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Asia » Maldives » Male Atoll March 16th 2008

March 11 - 15, 2008 MALDIVES Arrived early in Male, The Maldives and were picked up at the airport by a motor launch from our Resort Hotel for the 20 minute ride out to the Full Moon Resort. WOW !! This is a nice place. Our room is on posts over the lagoon and we literally have snorkeling out the door as we have a short access pool ladder to the lagoon from our patio and from there it is a short swim to a small reef. This is a few days of recharging our personal batteries and we plan to do a lot of just hanging out. As Alice is happy to lounge and relax at the pool, I took the opportunity to do some scuba diving and upgraded my Padi diving certification. We had ... read more

Maldives: Changes everywhere

Asia » Maldives » Male Atoll January 20th 2008

Sun, white sand, blue sky

Eyes On Asia

If there is one place I could travel over and over again to, then its the Maldives. Some people don't like the Islands much, but for me the combination of beach, reef, water, palms, sun and the friendly Maldivien people could get hardly any better. One of the things I like most here is the calmness. The Islands really slow you down and coming from a rather hectic european work environment myself, i know for sure there could be nothing better. We are here for work again and so I have to get up early and grumpy. Its part of any work environment. But not for long. As soon your feet walk on that white sand and the sea breeze touches my face the mood changes and I feel just fine. This time around we had ... read more

Diving the Maldives

Asia » Maldives » Male Atoll October 30th 2007

Sunset in the Maldives

Hanging with Anne

Instead of taking 6 hours from Mumbai to get to the Maldives, it took me 16 hours! Sri Lankan Airlines never explained the reasons for the delay. 10 of us missed our connecting flight from Colombo to Maldives and were put up in the airport hotel. I seriously thought that the liveaboard would leave without me and was forced to take interest in my travel insurance for reimbursement. Luckily for me, the weather was very bad in the Maldives as well and they decided to dock at the airport habour for the night and only leave the next day. Advice to avid but novice divers: make sure you are diving in the right season. I booked a one-week liveaboard and to my recollection, only 2 dives were memorable. Although the bad weather saved me from missing ... read more

Air taxi transporting guests to island paradise

The spiritual side of life lies in the sun, sand and sea in the Maldivian islands

Asia » Maldives » Male Atoll July 27th 1999

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Africancrab

When I worked as a travel consultant, one of my favorite destinations to sell to honeymoon couples was the Maldives and Seychelles. When I visited the island of Maldives in 1999, the largest promotion of the Maldives was being run with a huge sign that read ""MALDIVES . . . The sunny side of Life;. This slogan has been Maldives tourism selling slogan for as long as I have known the island as a destination of choice. I cannot agree more with the saying, the white sands, the sun and the sound of the sea each morning and night is as tranquil as it gets to make life rosy! The dazzling blue waters has an almost spiritual side to it, I remember many couples did yoga right on the beach, there were many people meditating right ... read more

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