Sigh- Maafushi

Taken by the wind

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October 27th 2013
WOWW, never thought this was going to happen, especially not this soon. And within my budget. One wishful comment lead to a google search and from there...well we are here! Luckily we did a little research in the few days we had between booking and touching down on the Maldives. This is how we learned it is a Muslim country, which somehow surprised us. I guess we just assumed it would be Buddhi ... read more

Asia » Maldives » Kaafu 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