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Final Day in the Maldives

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November 13th 2012
Here we are on the final day of Fun Island. Not my name for the place, I'm guessing it must have been one of the first resorts in the Maldives, and they were looking for something to catch the english tourists. That being said, it has been fun here. The resort itself is rather spartan, but all we were looking for was white sand and clear, near 80F, water. I was telling Penny the other day, if ... read more

Asia » Maldives » Ari 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