Here's our anniversary story in pictures. Click on the pictures to see them full size, just remember to click back, not close. Best viewed in Google Chrome or Firefox.
Away we go...
Maldives from the air
Maldives International Airport Parking Lot
On our way to the resort
View from Room 810
Water so clear we can take photos of sea life from outside the water
Octopus
Black Tip Reef Shark
Eagle Ray
Van Gogh style sea floor
Now that's a big school of fish
Views from around the resort (Adaaran Hudhuran Fushi)
Sunrise
View of one of the beaches from the bridge to the over water villas
Beautiful sandy beach
Bridge to the Over Water Villas
Hammocks for everyone
25th Wedding Anniversary table decorations. The resort was off a year, we didn't have the heart to tell them, still an amazing job of decorating the table with colored rice and sand...
Happy 25 years of Marriage
They even decorated our bed
Night sky views
View from deck of Room 810
Watersports anyone?
Look at those water colors...
Maldivian Fruit bat
Palms & Sand
Maldivian Big Bird
Beach Swing
Sri Lanka
Views from our room
Tree across from hotel with iron statutes of kids playing
Crow Brigade - security personnel to scare away the crows.
Negombo view
Sri Lanka Sunset
The Seychelles
First view of Seychellois mountains from the airport on our first rainy day
Hilton Northolme getting in on the Anniversary Celebration
Hilton Northolme sitting room
Hilton Northolme Shower (with a view)
Hilton Northolme Room 404 View with celebratory bubbles.
View 1 from the Ocean View Bar (wonder how it got its name)
View 2 from the Ocean View Bar
What I refer to as the Flaming Hot Cheeto bird
Still cloudy, but you can see Silhouette Island in the distance
View from room 404 towards the Spa.
Finally a sunny day - view towards Beau Vallon
Seychelles are Granite Islands - lots of cool boulders around
Enjoying the sunshine (while it lasts)
Seycellois water views
Walk through the Hilton Northolme grounds
Canonball Tree
Information about the Canonball tree
View towards Glacis
Beach walk
Small granite studded beach
More granite boulders around the Hilton property
Almost sunset
Seychellois Sunset