6 undergraduates from Singapore's top university were recently marooned on perhaps – one of the most beautiful places on planet earth – the Maldives: Island R. Kinolhas


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The 6 “unfortunate” souls were:

Name: Shakeeb
Aka.: the Maldivian who cannot fish
Profile: Maldivian local and hence most essential member to survival of the group


Name: Daniel
Aka: The Cash Cow
Profile: Sunburns easily


Name: Loh Wei
Aka: Loo Wee (as pronounced by Maldivian locals)
Profile: Especially attractive to mosquitoes


Name: Roy
Aka: Roei (as pronounced by Maldivian locals)
Profile: Especially attracted to hermit crabs (also responsible for 99% of the photos)


Name: Wesley
Aka: Wislee (as pronounced by Maldivian locals)
Profile: Allergic to Maldivian curry


Name: Yado
Aka: Are you local? (as pronounced by Maldivian locals)
Profile: No, Chinese

The 6 Lost


The lost had to fend for themselves to fill their bellies each day…

Reef fishing, with line/rod

Local boy catching his first fish! (quelling rumors that he has become Singaporean and can no longer live the Maldivian way)

Wislee catching the juggernaut!


Deep Sea fishing, with boat and line




Spear fishing! with snorkel & spear


De-feathering a chicken



Cooking Roshi (Maldivian prata)


Only Roei managed to turn his lump of dough into a reasonable circle






The lost travelers also had to forge through many a dangerous terrain…

Through mosquito infested vegetation


Through swamp home to stonefish, shark and stingray


Through beaches teeming with hermit crabs of all sizes



Even through the streets of Male (pronounced mah-leh) where highway code does not exist, only plenty of motorcycles…






When distances got too great, they took to other means of transport…

Such as lorry (the Maldivian idea of a taxi)


or boat





And Air Taxi







The lost soon made friends with the ‘others’ on the island






And played soccer with them


And formed the first Island R. Kinolhas football team


After many hard days of work, the 6 lost students contented themselves with slacking on the beach...







...and just simply drank in the beauty of Gods creation






They sure traveled light =)

Super BIG thank you to Shakeeb & family for letting us stay on your island and being fantastic hosts to us for 8 super days!