A British tourist was caught on video plunging deep into muddy water while attempting to 'take a shortcut' across a swamp. Martin Lewis was trying not to get his sliders and cream trousers wet when he ended up completely submerged in a muddy gorge. The 50-year-old, from Somerset, was on holiday with his wife Rachael on Fuvahmulah in the Maldives when the hilarious blunder was caught on camera on Thursday. In the clip, Martin can be seen slowly walking across mud before deciding to take off his slip-on shoes to avoid getting his feet getting stuck. Martin Lewis, 50, was trying to 'take a shortcut' across a waterlogged field with his wife Rachael while on holiday in the Maldives - only to end up plunging deep into muddy water 'I don't know how I'm going to get across, see my trousers are getting dirty,' he can then be heard saying in the video filmed by Rachael. 'Look at the state of my feet I've got to try and get over there.' Martin then takes a step forward into the murky brown water, but he then plunges into what is actually a huge waterlogged hole in the ground. His whole body is completely submerged in the water below for a few seconds as bubbles appear above. A couple of seconds later the unlucky holidaymaker reemerges at the surface - caked head-to-toe in mud. Martin, who was dressed in cream trousers and a light-blue shirt, took only one step before plunging deep into muddy water, reemerging seconds later covered head-to-toe in mud Martin said his wife Rachael was 'doubled over' laughing 'for a good 10 minutes' at the mishap Martin's wife can be heard laughing hysterically as her husband clambers out the muddy swamp. Speaking today, Martin said: 'We are currently in the Maldives and my wife suggested taking a shortcut across the island to get to the other side. 'I'll be honest, I knew that my feet were going to get wet, I even considered that perhaps the bottom of my trousers may also get wet and I thought it could make an amusing video, so my wife proceeded to film. 'It was a total shock when I disappeared into the hole, and I kept going down, I think the hole may have been nine to 10 foot deep. Martin shared the video on TikTok shortly after, writing: '"Follow me," she said, "I know a muddy shortcut"'