{"id":9472,"date":"2022-07-09T00:35:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/hello-from-the-maldives\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:08:45","slug":"hello-from-the-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/hello-from-the-maldives\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello From The Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, we&#8217;re in the Maldives and it&#8217;s every bit as amazing as I remember!<\/p>\n<p>Before I carry on &#8211; I have to show you this 40 second video we filmed earlier today (see below).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE VIDEO<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pRZ7Sltlfi0\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HLOBlog?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The video was from\u00a0today is actually going to be part of our longer Maldives travel vlog on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HLOBlog?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0(click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HLOBlog?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to subscribe) and on <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/HandLuggageOnly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> but I just couldn&#8217;t wait to share it with you!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have more photos and videos on Instagram (and Facebook) but till then, here are some photos we&#8217;ve taken photos\u00a0so far in the Maldives&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(*<em>Photos and video taken at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Angsana Velavaru, Maldives<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32758\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8646.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (6)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8646.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8646.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8646.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8646.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32753\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (10)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/FullSizeRender-3.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=853%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 853w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=320%2C480&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=560%2C840&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=1160%2C1740&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=1120%2C1680&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5764.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32762\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (2)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?resize=450%2C338&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?resize=570%2C428&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0062008.jpg?resize=330%2C248&amp;ssl=1 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32759\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5770.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (5)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5770.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5770.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5770.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_5770.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32761\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (3)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?resize=450%2C338&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?resize=570%2C428&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0292246.jpg?resize=330%2C248&amp;ssl=1 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32756\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8745.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (8)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8745.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8745.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8745.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8745.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32755\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8637.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (9)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8637.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8637.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8637.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8637.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32760\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (4)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?resize=450%2C338&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?resize=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?resize=570%2C428&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/G0422376.jpg?resize=330%2C248&amp;ssl=1 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angsana.com\/en\/em-maldives-velavaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32757\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8691.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hello From The Maldives - Angsana Velavaru In Ocean Water Villas (7)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8691.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8691.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8691.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_8691.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, we&#8217;re in the Maldives and it&#8217;s every bit as amazing as I remember! Before I carry on &#8211; I have to show you this 40 second video we filmed earlier today (see below). THE VIDEO Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel The video was from\u00a0today is actually going to be part of &hellip; Continue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[871],"tags":[362,1078],"class_list":["post-9472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-asia","tag-maldives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}