Never been to Male, the capital (island) of Maldives? Scroll through the images to take a short tour with us.
Our fishing trips to the Maldives usually involves a short stop at Male while we wait to catch our flight home.
The wait for the flight check-in is about 3 hours so there is a bit of time to just walk around the island of Male. The airport is situated on an island adjecant to Male, like how the rest of Maldives is made of, small islands everywhere. Many of which are inhabited.
There is really not much to do on Male but it should be made an experience to take in the sights and smell if you’ve never set foot here. You’re here anyway.
The temperature in Male can be very hot. As the island is fairly small, it can be quite crowded and chaotic.
Approaching Male island – used to be sparsely occupied when I first came a long time ago.
Boats, yachts and planes are a common sight here.
Plenty of commercial fishing boats. Boat traffic can be pure madness.
Tuna fishing is a huge industry in Maldives
A visit will not be complete without a visit to the fish marketPeter Hayes, Peter Nixon, Yusaku Tsutsui and Tomonori Higashi checking out some tunaSurgeon fish – I find the locals have a strange taste for fish. Fish we like to eat are normally not liked by them and vice-versa.Checking out a tackle shop in town. In the photo is Peter Nixon, Mike Stevens, Peter Hayes and Tomonori Higashi.
Dried salted fish everywhere
You cannot avoid taking in the potpourri of smell in this market
Sunsets are best enjoys either with water or mountains
Juan Wei is the founder of SFA. All he does is fish (and that's a myth)! His favourite type of fishing is sight-fishing where he can cast to the target fish and see it eat his presentation. See what he's currently up to on Instagram @juanwei
