April 2010 - Posts

Best of Maldives Online - Guide
Published 27 April 10 3:24 PM | Maldives Complete
I’m starting a new category of my ‘ Best of’ posts to cover the vast, growing and consummately useful area of Online resources. So not specifically focused on each resort directly, but a great complementary way to find the perfect resort. As stated on...
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Best for Grey Reef Sharks – Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo
Published 22 April 10 12:34 AM | Maldives Complete
If Maaya Thila is the ‘ White Tip Reef Shark Capital of the Maldives’ , the Fish Head dive site is renowned as the ‘ Grey Reef Shark Capital’. And if you want to check it out, the Chaaya Reef Elliadhoo resort is your closest dive centre.  Tim Godfrey...
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Best of the Maldives: Readers Choice – Anantara Dhigu
Published 18 April 10 9:54 AM | Maldives Complete
My first foray into travel writing was working in Togo, West Africa in the early eighties where I both did writing as well as PR advance work for visiting press trips. The big coup (maybe not a PC term in this case), was getting Travel & Leisure magazine...
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Best of the Maldives: Classroom – Diva
Published 12 April 10 12:16 PM | Maldives Complete
The Maldives are not just the best place on earth for indolent repose. As this blog has highlighted many times, there are loads of productive and educational pursuits that one can get up to in this idyllic setting, eg. helping the environment , reefscaping...
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Best of the Maldives: Voluntouring – Soneva Fushi / Soneva Gili
Published 8 April 10 1:36 AM | Maldives Complete
If you fancy contributing more than an afternoon helping the Maldives through a activity like reefscaping , and more than a day doing something like Earth Hour , then the Six Senses resorts Soneva Fushi and Soneva Gili are offering a special ‘Voluntourism’...
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Best of the Maldives: Luxury – Angsana Ihuru
Published 2 April 10 1:24 PM | Maldives Complete
While Diva secured the ‘TripAdvisor’ Top Choice award for the most romantic , the resort coming out on top in the ‘ Luxury’ for all the Maldives (and #2 for all of Asia) was Angsana Ihuru . This TA review below from Suzanne Shepherdess is pretty representative...
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