Many people like Orchids. In fact it is the largest family of the flowering plants, with about 20.000 different species; tulips and vanilla among them. Due to the constant temperature in the Maldives of about 30 C, Orchids can survive all year round here with no need of a green house.We wanted to say goodbye to all the “audience” during this year’s edition of the Boot show with a “Sunrise on Komandoo with Orchid”. Hopefully you can come over to Komandoo soon to enjoy a dawn like this or a sunset like we saw the other day, or the beautiful underwater creatures or just to be lazy and feel the white, soft sand between your toes as you walk barefoot along the beach. Have a nice year and see you soon!!

Orchid Sunrise Komandoo Maldives

Everybody on Komandoo has the chance to have a peaceful breakfast sitting on the terrace beside the sea. Even this beautiful Maakana wants to enjoy this. Looks like he’s asking: Where is my breakfast?These birds are quite common in the Maldives and they feed mainly on small bait fish that swims in the lagoon. Maybe this one is fed up with the same menu and wants to enjoy some eggs and bacon and a cup of coffee…

Bird Breakfast Komandoo Maldives

In front of the Dive Centre on Komandoo we have a table-hut that we normally use for resort dive briefings, log book fill up or whatever other reason to gather together for a while before or after the dive. It happens to be the area with the best  wi-fi coverage on the whole island! So… it becomes then the “Komandoo Cyber Café”. Probably one of the best “sea view” internet café of the World!!

Cyber Cafe Komandoo Maldives

Not every day we have such a dramatic sun set but sometimes we are endowed with a present like this.  Looking west towards the neighbour island of Hinavaru, you can see the Minaret of the Mosque and a “Maakana” bird standing on top of the wave breakers. Everything engulfed in this golden magical light unique of theIndian Ocean.                                          There is neither Photoshop nor adjustments done to that picture!! Promise!!

Sunset Komandoo Maldives

Ghost Pipe Fish Komandoo Maldives

This little creature, an Ornate ghost pipefish was found recently in a concrete block, the moorage of one of the Dhonis in Komandoo. Sitting at only ten meters depth, along with some lion fish, is one of the rarest and prettiest critters to observe in Maldivian waters.

Komandoo Maldives

We saw yesterday that beautiful sand castle built on Komandoo beach. Today someone else got inspired by this and did another one! Also very nice, close to the other, we hope the Lilliput inhabitants of the castles don’t try to invade each other like in the ancient times…

Komandoo Maldives

Everybody who as been in the Maldives, knows how pleasant is to walk barefoot on the white sandy beaches of this unique place. Here in Komandoo some people are even more delighted by this and like to create some work of art with this fine sand. As you can see in the pictures, this almost “Neuschwanstein” creation is quite a piece of work!

Turtle Komandoo Maldives

Well, you know… Komandoo is also known as Turtle island.  In fact this is the logo of the island, a turtle. So here we are! We have a nice “sand” turtle done by one of the guests with a lot of sand and patience…  If this one lays eggs in the sand, we wonder how the hatchlings will look like!!

First day of the “Boot Show 2010″ edition on Komandoo Island. While Rosa, Staffan, Ray and Sabine are still sleeping, ready for the show, we are having our breakfast on Komandoo.

Komandoo Prodivers Maldives

Nice and warm here, we hope everybody have a nice Boot Show week, not to cold and with lots of good friends and …bretzel.