First Sea Plane Tour | Colombo to Maldives

Hi Travellers! Today, We're going, Where? Maldives. We're going on a tour in Maldives. It's already late. We always go at the last minute. We're flying in the economy class today, So we thought we could give you a new update about the airport too. And this is Elina's first economy-class flight, Right? Yeah, It is. She went on two business-class trips before. Yeah, Two. Okay then, We'll tell you all the details on our way there, And we expect to spend four luxurious days at a water villa in the M

aldives, Then we're going to a budget island in the Maldives called Maafushi, We're exploring both ways. Yes, We cover the both sides, So you can have all the details about traveling to Maldives from this vlog. Stay tuned with us, We're expecting to explore the local experience, As well as the markets in Maldives. There's a beautiful itinerary here. This video is about our flight details, We'll bring you all the details about the water villa in our next video, We'll talk more on the way. Goodbye

, Dad. We're on our way to the airport through the highway. Chamari's brother is driving us there. This is a KDH van, 8 passengers can travel in this, It has dual AC. You can contact Sumal, Not just for an airport hire, If you're going on a trip around anywhere in Sri Lanka, If you're going to see a bride, Right, Chamari? You can go anywhere with him. We'll mention his number below, So you can contact Sumal. The silk route is over there, If you're a business-class passenger, You can go through t

here. But the economy class passengers have to go through here. I'm coming to Maldives with you. Keep your passport and the air ticket with you before entering the airport, Because you'll be checked at the entrance. Then you can get to the first security checkpoint. You need to put all your luggage into the scanning machine there. And I took my drone to the Maldives, So remember if you're taking a drone with you, Keep your drone registered at the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka. Otherwis

e, When you bring the drone back to Sri Lanka, You might have to face some troubles if you don't have that certificate with you. Based on the country that you're traveling to, In this case, The Maldives, You need to be aware of the drone rules in Maldives, Because they could be changed with time. They asked me whether I was taking a drone with me, And if I am, Were the batteries of the drone properly packed. This means that instead of packing the drone batteries together, We need to pack t

hem separately. Because when we're taking batteries on a flight, If we pack them all together, They tend to spark. After the first security check, You'll get on a path to the departure hall, There are many Sri Lankan shops and banks there, You can also exchange your Sri Lankan Rupees into Dollars from here. Then we enter the departure hall. Your family members can buy a ticket and arrive at this departure hall, But they're not allowed to go further from there. There's so much space availab

le here than it used to be, We have a huge waiting area here. You can do your transactions via Rupees from the shops before the departure hall. But in the area that we enter after the departure hall, We'll have to do our transactions inside the airport through Dollars. You should remember that as well. Then we'll have to go through another security checkpoint, We need to put our luggage into the scanning machine again. And remember to put your purses, handbags, and everything into the sca

nning machine. We did an early check-in to our flight before we arrive at the airport, We get a chance to pick our seats there. And some airports have separate counters to do early check-ins. So it will save you a great amount of time. The benefits of an online check-in. There was no one waiting in this business class queue, So we were asked to go there. There are a few more things that we could do to save our time, If we've filled the departure card before we come to the airport, We don't h

ave to waste your time here filling out another departure card. We can fill that out online. You can go to the "immigration.gov.lk" website, And fill out this departure card. If you're a citizen of Sri Lanka, You must fill out this form. I forgot to tell you about this IMUGA form. If you're going to Maldives, You need to go to the website called "imuga.immigration.gov.mv" and you must fill out that form, When you're traveling to Maldives, And when you travel back to Sri Lanka from Maldives, Yo

u have a chance to fill this before 96 hours, So keep that in your mind to fill out this form as well. Otherwise, It might cause you trouble at the Maldives immigration. Okay, Everything is done. Now we're entering the immigration area, Videography is not allowed here, So let's stop now, And we'll talk more after we leave the immigration and enter the duty-free area. Okay, We're inside the airport now, We just passed the duty-free area. Our gates are open now, Gate number one, It's R1. R1 is

down here. On that side. Other gates, Including the 14th, All the gates from 6 to 14 are over there. But today, We're going through the gate number one. Where are we going? The Maldives. This is where our gate is, There's another security check going on here. And we have a long queue, Let's go and see. Thank you. This is Lahiru. Do you remember Lahiru? Please don't embarrass me. I'm fully shaved today. We had him on one of our videos, Right? Yeah, He's on one of our videos. Find that video if

you can, Our video featuring Lahiru. It's the Anuradhapura video. Otherwise, They'll search everywhere. Let's go. Okay, Let's go. This is a transit flight. First, it goes to Male and then it departs to Abu-Dhabi. We're the first ones who came to the bus. We go over there by bus. Normally, They send the economy-class passengers first, Right? Then they send the business-class passengers. Elina, We're going on the bus. Happy? Wow, Look at this. Wow, A big one. Did you see it? Say bye to them. By

e. Here's the doctor. Say bye to the doctor. Hello! Welcome aboard, Second right, please. Second right. Here, Hold this. Is there a specific seat for us? There's a number here, In here? Yes, There's a number. Here it is. 40-C The 40s' are over there. Let's keep going. Hello! Elina, Say hi to her. Okay, We got on our flight. We have three seats next to each other. Elina is also here. Elina is putting her seat belt on. Did you put your seat belt on? Elina is ready to go. She's going to watch a fil

m now. Are there any cartoons here for Elina to watch? Yeah. We were given a pillow, a blanket, and a headphone. My headphones fell down. We have a screen like this in front of our seats. Let's see what's available as we go. In this seat, We have, A plug point over here, We can plug something there. And this I think, Yes. It's a handheld controller for the screen. There's a USB port here, This is our table, And a safety instructions card is also here. And we have a waste bag as well. Mom, It'

