Blogs from Male Atoll, Maldives, Asia - page 5

Warm wishes from the Maldives. A new employment contract and a new adventure for me, as is writing this blog. Something I have always wanted to do but never quite got around to... bit like working overseas as a travel rep - should have done it in my 20's but settled down instead, now in my footloose and fancy-free forties I have never enjoyed life so much. I have worked mainly in Switzerland but did a stint in Finnish Lapland and a brief spell in Northern Italy. It's not a boast or an enticement, simply the chance to tell people what I've encountered along the way. If you're still reading this, my first ever blog - then thank you - any feedback and advice will be most welcome :-) So now I find myself in paradise, ... read more

Our team has been warmly welcomed in the Maldives. We have been treated with the utmost care and respect and we feel so grateful to be here! Just when we thought we couldn't feel more honored, we were invited to have dinner with the President at the presidential palace. We were informed that we are the first group that has been brought inside the palace by the current president! We truly felt very special. We spoke for a long while with the President and his wife, Madame Ilham, about the mission of Knowledge for People and how our training here is helping their country. The following day we continued our training. The 35 teachers and 20 parents have been working so hard with us. Eight days of training for 6 hours each day is not easy ... read more

Club Med Kani in the Maldives is amazing. I have an overwater lagoon suite and the water flowing (quite fast actually) underneath is so clear it is see through to the sand and coral. The little black tipped sharks, baby stingrays and cheeky fish swim under my deck while I stare out to sea in peace. There’s a reef to the right that protects the sand cay from the waves, but every now and then a surge gets through and you can hear it whoosh up on to the beach. There’s a surfing break called Ninja’s that I can see, and a few surfers have paddled across at high tide and had a surf. Last night it rained so hard I thought I might wake up floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean, but these ... read more

The Maldives are an archipelago of 1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 coral atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts) in the Indian Ocean. They lie south-southwest of India and are considered part of Southern Asia. Photographs on the official Michel Piccaya website: http://watchtheworld.net... read more

一直以来就钟情于美丽的海岛，自离开大学进入社会工作，就开始一步一步的实现梦想，踏足于各个美丽的岛屿上。有史以来，国内热门的都七七八八到过了，包括有登嘉楼潜水金三角-热浪岛Pulau Redang，停泊岛Pulau Perhentian和登嘉乐岛Pulau Tenggol；吉打州的浮罗交怡Pulau Langkawi和明星小岛渡假村-YTL Pangkor Laut Resort；靠近柔佛州丰盛港的性格小岛-拉华岛Pulau Rawa；沙巴州内Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park 里最大的一个岛-嘉雅岛Pulau Gaya和世界著名潜水天堂西巴丹岛Pulau Sipadan. 国外的，有令游客觉得可蔼可亲，十分亲切，泰国的普吉岛Phuket Island与甲米岛Krabi Island；还有时常散发着浪漫气息,印尼的巴厘岛Bali Island。但，至尊无上的目标，是被人称为海岛天堂的地方-马尔代夫，还没实现, 因为去那儿真的不便宜喔。哈哈，几年下来, 旅费几经辛苦终于存够了，就在今年, 成功实现目标! 马尔代夫（Maldive）， 位于印度洋上的一个岛国，在印度和斯里兰卡的南下方，回教国家，共有1,190 个岛屿，其中200个有人居住，现有97座不同星级的渡假村，分佈在大小不一的岛屿上, 美金为主要货币。马累(Male)是该国的首都，马累市和马累国际机场都分别在不同的岛上，意思是如果从机场要到市镇, 那是需要乘搭水上的士的。我们的班机到达马累国际机场已经半夜十二点多了，走出机场, 当时看到很多”请投我一票”的海报, 别以为是什么政治选举活动, 其实是网上搞得”世界自然遗产” (World’s Natural Heritage) 选举, 马尔代夫被列为其中之一. 跟渡假村派来的人员会过面后, 在还没有上船前, 我们先到机场的便利店买上几瓶矿泉水, 因为从网上得知渡假村会比较贵. 过后, 上了快艇向着黑暗驶去, 心情莫名兴奋. 天堂岛渡假村(Paradise Island Resort and SPA), 是个五星级渡假村, 距离马累国... read more