious, with a/c, flat screen tv's, and minibars!

TLD is a smidge uncomfortable here...there are tons of Russians here!  They walk around in the open and everything...some crawl through the bushes, but they have half empty bottles in their hands, and make a hell of a noise.  If I don't write anymore, you'll know what happened.  Here is what the lobby looks like...

 ...and remember I was talking about the accommodations the Skipper, and Willie Gilligan whipped up for the passengers...

...and Karen and Alan came down on their boat for a visit...but not to visit us...

...and this little honey was running around in her new dress!...

...and here is our first sunset in the Maldives...it was a LONG day!

So that's the end of lesson 1...tomorrow, lesson 2 "The Gangsters", or how to actually swim with the fishes.