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 Best Maldives Tours - Plan your adventure here 🇲🇻 🌅 Go on an Incredible Male Sunset Fishing Tour - https://bit.ly/44XFS6m 🤿 Discover Scuba Diving at Maafushi - https://bit.ly/3DmJL9s 🇲🇻 Book Your Own Beautiful Accommodation 🏨 The Park House, Male - https://bit.ly/3laRGAD Batuta Surf View, Thulusdhoo - https://bit.ly/3l6arp9 NEW VIDEOS EVERY WEEK! Subscribe for more Maldives videos - https://bit.ly/38ptVuo Book the best Maldives diving experience here - https://bit.ly/3DnsGwc Learn to edit like us - https://lostcreatoracademy.com/?aff=363 Like this video? JOIN OUR PATREON for behind-the-scenes access - https://bit.ly/32oqndg 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 Get all caught up - 🔹We are Gemma and Campbell 👫 🔸Living in our Elddis motorhome, Ellie 🚐 🔹Travelling across Asia in search of hidden gems 🔸Documenting our lives on Youtube and Instagram 📸 🔹Writing informative travel guides so YOU can do the same 💻 👀Catch up with us daily in Instagram Stories - @highlands2hammocks - https://bit.ly/3l2fGnt ALSO WATCH - What happened when we QUIT our jobs - https://bit.ly/3rFFozv Buying our Motorhome, Ellie - https://bit.ly/3rCJGaO Vanlife Essentials - https://bit.ly/3xaOoOm Best Roadtrips in Scotland - https://bit.ly/3f7KhfA If you enjoyed this video guys, please hit that like button and leave us a comment on what you think of our Ellie the Elldis. Subscribe for more van life action and stay tuned for the next video dropping this week. NEW VIDEOS WEEKLY * All music in this video is from Epidemic Sound. Get a FREE MONTH of unlimited access to copyright free music using this link - https://bit.ly/38pZQL4/ OUR CAMERA GEAR Main Vlogging Camera - https://amzn.to/3PUCfGv Backup Vlog Camera - https://amzn.to/2C0HhB7 Action Camera - https://amzn.to/31N6F8e Drone - http://amzn.to/3aSn5k6 Shop all of our Travel Tech here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/highlan... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~GET TO KNOW US~~ 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. Since our first trip together to the golden sands of Fiji, we have spent every day working on our journey back to paradise. This is our story of how we get from the highlands of Scotland to the hammocks of Fiji. The raw side of travel. Uncut. Unclean. Imperfect. Epic. Join us and realise that anyone can travel, you just have to take that first step. Gemma and Campbell highlands2hammocks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to see some of our daily activities, catch up with us on our other social medias Twitter :   / highlands2hamm   Facebook :   / highlands2hammocks   Instagram:   / highlands2hammocks   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/highlands...