Friday Daydreaming | Anniversary in the Maldives

Since I spend way too much time googling (is “googling” an official verb yet?) various locations and looking up cities on Trip Advisor, I figured I’d keep up these Friday Daydreaming posts and hopefully they’ll give you some inspiration for your own honeymoons, vacations, or even just for a 5 minute daydream at your desk. Pina colada not required, but suggested. ;)

Earlier this week, out of nowhere Nate turned to me and said, “I don’t know how but we need to do whatever it takes to get to this place.” (Um… sell a kidney perhaps?) And with that, he turned the computer screen to show me an image of a bedroom suite underwater. Literally an arched, 360 degree aquarium view overhead. WHAT? Yeah, I know. Interwebs, meet the Maldives- little, Fiji-looking islands floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I’m not usually a tropical vacation kind of girl, since I was practically born and raised on the beach, but visiting islands like these has been on my bucket list since I first saw a photo of Fiji’s over-the-water style huts. The Conrad Maldives Rangali has one of the best ratings on tripadvisor I’ve ever seen and looks like something from one of those dream’s I fight to stay asleep for. I’d like one of those little huts on the water. Nate wants the aquarium view. I told Nate that we should go there for our first anniversary. I know… our first anniversary is about a year and a half away. You say overzealous, I say eager planning. ;)

Sources (clockwise): Sunset view from one of the suites | Just one part of the amazing coral all throughout the islands | A perfect vacation outfit from JCrew’s Turks and Caicos editorial shoot | More rooms over the water, yes please | Dusk in the room I’d like to stay in. Where do I sign?

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