A long time passed and one day quite out of the blue going through my cupboards I found loads, yes loads, of amazing pictures of the Maldives. As luck would have it I met a man who owned the Gallery very close to where I live. I asked him to please come up and I would show all.

I had put every thing all over my bed and other places where their was space. He had a fit!  couldn’t  believe what he was seeing! Just loved everything! He took them all away. Before leaving he said "Toni will you please give us a talk!".

 I had not given a talk after I had said a sad good bye to all my many friends in the islands.

 Rebecca came with me to the islands when she was six years old. Soon after arriving, The Presidents office contacted us to say they would like to meet with Rebecca. You can see what a funny little person she is!

She had just had chicken pox!  We were on Velassuru. She borrowed one of my veil's pale pink. On the way to the Palace I told her its polite to say Asalaam  Alaikum when we meet them. We hadn’t long to wait. She spoke very sweetly. We were both sitting on quite a long sofa all was going very well!
 
Then she started going up and down on the sofa! I could not think what she was doing!
Dose she want to go to the Loo? hope not!

Then she got closer and closer to  -- The President

“Do you fink, do you fink? that  when my Granny is dead i can be the Maldive Lady?”   She had only been on Velassuru for two nights! She came every year with me until she was eighteen she is now twenty.