i have some new faces here, so i thought I’d re-introduce myself 👋🏼🌺
if you’re new here, I’m Gen 👋🏼 a Canadian living in Maldives for the last 9 years🌴
I spend my days in the water with my marine tourism company @jimmysmaldives that i run with my husband @picc0
we love meeting new faces from around the world & showing you a piece of our backyard 🐬💦🐠🌺
thanks for joining the fun & hope to see you on our trips one day ✨
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stoked to share some moments from our retreat with @saltyluxe 💦🤿🌴🌺
an incredible group of women from all over the world joined us for an epic adventure filled with ocean activities, jaw-dropping lunch views & tons of laughter 💦✨
grateful to everyone who made this happen & can’t wait for more epic adventures 🤍
it just simply can’t get much better than this 🥹🐋
what a way to finish off the most incredible year of my life! 2024 YOU WERE SOMETHING ELSE AND NOW THIS! A BLUE WHALE AND HER FRESH BABY 🥹👏🏻 THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF 🥹
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JIMMYS TURNS TWO 🎉
I cannot believe this little dream we had has turned into some of the best years of my life. I thought I’d take you a little down memory lane and share some of our milestones from the last two years 🤍✨
1. Our new office that changed everything ✨
2. Our wonderful friends @lena.baerbel  & @shetravels_tz  who visit us yearly 🥹
3. A day that changed me forever! swimming with a blue whale and her calf 🐋
4. A surprise whale shark outside our island that we named Loabivaa ✨
5. Doing things our way 🦈
6-8. Working alongside @saltyluxe to host the most insane group trip & meet an incredible group of women from around the world!
9. @baxterbackpacks  is sunshine in human form ☀️ so lucky we get to work together
10. Having @megan_hdo@lalouverouge & @edenzonearth visit us again 🥹
11. Meeting tourists like @liviastanisor  & @stefano_contarini  & hosting them for a traditional Maldivian meal 👅
The last two years have been nothing short of incredible, but also a lot of hard work. So proud of us @picc0  🤍
In a few weeks we’ll be heading home for vacation to visit my friends & family before returning back to work in August 🤿
Thank you all endlessly for your love & support. @jimmysmaldives would not be what it is today without every single person who has supported us along the way 🤍
growing up, my dad had a National Geographic subscription and shelves overflowing with hundreds of magazines. I spent countless hours flipping through pages filled with coral reefs, whales, jungles, remote islands, and stories about a planet far bigger and more beautiful than I could ever imagine at the time. I truly believe those magazines shaped my love for nature and especially my love for the ocean.
through all of that wonder, one voice always stood above the rest, @sirdavidattenborough
your work hasn’t just educated people, its changed people! You have inspired generations to look at this planet with curiosity, awe, compassion, and responsibility. The impact you’ve had on my life, and millions of others, is immeasurable ✨
The world is infinitely better because you are in it 🤍
Happy 100th birthday to one of the greatest ambassadors for life on Earth. 🌍🩵
Sir David Attenborough @davidattenborough
how lucky am I to have spent 5 days with this legendary crew & have my super talented friend @trenny_m behind the camera to capture the magic of it all ✨
thank you @trenny_m for capturing these incredible memories shared together back in March! it’s a crew & a week I will NEVER forget 🤍
& mega thanks to @baxterbackpacks for organizing it all and bringing the best crew along with her 🤍✨🌴
#maldives
there’s something about the ocean that humbles you ✨
every day, we get to witness this magic! moments that don’t even feel real at times.
it’s not lost on us how lucky we are to experience this, again and again.
this planet is extraordinary, and the life within it even more so 🥹
a quiet reminder today to appreciate it, protect it, and never take it for granted 🤍
happy earth day 🌎
#maldives #earthday
recent weeks have felt like a dream ✨
heartfelt thanks to everyone who chose @picc0 & I @jimmysmaldives to curate their Maldives escape 🤍
Just a few weeks left till we wrap up our season and I’m truly relishing every last bit of it ✨🌴🌺🐠🤿🪸
My first ever group trip was a thousand times better than I could have ever imagined 🥹🌺
In one week we swam with manta rays, dolphins and sharks, climbed palm trees, established a world-renowned synchronised swimming team (see slide 2), drank a few too many long island iced teas on the bar boat and filled up our camera rolls 🐬
But the best bit by far was the people! You all made the trip what it was and I cannot thank you all enough bringing all the banter, positive energy and endless laughs! 🫶🏼
I also want to say the biggest thank you ever to Sarah from @saltyluxe who has forever been my biggest inspiration 🐚 5 years ago she hosted me on her own Maldives retreat - my first overseas, solo adventure and it honestly changed my life! Thank you for being the incredible, sunshine human that you are Sez 🥹
📸 Photo and video credit goes to one of my insanely talented guests and new friend @chloee_aubin
what an EPIC week in paradise with @baxterbackpacks
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so many laughs, unreal marine life encounters & the kind of group energy that just makes the trip ✨
spending a week exploring the Maldives with humans like this… honestly feels like a dream 🫶
already counting down to group 2 in a few weeks 👀
& keep your eyes peeled… new dates for next year are dropping soon 😍
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