I woke up with such mixed emotions today. On one hand, I was so excited to be back in Abu Dhabi, and on the other, I also knew it was the last day of the trip. When we booked our two nights in Abu Dhabi we knew it was more of a stopover than an actual destination. Luckily having visited here two years ago there wasn’t anything we necessarily missed seeing then so today was all about just enjoying being back here.

I’m so sad to be writing this post because it means our time at the St. Regis Maldives has come to an end. We knew today would be a long day as our flight from Male to Abu Dhabi didn’t depart until 9 PM so we still had a close to a full day in paradise.

I don’t even know how we got here already but somehow we are on our last full day here at the St. Regis Maldives. What felt like the far future is now tomorrow and so on cue today started with the Maldives crying for us this morning shower.

This may be a record but I got Jenn to play tennis again even though it was far hotter than any of our previous days. It was also the worst either of us has played since we got here and not only because I lost. Even with that, it was still so nice to get up and get some exercise in so we wouldn’t feel lazy when we did next to nothing for the rest of the day.

At this point, I could almost just start copying and pasting each day’s post and replace a few of the variables from each day. Much is life in the Maldives and we are loving it. We did sleep in a bit more than the last few days but were able to catch the tail end of the sunrise and another beautiful morning.

It’s hard to imagine but two days in a row we’ve been up before the sun and have gone out on our deck and watched the skies turn from dark to light. It’s something day-to-day I’d never even think about doing but on vacation, there’s something magical about it.