Eyjafjallajökull

As some of you might know, we had been planning an unbelievable trip to the Maldives for our honeymoon. The Maldives are a group of 1,192 islands (200 of which are inhabited) just southwest of India. It's highest altitude is 7ft 7in, making the Maldives the country with the lowest high point in the world! Needless to say, we had been counting down the days until this vacation for quite some time. Take a look at some of the pictures below... it looks like paradise!

When going to the Maldives, you fly into Male. Then from Male, a small sea plane takes you to your resort island. Jordan was really excited about that part! We were really looking forward to a week of rest and relaxation, not to mention the fact that we've been waiting to take our honeymoon for three years now!

Well, a few days before we were scheduled to leave, a little volcano in Iceland decided to erupt. The ash cloud that developed forced all of the airports in the UK to shut down. We were checking our flight status religiously for a couple of days straight, hoping that the airports would re-open. We didn't get confirmation that our flight was officially canceled until 12 hours before our plane was supposed to take off. Talk about a disappointment!

The good news is that we have been reimbursed for all of our expenses. Unfortunately, it's looking like we'll have to wait another year to go on our honeymoon. But we've still got our hearts set on making it to the Maldives! The annual rainfall is the lowest in February, so we're shooting for that time next year.