Hi guys!
Those of you who follow me on Instagram know that I have celebrated the New Year with my bestie in my favourite place on Earth- Maldives. I still can’t believe it actually happened. It passed soooo quickly! But we had absolutely the best time and would love to share more with you!
So Siobhan and I were trying to meet each other for like a year. We’ve connected via Instagram and something really clicked between us and we continued talking to each other every single day since November 2016 – when I was in Maldives for the first time and Siobhan was getting ready for her trip there. We kept in touch all these months. We even had a dinner in Zanzibar arranged once and her connecting flight got cancelled – can you imagine how unlucky we were? That was February. Then in May we were meant to see each other in Mykonos where I’ve celebrated my birthday and Siobhan at the end and very last minute changed her mind and flew to Aruba. Again we didn’t meet, but kept in touch and kept inspiring and motivating each other through the year. Until Maldives, our dream trip. Together. Our favourite destination on Earth! It was all very last minute and chaotic but when we had our tickets booked I thought “Omg, this is destiny! It was meant to be”
What I mean by chaotic is that I have almost missed my connecting flight- we both flew from different cities- Siobhan from Dublin and myself from London and we were meant to meet in Turkey and catch our connecting flight to Male. My flight was over an hour delayed and when I looked at my phone and time when I landed I realised I had 10 minutes to departure time! OMG. I have never been so stressed- sorry to all people I pushed that evening but I just didn’t think- I HAD TO MAKE IT. I literally flew through the whole airport to the gate and saw this little girl in a pink fur (she looked like a flamingo I swear to God!)- the only person standing there as everyone was already sitting on the plane. Omg, I couldn’t breath! But I made it. We hugged like old friends all ready for our first adventure together! As it was all just crazy we didn’t even think to buy the seats next to each other and our tickets showed Siobhan in the front and myself in the back of the plane – brilliant. But we decided to sit next to each other anyway haha, we literally pushed it, I am still laughing when I think about it- big thanks to the guy who changed his seat for us and let us talk and laugh all flight! Yup, we were exhausted but talked and laugh all 9 hours flight. I felt like I knew her all my life! Isn’t crazy?
We were literally dead when we got to the Maldives- zero sleep, jet lag and hunger haha, but I knew I am not allowed to sleep as we were getting on the seaplane straight after and it was my deepest dream! WHAT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. I can’t even find right words to explain how incredible that was. You HAVE TO experience it yourself. The view was just unbelievable. Yes, we were in paradise. My heart was beating so fast, I had tears in my eyes the entire time and I was holding Siobhan’s hand as I couldn’t believe this was really happening!
The first hotel we checked into was The Sun Siyam Iru Fushi. This is where we were celebrating New Years Eve! We have fallen love straight away! Take a peek!
The last night of 2017 was absolutely incredible. At midnight, we just stood by the ocean, watched fireworks and cried from happiness. We were just so happy and grateful for what we have achieved so far. It’s been an extremely hard working and stressful year for both of us and we felt like this was a prize for all these struggles and hard work- celebrating the New Year in paradise. We danced, we laugh, we cried, we had a swim at the ocean at 3am, loads bubbles and chocolate! What a night. The most magical New Years Eve in my life so far.
Hello 2018!
