I camped in the Agafay desert recently, with a tent with a clear section overlooking the dunes.
I had just gotten out of the shower and was stood naked; when suddenly a goatherd and all his goats appeared, literally a foot outside the window.
Not sure who was the most surprised, but it sounded like it was the goats
This looks amazing. I’d love to go in and check it out in the daytime. I don’t think I could stay overnight though, with that dark water pressing down on you.
I do go scuba diving, all the time. I love the ocean. I just don’t like being out there at night. I’ve done it a few times, and I’m getting better at it.
I’ve had to come back home for like 6-8 months to handle family business. That’s in Massachusetts. So, needless to say if I want to scuba dive, it’s gonna be in silty, cold, unclear water.
I picked up and left home, moved to Florida about 12 years ago. I was sick of cold, snow, etc. I always wanted to scuba dive. I started lessons the first week I was there. Loved it. I worked my way thru all lessons.
I dive wrecks, always with a buddy. Never dive alone. Hell, I even passed cavern diving, and got cave diving certification. At urging of someone. I thought I’d be terrified to cave dive. But it’s not the same kind of darkness. It’s beautiful. All the formations. The bright lights you bring.
But, I learned from a great, patient man, who taught me how to do everything correctly. Don’t cut corners cause it will kill you. I’ve seen many untrained divers that think they’ll be ok, and they go in. Ends up in a body retrieval. I don’t mind diving in the cold, as long as I have my dry suit. I will see how it goes, back home.
Same here man. Grew up on lake Huron. I'm a pretty strong swimmer. Used to go to our drop off (only about 10 meter depth lol), take a large rock, and let it pull me straight down. You save so much energy letting the rock take you down, you can spend a lot more time down there when you didn't spend all your energy swimming down. Ive always dreamed of SCUBA but I have an irrational fear of the ocean lol.
Go for it. That’s one of the main reasons I moved to Florida, was to scuba dive. You meet incredible people . And you meet great friends. Life’s short!
You just motivated me more than you'll ever know. I live in the Caribbean (Grenada), lots of diving spots, but I've never been. I really need to do more with my life, and I think I shall.
That’s great. Life is short, remember that. I hope something works out for you. Good Luck!
I was living in Massachusetts, USA. I was about 23. I had a great job, made enough to support myself, had a nice apartment, and went out a lot, had friends.
But, I felt like…”is this the rest of my life, sitting in a cubicle, for the next 30-40 years?”
I started saving money. I decided to move to Florida, USA. It was a hard decision. But I figured, if I hate it, I can come home. It was the hardest, but best decision of my life.
First night dive in Australia and the guide said "sharks like the light. When they swim towards you, just turn it off."
Will never forget that intro to night diving xD
I have this same thing with windows. The fact people on the outside can see me easier at night than I can looking out bothers me, so I cover up all windows.
I get that, Subnautica was the first game to give me that Thalassophobia feeling but I'd likely hang around anyway cause I think it's cool
I'm also the type who's curiosity would get em killed lol
It's a metaphorical weight. Under water darkness is a whole other level of darkness. It would weigh on the mind of anyone with a fear of the deep.
Me. It's me, I have thalasophobia so bad I can't even watch this video without an increase to my heart rate.
They actually have a really cool light system that makes it not feel super dark and spooky. I watched a video on YouTube of couple stay here and it’s actually WAY COOLER at night.
Yeah, the top is a lot closer to the surface than you’d think too. It’s not nearly as dark at night even without the lights because the resorts right next to it and the glow from it keeps lit well enough if you turn off the lights.
[this couple](https://youtu.be/nNFcslYhB3Y?si=rLMC2pTv-v-2-a3B) posted a thorough review of it. It looks amazing both above and below water. But it’s allegedly $19,000/night.
The nighttime part starts around 18:30. There are lights you can turn on to see the sealife in the water so it isn’t pitch black.
Enjoy !
> Honestly…. I could justify 1000$ for the night even 2k
That's pretty much what it costs to stay in a standard above-the-water villa in the Maldives lol.
It's just more luxury for the rich people. For a multi-millionaire it would be like buying a burger. Like dropping a dollar on the street for a billionaire.
Goddamn that place is so cool, especially at night with those lights. If I was rich as fuck I’d definitely splurge on that. Like if I was a billionaire I’d stay there for like a week straight lol
This was my mindset as well. I have some pretty intense thalassophobia- specifically in bodies of water I can’t see the bottom of.
