Going to the Great Barrier Reef on Big Mama Sailing After a year on the road, my house and garden need a lot of love. Last Friday I skipped the domestic chores, put the “Gone Sailing” sign up and…

It’s a 50 minute speedboat ride to the tiny, oval-shaped island of Eriyadu which sits alone, just behind the outside rim of the North Male’ atoll. The day I visit, it’s school holidays and the speedboat is packed with locals.…
Stepping off the ferry on Villingili island at the end of my working day, feels like stepping into a postcard of what the congested Maldivian capital of Male’ once was. Villingili island, or Vilimale’ as it is officially known, is…