Knowledge for People in the Maldives: Day 1 & 2 14

Knowledge for People in the Maldives: Day 1 & 2

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June 27th 2012
I arrived in the Maldives two days ago and all is well. Aside from my toes looking like little sausages from 21 hours on a plane and embarrassingly bawling my eyes out through the movie The Vow, the flights here were uneventful. Some of the other team members got stuck in Dubai due to delays at JFK on the first leg of their trip, but they ended up getting to do an awesome day tour there, so they w ... read more

Asia » Maldives » Male Atoll

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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