Fantome
re my 1958 photos in #8362 above:
considerate not to include then and now comparison pictures?
Well not really - a bit of thread drift but 18-months ago I was invited by the Shangri-La Hotel Group to visit their Villingili Resort and Spa at Villingili in the Maldives across the Addu Atoll lagoon from Gan to give a series of talks about my experiences at RAF Gan as it was being built in 1958.
A freebie visit to the Maldives after 56-years was not to be sneezed at, so in 2014 I duly went back to the Maldives and Gan together with my daughter and her husband to give my fully-illustrated PPT presentation. Audiences were history buffs (mainly wealthy Chinese), locals who worked at the resort and pupils from the local island school.
Anyway some photos taken during my visit. I'll be doing a fully illustrated piece here on pprune - new thread - shortly.
Arrival at Gan from Male
Being greeted by Shangri-La's
PR lady who'd flown in from Dubai
Paradise?
Gan is across the Atoll in the middle and right
Sussing out Villingili
Visiting Mount Villingili with my son-in-law and daughter
I'm no golfer, but had to try the Villingili Golf Course
Especially for Fantome - I'm on the right!
Farewell drinks with the Resort's Manager
Regards
WT