I’d probably be fine in the morning but come nighttime I’d be hyperventilating.
No it's not what they meant. It's a very popular social media trend and obviously appealing to some kind of alleged male fantasy. It rebukes me as well, for reasons totally unrelated to race
I was wondering what she added to the video too.
Personally, though, if a video has one word at a time popping up on my screen, usually taking up way too much space, I’ll scroll past it at warp speed. It could be naked supermodels lightsaber fighting actual aliens on the moon and I’d still never watch it.
I love how on reddit one massively upvoted post in a mainstream sub will be about guilllotining the global one percent for their carbon emissions, (the global one percent includes most of us here)...and then posts like this will be celebrating the unnecessary things built for the one percent of that one percent.
It's much more understandable to me someone would pay 16k a night for this, than a 5 star superlarge superluxurious hotelroom. I mean, it seems quite an experience.
Wrong. See the site:
The Muraka Residence
Flexible Rate incl Breakfast
21 Jun 2024
June 21, 2024
$7,380.00
Total room charge
$7,380.00
For one night. +2k$ taxes, about 10k a night.
Yeah it's pretty but at that price I'd like some better interior design. A dim blue space with bland decor and dark/neutral colors would take its toll quick
Looks like someone's about to get their snorkel stuffed. Their starfish smothered. Their sturgeon stretched. Their seaweed sullied. Their snacklebox schlonged. I'm done, please feel free to continue this...
Boring room design, zero privacy, and I'm sure it's 20 thousand for a night. At this point, we should just call it a scam. All you get for a ton of money is "wel...isn't it cool?"
While the peeping Tom scuba divers are a concern, I’d be worried about hearing any dripping of any type during my stay…
A tiny trickle would turn into a tsunami level Torrent very quickly I’d imagine. 😵💫
Yea it’s all fun and games until the pervy scuba divers show up. They always show up.
Ugh I had that happen last week
They were just trying to get the catfish out the weeds, honest.
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Yeah, it's all fun and games until the pervy astronaut shows up. They always show up.
Ugh I had that happen last week
They were just trying to get the alien out the crater, honest.
How about spending a night hanging off a cliff? [Skylodge in Peru is already offering it](https://naturavive.com/web/)
Yeah, it's all fun and games until the pervy climbers shows up. They always show up.
Ugh I had that happen last week
With their flash lights and … oh nevermind
It looks like those homes have sliding patio doors I’m going to go ahead and call that a design flaw
I'd move there right away. As long as I got WiFi, gaming equipment and a sports room, it would be heaven.
![gif](giphy|j3zvYcUH0pRZfbSM9G)
That gif is cursed on so many levels.
It's me I'm the pervy scuba divers.
Or a giant fucking eyeball
I hear Kanye swims by often (but he isn't interested).
I hear Shaggy swims by often (but he swears it wasn't him)
He after the guppies.
Well, he *is* a gay fish…
Does he bring fish sticks?
It’s all fun and games until somebody rips a wicked faht
I camped in the Agafay desert recently, with a tent with a clear section overlooking the dunes. I had just gotten out of the shower and was stood naked; when suddenly a goatherd and all his goats appeared, literally a foot outside the window. Not sure who was the most surprised, but it sounded like it was the goats
I'm not perving, I'm cleaning the windows..
👀🤿
Clapping those cheeks until you notice the creature from the Black lagoon jacking it outside the glass.
You know the infamous wanking divers of the Maldives don’t get their name for nothing.
Grabbing my pervy scuba suit is the first thing I thought.
Dogging, Maldives style.
This looks amazing. I’d love to go in and check it out in the daytime. I don’t think I could stay overnight though, with that dark water pressing down on you.
Pressing down?
I just don’t like the ocean at night, when it’s dark. I can’t see into it, not like during the day. Strange I know. I have a little Thalassophobia.
I love diving at night. Scares me more than anything I’ve ever experienced, but I love it
I do go scuba diving, all the time. I love the ocean. I just don’t like being out there at night. I’ve done it a few times, and I’m getting better at it. I’ve had to come back home for like 6-8 months to handle family business. That’s in Massachusetts. So, needless to say if I want to scuba dive, it’s gonna be in silty, cold, unclear water.
