Toni the Maldive Lady
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Villingili

MY  60TH  DIVE  IN THE MALDIVES
Herbert Ungar my Dive Master SUPREME decided to make this a very special occasion. He created a card and put a 60 on it, then strapped it onto my tank.
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Off we went on the dive boat with a crowd of fellow divers.  Herbert always gave us a pictorial briefing, showing us the underwater layout and what to expect, the types of fish, coral formation and approximately the length of time we will be down. It’s very informative.  
As the number was on the high side, he had that day another one of his other younger dive leaders.

After a short distance from Villingili they all went overboard; Herbert held me back!  Some ten minutes later he said "right off we go."  

Slowly descending together, at about 10 metres he stopped!
Facing me he started to unzip the front of his wet suit and to my utter amazement what did I see but a small bottle of champagne.  I watched him open it and take a sip!  Then he passed to me. My eyes were boggling! But the thought of taking my mouth piece out of my mouth and drinking fizzy champers initially held be back.  I just hated doing this!! But the thought of Champagne underwater at 10 metres in MY Maldives, well, the champagne won!

I DID IT. Just too lovely, but not to be repeated, all that fizzy and the thought of choking got the better of me, I gave the sign to COME UP!  
It was the most beautiful day. Not a cloud in the sky. The sea was totally calm, the colour of almost violet and no sign of a single boat or any people. Silence. Just me and Herbert!! Silence.  Villingilli  in the distance and Male ahead. In those days Male was half the size and NOT one sky scraper in sight.  I had a wonderful feeling of calm, or was it the champagne lulling me to sleep!

We finished the bottle. Herbert put it back in his wet suit. We then dived to 30 metres for my 60th dive and came up slowly pausing along the way.

When our heads came out of the water there was our boat and all the jolly other divers laughing at us “where have you been"   
Back to Villingili we went.  This was not the end of celebrations as that evening all the divers and my close friends were told to come after supper as myself and Herbert were going to cut and share the most delicious enormous cake made for me by my wonderful Sri Lankan Cook.

I have since had loads of dives; Sri Lanka, Muscat, South Africa, Kenya and the Laccadives but not one of them even compares with my 60th. Why not try it some time!

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The Maldive Islands


Ariyadhoo, Himithi, Mini Mas,
Gali & Maamigili
Fuah Mulaku

GAAFU ALIFU ATOLL SCHOOL
Gan and Feydhoo
Hanimadhoo & Uteemu
Ihuru
Kuramathi
Kurumba
Laamu  Atoll
Lhaviyani
Niyama - Dhaalu Atoll
Rashdoo & Noonu Atoll
Villingili

Holiday Of A Life Time:
Maldives, Sri Lanka & Dubai

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SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION - LETTER FROM BENEDICTA

MY ISLAND STORY

On My Way To Happy Days

Passenger Flying Log Book

My Very Good Looking Father

Through a Zanzibar Doorway

Lion Sands

Cape Town

A Night At The London Zoo

Wild Reef Child

Ashley

Flying With Hunting Clan

Love At First Sight

The Queen Mother

Romy Has a Surprise!

GEORGE

My Talk 2018

My Flying Diary

The Maldive Lady, by Jo Foley

LiveWire: First Lady of Leisure

Kunfunadhoo

The Lady In The Loo

First Round The World Flight

Tehran

PHINDA

Rat Story

Visha & Maya

Saint Helena

A Flight of a Lifetime

Diving Bangaram Island
Shark Circus
Richard Harley
Yusuff Moosa

I Dived To Victory
Memorable Muscat
You Must Not Wear Any Weights Or Life Jacket


A Magic Boat Launches

Angkor, Cambodia

Champneys

Country Life

Crown of Thorns

Having A Whale Of A Time

​Hurlingham Club Magazine Summer 2016

Kenya

​KASHMIR 1959

Lady Rose

Love of Skiing

My Magic Beans

My Outstanding Award
My Sandbank
Museum of Mankind
My 86th Birthday
Classic Wings: My 87th Birthday
My 88th Birthday
Magic Yellow File
RACEHORSE
Seychelles
South Africa
The Haute Route
Thrills & Spills - Dhoni Mighili
Underwater Ireland
Welcome To Stanford Bridge
***WEST OF ZANZIBAR***

Helicopter Bride
SCHOOL / FLYING
World Travel Mart
My Adopted Maldivian Family
Life Threatening Thalassemia
Himmafushi - The Young Offenders
Villingilli Orphanage
The Tsunami
Commemorative Coins

1986 Commonwealth Games
Guest Speaker of the Canberra
My Cocktail
Love & Marriage in Sri Lanka


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A Maldives Symphony -
My Swan Song:

- Velassaru & Kuramathi
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Colombo

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