Being the low-maintenance sort, my wife had just one request for her birthday: to visit the famed “Sea of Stars” beach in the Maldives. There, during summer, the white shores of Vaadhoo Island glow an unearthly blue under the night sky as bioluminescent plankton wash up on the sand, creating a natural light show to rival the aurora borealis.
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Being the low-maintenance sort, my wife had just one request for her birthday: to visit the famed “Sea of Stars” beach in the Maldives. There, during summer, the white shores of Vaadhoo Island glow an unearthly blue under the night sky as bioluminescent plankton wash up on the sand, creating a natural light show to rival the aurora borealis.
That sounded like a sight to see. So, being the indulgent sort, I booked the tickets.
Once there, we chartered a safari boat to trace the jungle coastline. When the sun set, the wake behind us began to glow a vivid turquoise. Then my wife gasped and pointed: Sure enough, the shore had exploded into a million flecks and swirls of blue and green, an entire galaxy of stars flung to Earth.
On land the next day, we hunted for a more tangible birthday gift that would capture the magic of the experience we’d shared. I knew we’d found it when she gasped once more and picked up beautiful blue-green abalone earrings: swirling galaxies of natural shell set in intricate Balinese silver filigree. After all, this “opal of the sea” has been worn as jewelry for centuries; its style never fades.
The ocean is a wondrous place. Gift a piece of it to the woman you love with this mesmerizing earring set that’s designed to take her breath away every time she wears it. Go on, indulge her sense of wonder.