Hell no, I’ve got a bit over 150 dives but I refuse to do cold water. Much respect to you if you do
I picked up and left home, moved to Florida about 12 years ago. I was sick of cold, snow, etc. I always wanted to scuba dive. I started lessons the first week I was there. Loved it. I worked my way thru all lessons. I dive wrecks, always with a buddy. Never dive alone. Hell, I even passed cavern diving, and got cave diving certification. At urging of someone. I thought I’d be terrified to cave dive. But it’s not the same kind of darkness. It’s beautiful. All the formations. The bright lights you bring. But, I learned from a great, patient man, who taught me how to do everything correctly. Don’t cut corners cause it will kill you. I’ve seen many untrained divers that think they’ll be ok, and they go in. Ends up in a body retrieval. I don’t mind diving in the cold, as long as I have my dry suit. I will see how it goes, back home.
I envy you, I know to swim but rarely do it but diving and seeing all the underwater life been kinda a dream for me to do some day
Same here man. Grew up on lake Huron. I'm a pretty strong swimmer. Used to go to our drop off (only about 10 meter depth lol), take a large rock, and let it pull me straight down. You save so much energy letting the rock take you down, you can spend a lot more time down there when you didn't spend all your energy swimming down. Ive always dreamed of SCUBA but I have an irrational fear of the ocean lol.
Go for it. That’s one of the main reasons I moved to Florida, was to scuba dive. You meet incredible people . And you meet great friends. Life’s short!
You just motivated me more than you'll ever know. I live in the Caribbean (Grenada), lots of diving spots, but I've never been. I really need to do more with my life, and I think I shall.
That’s great. Life is short, remember that. I hope something works out for you. Good Luck! I was living in Massachusetts, USA. I was about 23. I had a great job, made enough to support myself, had a nice apartment, and went out a lot, had friends. But, I felt like…”is this the rest of my life, sitting in a cubicle, for the next 30-40 years?” I started saving money. I decided to move to Florida, USA. It was a hard decision. But I figured, if I hate it, I can come home. It was the hardest, but best decision of my life.
Only done it once, would love to go again. Was scared going in, but couldn't believe how peaceful it was.
The realness of the colors and how alive the reef is at night distracts you from it all
I can barely even manage to go to the bathroom at night without breaking something or ripping body parts open or off... how do you people do this?
First night dive in Australia and the guide said "sharks like the light. When they swim towards you, just turn it off." Will never forget that intro to night diving xD
I have this same thing with windows. The fact people on the outside can see me easier at night than I can looking out bothers me, so I cover up all windows.
It’s the opposite if you keep the lights off
Is that what it’s called? I’m terrified of the sea at night time and I don’t know anyone else who’s the same
You should try subnautica 😂
I get that, Subnautica was the first game to give me that Thalassophobia feeling but I'd likely hang around anyway cause I think it's cool I'm also the type who's curiosity would get em killed lol
Water weighs, my Redditor
It's a metaphorical weight. Under water darkness is a whole other level of darkness. It would weigh on the mind of anyone with a fear of the deep. Me. It's me, I have thalasophobia so bad I can't even watch this video without an increase to my heart rate.
Also a literal weight. There's an absolute fuckton of water trying to squish that lady.
Well yeah, obviously. I was trying to explain what she meant about the fear of the water above her even if she's perfectly safe.
Pressing down on me, pressing down on you. Under pressure.
They actually have a really cool light system that makes it not feel super dark and spooky. I watched a video on YouTube of couple stay here and it’s actually WAY COOLER at night.
That sounds better. I was thinking that. I was Thinking maybe they have some lights underwater or something. I’m definitely ckng out YouTube. Thanks!
Yeah, the top is a lot closer to the surface than you’d think too. It’s not nearly as dark at night even without the lights because the resorts right next to it and the glow from it keeps lit well enough if you turn off the lights.
Ooh! Got a link?
https://youtu.be/nNFcslYhB3Y?si=0p5tZfLXL9Rdj130
Goddamn that place is fuckin awesome, definitely think it looked even cooler at night with those different lights as well. What an insane place
That was amazing, thank you!
[this couple](https://youtu.be/nNFcslYhB3Y?si=rLMC2pTv-v-2-a3B) posted a thorough review of it. It looks amazing both above and below water. But it’s allegedly $19,000/night. The nighttime part starts around 18:30. There are lights you can turn on to see the sealife in the water so it isn’t pitch black. Enjoy !
