A school of five silver color
fish slowly makes their way to where I was sitting, a small little wooden
platform at our lagoon suite villa, my legs dipped in the icy cold water,
inches away from the green, oh so green seaweed on fine white sand, waving gently
under the magical spell of the sea current.
Meters away, a lone black tip
baby shark of a meter long, cruises by oblivious to my presence. A sudden
disturbance in the seabed caught my attention. A grey mantra ray of almost
three feet in diameter glides by.
The sound of waves beating
against the concrete pillars of the villa coupled with the gentle sea breeze
blowing onto my face and the dancing sunlight reflected on the clear blue
seabed has almost an hypnotizing effect. For a moment, you are in complete
total peace with yourself, with mother nature, with God. For that one moment,
the world you know and left behind does not seemed to exist or matter.
There is only you, the sea, the
blue skies with fluffy white clouds drifting by and the wind, blowing and
singing her gentle soothing melody.
This is Maldives.
Club Med Kani @ Maldives
is every bit a paradise on earth that she was advertised to be. We booked ours
when Club Med ran their annual “Buy one free one” promotion and we went all the
way, the exclusive Lagoon Suites, reputed to be THE way to truly enjoy Club Med
Kani, and we were definitely NOT DISAPPOINTED!
The Lagoon suites are wooden
chalets built on water, each with their very own wooden platform with a
staircase leading down to the shallow clear water where one can easily access
for a cold dip among the schools of wild seawater fish, an occasional mantra
ray or even a black tip baby shark, gliding over the wavering seaweeds.
As I have mentioned in my earlier
post, Club Med Kani Maldives
is definitely a heaven for honeymooners or couples who would love to get away
for a romantic getaway or simply to reignite the passion that often times, took
a back seat in our hectic family life once the children arrived.
In comparison to Club Med Bali,
Bintan or Cherating, I would still rate Club Med Bintan Island has having one
of the best stretch of beaches with fluffy white sand but in terms of water
clarity and marine life, Club Med Kani absolutely wins hands down.
In terms of guest mixture, just
like Club Med Bali, 85% of the guests during our stay were from mainland China
but then again, they are everywhere nowadays, especially with their cash, purchasing
power and wealth. With their presence, expect their loudness, their knack of
not understanding what queuing is all about and above all, their rather `LOUD’ sense
of dressing and color matching (at least to us). But then again, that is who
they are and just like anyone else, they are entitled to behave and wear
whatever they desires. With my recent exposure in Beijing
(where I have just recently relocated to), I have come to understand and accept
these seemingly `weird’ sense of behaviour or dressing and underneath all those
differences, they are just like you or me.
Food wise, Club Med Kani would
rank just below Club Med Bali as far as we are concerned. There are still
reasonable selection of dishes that changes almost everyday.
There is no Petite or Mini Club
here, hence, bringing young children here would not be too advisable, unless
you are prepared to baby sit them your entire stay. But then again, why would
you want to fly half way across the globe and then baby sit your little
`Energizer bunnies’ when you can do that at home, while the ocean and the waves
beckons you to put on your sexy two piece and simply dive in among the sharks
and the rays, with your other half.
Taking the Lagoon Suites, also
provide some exclusive benefits such as the exclusive Mantra Lounge with free
flowing beer, wine and champagne.
You could also arrange for your breakfast to
be brought over to your suite at the time you specified so that you could
simply just have your breakfast in leisure with your lover, with a view that
one would die for, the ocean stretching endlessly beyond the horizon and an
occasional curious seagull flying past.
I am also not sure if this comes
with the fact that we stayed at the Lagoon Suites, but I get a full bottle of
either red or white wine for every lunch or dinner we had. In fact, there was
even one lunch, where the Restaurant Manager was so kind that he actually
opened a bottle of rose and a bottle of chardonnay for both of us. Since, my
wife hardly drinks, needless to say, the task of finishing both bottles were
left entirely to yours truly, who is not complaining one bit.
Although there are still plenty
of activities to participate while holidaying in Club Med just like any other
Club Med, this is one Club Med that you would rather spent some quiet, serene
and private moments with your better half, which was we did when we were there,
except taking part in two cooking lessons sessions.
This is definitely one
destination that everyone should seriously consider at least once in a
lifetime.
We took an evening sunset cruise
and it was simply magical. More of that in my next post.
