The Maldives was long a sultanate, first under Dutch and then under British protection. It became a republic in 1968, three years after independence. Since 1978, President Maumoon Abdul GAYOOM - currently in his sixth term in office - has dominated t... ... read more | Joined | September 8th 2005 | Trips | 48 |
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Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro
On visiting Maldives
We visited the Maldives briefly in 2012. We would have liked to travel around by ourselves. But when we read about it we felt that we weren't interested in going through all the troble with organising such a trip. So we flew into Male, spent a few days in a resort and flew out again. Not at all the way we want to do things but that time it was the best option for us. /Ake