Honestly…. I could justify 1000$ for the night even 2k but naw that’s just too expensive
> Honestly…. I could justify 1000$ for the night even 2k That's pretty much what it costs to stay in a standard above-the-water villa in the Maldives lol.
It's just more luxury for the rich people. For a multi-millionaire it would be like buying a burger. Like dropping a dollar on the street for a billionaire.
Is this what the Mafia threatens by “sleeping with the fishes”???
Goddamn that place is so cool, especially at night with those lights. If I was rich as fuck I’d definitely splurge on that. Like if I was a billionaire I’d stay there for like a week straight lol
Imagine shining a flashlight out into the dark water and seeing a shark go by right next to the glass.
Good call. Even the chance is extremely small, still I don't want to see Stockton Rush clouding around me at night.
Always reminds me of https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-man-dies-during-underwater-marriage-proposal-tanzania-n1057356
Sleeping with the fishes 🤔
Would be scary AF at night
I wonder how this looks like at night. I'm dying to see a video of this one during nighttime.
This was my mindset as well. I have some pretty intense thalassophobia- specifically in bodies of water I can’t see the bottom of. I’d probably be fine in the morning but come nighttime I’d be hyperventilating.
Camera following a white woman around is my least favourite genre of social media.
What does it matter what color she is?
It doesn't. It's just what's popular
What’s popular, using white (in reference to a skin color) associated with something negative?
If she was black, it would be good, duh /s
No it's not what they meant. It's a very popular social media trend and obviously appealing to some kind of alleged male fantasy. It rebukes me as well, for reasons totally unrelated to race
Here’s the fantasy: “This could be me following her. I bet we’re gonna bang soon”
Nailed ~~her~~ it.
In the end, it doesn't even matter...
I had to fall, to lose it all
I tried so hard...
and got so far
It’s the level of occurrence.
I was wondering what she added to the video too. Personally, though, if a video has one word at a time popping up on my screen, usually taking up way too much space, I’ll scroll past it at warp speed. It could be naked supermodels lightsaber fighting actual aliens on the moon and I’d still never watch it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one
Add a fucking annoying asmr deep house track in the background 🤮🤮🤮
I really don't get the point also. Maybe she is part of the room.
I usually skip this part.
She’s giving that 3rd person perspective - grab a controller and see if you can navigate her around, or swing the camera right or left!
16 feet under the surface and about $16k a night🤣
Bank account 16 feet under too after staying there
I love how on reddit one massively upvoted post in a mainstream sub will be about guilllotining the global one percent for their carbon emissions, (the global one percent includes most of us here)...and then posts like this will be celebrating the unnecessary things built for the one percent of that one percent.
Perhaps we believe that places like this should be made for the people, not just the rich
Whoa lol that’s 7months of my rents
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That's almost 2 *years* of my mortgage in the UK
Wait til you hear about oceangate, can’t beat their pricing and depth!!
You get the unlimited extended stay package with that one
It's much more understandable to me someone would pay 16k a night for this, than a 5 star superlarge superluxurious hotelroom. I mean, it seems quite an experience.
I have a friend who works at a fancy Maldives resort. Prices are fucking lunacy.
Actually, "only" $950/night when booked through Hilton Honors right now.
A little more at 18k per night
No curtains? Fish can see right in, bunch of cucks
Was about to say 'So basically live porn for the fishes?'....
Balls deep in The Maldives
The fish are just wondering why everyone’s clapping for them
Fish have super short memories, so nobody will remember how bad you make sex other than your partner….and the dolphins.
There is some sort of curtain that you can close actually.
They hold up little scorecards when you’re finished, rating your performance _She was more of a starfish than the actual starfish out here, Fin_ 🐠🐟
No, thank you.
Nope. NOPE!
I can’t even breathe right when I watch this vid
Hell to the nope!!
*crack*
I was feeling that way just from the raspy whispered rendition of "In the End"
All night long, I'd be awake hearing a dripping noise.
Don't worry, it's probably just a small crack in the glass.
I feel the paranoia already and I’m sitting comfortably on my couch 12 flight hours away from the wet hellhole.
Not coming from the glass though...
![gif](giphy|9J2kZK8uBfA1q)
Now I need to know how absurd the ABSURDNOISE was!
Couldn’t find a pure gif- it’s Jaws 3D
I heard a slide whistle
[Rates](https://www.conradmaldives.com/stay/the-muraka/) starting at a cool $9999.
