.....A Tale of two cities Male' - HulhuMale'....

......the Friday Jaunt  to  Hulhumale'  frm Male'....a tale  of  two  Island city ....a decade  ago @ Hulhumale'  the  satellite  township of  the  Capital island Male', thr  was  a single  Taxi  available, now  a host  too  many.....saw its  development  real fast....as it  happens  to be modernly  laid  out  &  with  vast  spaces, neat , a long  stretch of clean beach with water sports  &  a  beautiful  bay  dotted with  Safari  boats ......The Premium Link  ferry  service  is  newly  introduced  fully  airconditioned carrying roughly 140  pax  at  one go, with attached  toilets  & TV  screens displaying  TVM(TV Maldives)....a travel  time  of  15  mts for 10 MVR( roughly 43 INR) .....this  is  in  contrast  to  the  traditional  boat  ride  of  25  mts  without  these  facilities.....not  knowing  the  introduction  of  such  services the Express Tkt of  100 MVR  for  four  of  us , which  is  for  a  speed  boat was taken  by  me  nd  inadvertantly  took  this  new   Premium  link  services, mistakenly  thinking  it  to  be  the Express service.....learnt  of  the  mistake  upon  our  return  Journey  back whn  we  were  charged  less....entailing  a  loss of  onward  journey  frm  Male' of  60  MVR was not  heartbreaking  as the  pleasure  of  the  new  ride was immense......Arnav was happy since he  never likes the  Speed  Transfer...it  was  God sent  to  him......it  was  a  trip   of  surprises , as we lazed  around  & finally  reached  our  Indian Restaurant "Bombay Darbar"to  find  it  Closed  for renovation.....a gentle referral by a Restaurant staff to  a  nearby Pakistani  restaurant, solved  our  problems & the  Spicy  Punjabi  dishes, the frndly  waiter  frm  Lahore  served  us....tasted just  like  Delhi  , Gurgaon....it  was  a  Surprise welcome change  at the  Pakistani  "Tandoor  Flames".....was surprised  to  see  HulhuMale City growing  in  Leaps  &  bounds.....!!!