May 2010 - Posts

Best of the Maldives: All Inclusive – Athuruga
Published 29 May 10 9:24 AM | Maldives Complete
An example of the kinds of questions that TripAdvsior Forum and its experts can help you with was a topic that comes up regularly – ‘All Inclusive’ packages. Many guests are drawn to the notion of all-inclusive so they can truly relax without worrying...
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Best of Maldives Online: Community - Trip Advisor
Published 21 May 10 5:2 AM | Maldives Complete
In my research for various esoteric details about the Maldives resorts, the assortment of online forums are invaluable resources for tapping into the broad and deep expertise out in the world of both visitors sharing their experiences to afficionados...
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Best of the Maldives: Bedroom – Conrad Maldives Rangali
Published 19 May 10 8:0 PM | Maldives Complete
Many Maldives bedrooms have some distinctive views and the water bungalows certainly give you that up close view of the aquarium-like ocean around. But if you want more up close and more aquarium and more ‘surround’ than ‘around’, then the big news out...
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Best of the Maldives: Pavilion – Taj Exotica
Published 15 May 10 12:7 PM | Maldives Complete
(Photo included with permission from Sakis) Dreaming of Maldives, another of Sakis creations both inspired another ‘Best of’ selection as well as a bit of a treasure hunt to figure out exactly where it was (see the comments section on his site). Many...
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Best of Maldives Online – Photography
Published 11 May 10 12:26 PM | Maldives Complete
The startling natural beauty of the Maldives has inspired legions of photographers professional and amateur alike. A design choice of MaldivesComplete was to have the iconic imagery of the blues and whites filling the browser page as the background so...
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Best of the Maldives: Closest House Reef – Vilamendhoo
Published 8 May 10 1:44 PM | Maldives Complete
(Vilamendhoo Reef photo by Atoll Photography ) I have written on the ‘ best’ house reef and the ‘ deepest drop off’ house reef’, but one of the most prominent questions about house reefs is which is the ‘closest’. Given the Maldives atoll topology, often...
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Best of the Maldives: Beach Dinner – Landaa Giraavaru
Published 5 May 10 2:15 AM | Maldives Complete
One of our family’s favourite things to do at the Maldives is to eat on the beach . More and more, resorts are offering beach dining as a special event. I hanker for the good ole days of a simpler Maldives when you could simply ask the waiter to...
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Best of the Maldives: Library – Kandooma
Published 1 May 10 1:3 PM | Maldives Complete
Most resorts have a library somewhere with a collection of paperbacks for the beach and perhaps a few magazines and board games. Increasingly, resorts are adding Internet access around the resorts and in places like business centres and these libraries...
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