On the South Side
Embudu, Maldives

Soft white sand lines the clear turquoise lagoon.
Careful! Sting rays may lay sleeping beneath your feet in this tempting blue water.
Darker patches frame the south side of our tiny island and it is there, in the coral gardens, an underwater world awaits our discovery.
With fins, mask, and snorkel we swim out into the choppy afternoon sea.
Wondering what will be lurking beneath we breath heavily in apprehension.
Finally, the murky water clears to reveal with sharp clarity an explosion of shapes and colors as fish, by the hundreds, dance and weave playfully through the coral fringes of this reef.