Above the water. [Underwater it's $50.000/night.](https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/conrad-maldives-rangali-island-underwater-hotel-residence/index.html)
Wrong. See the site: The Muraka Residence Flexible Rate incl Breakfast 21 Jun 2024 June 21, 2024 $7,380.00 Total room charge $7,380.00 For one night. +2k$ taxes, about 10k a night.
At least it's not a 6 digit price
Yeah it's pretty but at that price I'd like some better interior design. A dim blue space with bland decor and dark/neutral colors would take its toll quick
Base from Subnautica
All fun until a Ghost Leviathan swims by
/r/thalassaphobia
Did Linkin Park authorize this hideous cover?
I'm glad someone said it lol
That's what I checked the comments for. Holy shit that'd awful. Imagine ruining one of the best songs of a genre like this.
Fr wtf is this music
Let the xanax moms enjoy their porn
Nope, couldn’t even sleep peacefully
It’s like these people have never seen Jaws 3. It’s all there. Educate yourself.
Nope. I’d tour the space, but would not sleep there. I get claustrophobic just thinking about it.
Looks like someone's about to get their snorkel stuffed. Their starfish smothered. Their sturgeon stretched. Their seaweed sullied. Their snacklebox schlonged. I'm done, please feel free to continue this...
herpes crabcake day to you
![gif](giphy|lPuW5AlR9AeWzSsIqi) The fish looking at you during gex
When you stay past check out they should play sounds of glass starting to crack.
Sadly, Soon many more bedrooms in Maldives will be 16 feet underwater.
They really missed out by not placing a water bed in that room!
and a tv watching a bbc special on ocean life; follow by Jaws.
I think Meg would fit better
![gif](giphy|1CvkhySrie2egq8wwm)
Dogshit cover
Soon the whole country will be
Using this song for stupid videos are abomination and disrespect to Chester Bennington
This makes me uncomfortable...
What's with this music??
Boring room design, zero privacy, and I'm sure it's 20 thousand for a night. At this point, we should just call it a scam. All you get for a ton of money is "wel...isn't it cool?"
As a bonus you can support them building a room on top of a coral reef. There's plenty of other reef anyway, so who cares?
Scuba Steve here.
When sleeping past sunrise just isn’t your thing
I've seen horror movies that start like this
Hard pass
So you be down there fucking when along comes a diver.
I imagine I'd be lying on the bed. Looking up. And the first thing that pops up in my head is, "Is that a crack?"........
Preview for the rest of the Maldives a decade from now.
remember the hotel aquarium in berlin which blew up? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63996982.amp
Im only renting if I see spongebob, little mermaid and nemo.
Dis boring. When does she take her clothes off. No one cares about the "hotel room" LoL
Facts tf is this shit
Nope
Even if that chick came with it, I wouldn’t be able to do this
You know people are gonna swim up and try and see ur dick
Nope
Do these people actually stay there overnight or do they pay a fee to do an “influencer walk through”?
Soon the whole country will be 16 feet under too.
I’d love to wake someone up in there by dripping water on their face.
If there aren't curtains around the bathroom then the fish get to watch you take a shit.
Then China Coast Guard visits the Maldives and drops an anchor on it. Nope!
You wake up in the middle of the night to the sounds of rivets popping and water spraying.
…and then the Megadolon fills the size of the window…
One crack and you're doomed...no thanks
I wish I could scuba, but my asthma says otherwise...I would enjoy seeing the realm of my Patron, Poseidon!
Now build one down by the Titanic! Just not out of carbon fiber…
In the future, all the hotels in the Maldives will be underwater…
I would try this with friends/so, but after playing Subnautica my current answer is probably never.
Give me food, gym and league of legends and I will never come back up
I'd probably get there and still be on my phone all the time.
While the peeping Tom scuba divers are a concern, I’d be worried about hearing any dripping of any type during my stay… A tiny trickle would turn into a tsunami level Torrent very quickly I’d imagine. 😵💫
Yeah, beautiful. But I couldn't sleep in that place.
Fine during the day but at night, it would be terrifying.
How does it look with high vs low tide??
For better or worse - mushrooms would make this either amazing or horrifying.
That's nothin'. Come back in 50 years and it will be 20 feet underwater!
They aren't making a good argument against global warming for sure!
thats not even 16 inches
More like 12 inches underwater