ll fall down. We don't put that there. No, Your father is recording a video. But mom, We keep the food there. You watch this film. We take the camera when the food is here. Look, Here's a cat. Wow, There's a chocolate for you. Can I eat that? No. The bun? No. Elina, We're landing. Welcome to... Maldives! Welcome to Maldives! Where? Welcome to? Maldives. Let's allow Elina to find our bags. Okay, Let's allow Elina. You need to look over there. Oh, Wow. Grab it quickly, Hurry up. Grab it as soon as

it arrives. How many bags did we have? Was it three? Count and see whether if it's right. There's your aunt. Thank you. Thank you. Elina. We came to buy a SIM card. There were two packages, And we bought the travel premium, Since we're staying here for 14 days. It has 100 GB. 70 GB for social media with a 30 GB data allowance. This was 50 dollars. We bought it from here. The hotel that we booked will provide us with transport for today. Narada is also here to see us. We also found someone to

babysit Elina. And we met some new friends today. There's no duty-free area here. We were given some flowers, It was a nice welcome. There's no duty-free area here. We can directly go outside. It's too windy here. We can see the beach from here. It's over there. We arrived at the hotel where we're staying today. This is where we stay tonight. We're leaving. Okay, Goodnight. Okay, Goodnight. You come with me. I'm going with them. Hi Travellers! You said that before I did. Hi Travellers! Good Mor

ning! This is the room that we're staying. We were so tired last night, So we fell asleep as soon as we got here. But before that, We went out with Sandamali and her friends, Where did we go? To have dinner. Right? We went to have dinner, Then Elina saw the beach, We played on the beach, Right? So, This is the room that we're staying. Even though it looks small, It's very expensive. Normally it's, This is the bathroom. Even though it's small, A room like this would cost you around 25,000 LKR. B

ut that includes airport transport, For both coming and leaving. We booked the bed and breakfast, Right? Yes, Bed and breakfast. What else do we have? That's all about the room. And today, We are going on a seaplane early in the morning. The seaplane is scheduled around 6.45 a.m. It's so easy for us here, They asked us what our next resort is, So we told them that we were going to stay at the Dhigufaru resort. Then they have called the hotel to check the time for our seaplane, And then they ca

lled us, Saying that our seaplane is scheduled for 6.45 a.m. And we should leave around 6.30 a.m. And they told us that our breakfast would be ready by 6.00 a.m. I thought that since we were leaving early, They wouldn't offer us breakfast. But now we have that chance too. Isn't it good that they have prepared us an early breakfast? Yeah, It is. So if you look at it that way, Their service is good for that price. And since it includes the transport, It's so valuable for 25,000 rupees, Right? E

ven though the room is small. We're not going to spend too much time in this room, That's why we booked a room like this. There are so many rooms here which are better than this. There are better rooms than this if you have money. Yeah, If you have money. Yeah, We can see the beach from here. We can see the beach, Can't we? Wow. How can we open this now? We're leaving after breakfast. They have arranged bread and omelets. It's good to eat before we leave, Because the morning hunger cannot be t

olerated, Right Kasun? Breakfast is available for us an the resort that we're going to, But you won't be able to see that in this vlog. You'll have to watch the next vlog to see that. You'll only get to see the breakfast at this hotel on this vlog today. The beach is in front of us. Good morning. This bridge will take you from Hulhumale to Male. That's Male City over there. The capital city of Maldives. Is that all? Yeah, That's all. Do you want to go on that? We'll go with the uncles from

yesterday. Here Kasun, Take this. Elina, There's the plane that you arrived yesterday. Good morning. Right now, We're at, Where are we? We're at the airport. At the airport? Hello, Nice to meet you. So now we're going to the seaplane. Okay. Okay, We're at the airport right now, We check in to the seaplane from here, And we forgot to mention a few things earlier, The currency that they're using here is called Maldivian Rufiyaa. It's Rufiyaa. Rufiyaa, Yes. We couldn't find a place to exchange o

ur money yesterday, So our friends exchanged the money for us. We are coming back to the Male City tomorrow, And then we'll show where you can exchange your money. Elina, Come here. Mom drives in which seat? Is it the left side or the right side? Left side. Not the left side, It's the right side. We can go on that. No, we can't. There's only one there. We need to go to the second floor. Here the lift comes. And it's here. Come, Let's go. She's excited. Where are you from? Are you from... From

Male. Male? Ah okay. We just checked in to go on the seaplane, Right now we're at the Coral Lounge of Trans Maldivian Airways. You need to pay another 50 dollars to come here, And sometimes, It might be included in your resort package. Trans Maldivian Airways is the company that has the world's largest seaplane operation. I was told that they have more than 60 seaplanes. And we're flying to the Dhigufaru Island Resort with them. There's a nice view over there, Let's take a look. We're go

ing to a very beautiful villa now, It's a water villa. Because this has been our dream for so long, If we ever went to Maldives, We wanted to stay at a Forte villa. And that dream of ours is about to come true. So we're very happy. We have a beautiful view here, I think Kasun showed you before. It looks like this. There are seaplanes everywhere, And there's so many of them. Okay then, We'll see you in our next vlog, You can see our water villa experience from the next vlog. Please subscribe to

our channel, We'll see you in a new vlog. All the seaplanes are parked here, And all the seaplane operations happen here, And the international airport is here, The Velana International Airport. That's where we landed yesterday. This is on a separate island, The Hulhumale island is on this side, It's the island over there. And the Male island is over there. Let's go and see how this seaplane experience is.