FIRST TIME IN THE MALDIVES (watch THIS before you go!)

Waving goodbye to Southeast Asia, we head to our final destination on this epic backpacking trip, the beautiful islands of the Maldives. For the next three weeks, we are going to be showing you all there is to see in this bucketlist destination, as we explore our first time in the Maldives. #maldives #firsttimemaldives #localislandmaldives

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WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS VIDEO
- First Impressions of the Maldives 00:00
- Who are Gemma and Campbell? 00:05
- What is the Maldives REALLY like? 00:08
- How EXPENSIVE is the Maldives? 00:15
- Maldives Local Island - first experience 00:20
- Travel disaster whilst leaving Kuala Lumpur.. 00:41
- Time to fly to the Maldives 01:48
- How to get a Maldives SIM card (watch this before you go!) 02:52
- Arriving in Male (this airport is CRAZY!) 03:11
- How to get from the airport to Male 03:27
- Early morning panic (we were woken by an air raid siren) 04:07
- What is the town of Male really like? (not what we expected!) 04:41
- Speed boat from Male to Thulusdhoo 05:24
- What is it like on a Maldives local island (full review of Thulushoo) 05:45
- Checking into our local island hotel in Thulusdhoo 06:02
- How warm is the water in the Maldives? 06:10
- This beach is INCREDIBLE! 06:27
- First day in the Maldives - What is it really like? 07:19
- Breakfast with a view from our beachfront hotel 08:43
- Boat trip in the Maldives (sand bank and snorkelling cruise) 09:23
- Is this heaven?! (Incredible sand bar in the Maldives) 09:44
- So much wildlife in the Maldives 11:10
- Snorkelling with turtles in the Maldives 11:19
- Swimming with sharks in the Maldives 11:53
- The sad reality of the coral in the Maldives 12:46
- Bikini Beach in the Maldives - What is it?! 13:31
- Sunset point on Thulusdhoo 13:52
- What we love about this island? 14:17
- What is next?! 14:38

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A free-spirited couple from Scotland with hearts full of adventure, and a passion for what is yet to be discovered. The best things in life really are free and you do not have to be rich to travel; Our goal is to show the world that anyone can and should make the most of this beautiful planet.

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[LorraineG]

What a beautiful place, thank you for beautiful footage.

[kathleenwragg]

I've turned a very bright shade of green with envy. Looks as if you enjoyed yourselves.

[travellingwithcrowsfeet]

We totally agree with you, it's one of our fav places in the World, and even better we have family there, cannot wait to go back! So glad you made the effort to go to the Maldives 🇲🇻

[glennbriggs]

Having enjoyed your videos for ages, I am so happy to see you in my other home country x BTW the siren is tested every morning in Male’ at 8am! Glad you love it here and thanks for sharing your trip. My wife was born here and I have been here with her since 2002 and in UK sometimes!

[robertfisher]

I've been to the maldives and I've got to say it's a stunning place .there are so many beautiful islands out there .the coral world is fantastic can't wait to get back to 1 of the islands again .

[Gerrit-Poort]

Awesome video, this was some adventure, good camerawork en info. Thanks for sharing it with us. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[catherineadams]

Having found you both on YouTube, I am very much enjoying all of the videos especially the nc 500, we did some of it in January this year but missed some beautiful places going back in March but will have your book to hand, we have a Maimi Autotrail, sadly lost our Boxer last July he loved the motorhome holidays, keep up the good work 👏

[toobydude]

My gosh. Incredible. I can see why you fell in love with that place. Just, wow. Dreamy is right. Sorry for the issues getting there...I guess you were channeling Kara and Nate on cutting it close with your flight. LOL Certainly missed you guys the last couple weeks here.

[timjohnson]

Thank you, an excellent vid as always and, as always, can't wait for the next one! XXX

[bertkelly]

First! Yay! LOL, drama IS the adventure! Have fun! Can't wait to see this series!

[mikebergen]

be great if you include the airport you flew in to, hotel you stayed out and how it was . airport you took etc.. more info for someone wanting to go.

[hilarywallace]

Wow, that sand Your filming was beautiful of it . What a stunning place ....glad you got there safely !

[andrewgreenwood]

I bet you two never argue. You're a match made in heaven. God bless you both x

[BenFiorePhotography]

was buzzing to see this one!!! Maldives snorkelling looks mental...water would of been brown if a shark got that close to me hahah top quality as per

[smashingbrandon]

My dream is to go here with my wife!! One day I know it will happen

[BonkersAboutAlice]

One day you guys will be on time.. )
We're thinking of sending daughter and hubby there for honeymoon.

[craig-bpcx]

Hi, my partner & I are lucky enough to be going in May for 10 days to Vilu Reef....so looking forward to this..plenty of snorkeling to be done. Great video, thank you both.

[jefftoify]

Absolutely Brilliant what a place . The under water shots looked superb , Are you guys always late for things ?

[yaminthegrey]

Hari OM
I have experienced something of the sort in Australia... but there is an extra special thing about tiny islands, isn't there? Blissful! YAM xx

[JordanOutside]

What an amazing adventure. The Maldives are on my bucket list for sure 😃