Three and half months, wow, for Jess the days have flown by. Although it doesn't seem like we have been here long we both are looking foward to getting off the island and exploring some new terrain. Jess was supposed to get 2 weeks off for her holidays but has somehow talked them into 4 weeks. For the first two weeks Jess and I are going to study yoga in its birthplace, India. A friend of ours had reccommended this Ashram (yoga institute) in southern India.
http://www.sivananda.org/neyyardam/index.html
It is going to be a pretty intense two weeks with nearly 5 hours of yoga a day! Vegetarian diet, Meditation, and early morning wake up calls. This can hardly be called a vacation but we are considering it our Honeymoon. We are both really looking foward to it the flight leaves tommorrow the 16th. Returning on the 30th or 31st we rendevous with Derek and Leticia who are coming for a visit lasting over a month. They arrive at 10 in the evening on the 31st and we have them flying out of Male Feb 1st at noon. Not much rest but there were no flights going out for a few days after that. We then travel to Delhi where we will give Derek and Leticia a day or so to rest. Jess and I will round up some plane tickets and the next day we will be on our way to the Taj Mahal and onwards to Varanasi to visit our friends sister who runs a Hostel/School for underpriviledge children.
http://www.basichumanneeds.net/
Jess will be travelling with us for another 2 weeks but will then have to go back to work. The three of us will travel India for another 2 weeks and then we will head back to the Maldives.
So thats the plan and hopefully we can keep the blog updated from the road. Also I think the adventures will be a little bit more interesting.

The weather has made a shift for the better and we have been enjoying windy sunny days. Wind enough to ruin the surf but not enough to kiteboard. Mornings and evenings are a little calmer and we usually manage a sunset surf. Our house is quickly turning into the Surf Shack as anyone with a board wants to store it at our place. I usually send at least a few text a day giving a brief surf report for those pilots who aren't lucky enough to have a beachside residence. Steve our new flatmate has returned from Aus. He is a laid back surfer who has turned out to be an awesome guy to have around the house. Between the two of us and all our friends we have about 10 boards scattered throughout the house. That's life in the Maldives for now, in total I will be away for the next 6 weeks so I am sure it will be a new place when I return.