1. No need to rush on buying souvenirs. There is a large section of souvenirs at the airport that offers same price (perhaps much cheaper) than the souvenirs' shop in the Maafushi or Male. There are plenty of choices of beautiful souvenirs as well. Make sure to bring along your passport and boarding pass to cashier upon paying the souvenirs.
2. Avoid seeking for restaurant for food. Maldivian may perceive the word "restaurant" as expensive, fine dining place to eat. If you are seeking for a low profile cheaper place to eat, just use the word "cafe". We did bring our food along, but I would recommend you to try some of the food there as well.
3. For activities in Maafushi, you are not necessarily bounded to take the activities provided by your hotel. You may ask and survey around for better price that may be offered by other hotel. The hotels were really close to one and another. And there price may depend on the number of the participants. The larger you traveling group, the cheaper it may become.
4. They use 3 pin power socket just same as we use in Malaysia. And each room was provided with extension for multiple appliances usage.
5. Upon researching, we thought that the mineral water may be expensive there. It is true if you are going to hotels or resorts in private Island. We learned that the price for mineral water in Maafushi and Hulhumale was nearly the same as the price in Malaysia.
6. Must bring items! - sunblock, sunglasses, hats/caps, and waterproof bag
7. Since Malaysian Ringgit is not changeable in Maldives, you may need to change our MYR to USD first before going to Maldives. There will be money changer at the airport to change to Maldivian Rufiyaa. The money changer is known as Bank of Maldives. However, we found out that the Rufiyaa was used mainly for transportation and dining, therefore no need to change all the USD into MVR. We only used 100USD to exchange into MVR which we used mainly for taxi, public transport and lunch at Asiana Cafe. Make sure to keep the receipt but it will be needed if you plan to change MVR back into USD later. There will be another money changer at the waiting area of departure hall at Maldives airport.
8. Please bring along your USb flash drive. It will be needed for pictures and videos during snorkeling. The organizer will be providing those at FOC. But if you forget to bring one, there will be shops nearby selling the flash drives at price of 200 rufiyaa for 8GB flash drive.
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