Maldives on the Manthiri (and Istanbul too) - trip report & pix

[Ken Kurtis]

Be the first on your block to read these fabulous works of literature!!!!

We had a wonderful time in the Maldives aboard the Manthiri (9 days of diving - 27 dives overall) and then followed that up with three days touring Istanbul, Turkey, who history dates back to the Roman Empire. Enjoy the experience with us vicariously through the trip report and the pix links below. For the SmugMug pix, you can either (1) Scroll down the page and look at them sort of en mass, (2) Click through them individually, or (3) Click PLAY button in the upper right (near "Buy photos") and SmugMug will do the work for you.

Enjoy!!!!

MALDIVES TRIP REPORT - Maldives 2016 trip report

MALDIVES PIX & SLIDESHOW - MALDIVES 2016 - kenkurtis

ISTANBUL TRIP REPORT - Istanbul 2016 trip report

ISTANBUL PIX & SLIDESHOW - Istanbul 2016 trip report

- Ken

 

[electric_diver]

Why only 4 dives a day? Is there some rule against night dives?

 

[mantajohn]

Most liveaboards in the maldivesdo 3 dives per day plus a 4th (night dive) on a few days.

There are a number of challenges with night dives in the Maldives:

a) the current tends to kick off around sunset

b) boats are not allowed to move after dark due to the high number of reefs

So dropping, tracking & recovering divers is only possible at selected sheltered spots

John