The Taj

Heaven

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March 21st 2007
We have arrived in heaven. Well a little bit of heaven anyway. The Taj Coral Reef Resort in the Maldives. We stayed here for 3 lovely nights. We had our own room boy who cleaned our over water bungalow twice a day. The room was huge and we had a set of steps that lead straight down into the water. We went swimming and snorkelling and diving. We even saw a turtle and a shark while snorkelling. Ther ... read more

Asia » Maldives

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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