August 2010 - Posts

Best of the Maldives: Yachting – The Rania Experience
Published 30 August 10 6:49 AM | Maldives Complete
A number of the most upscale resorts offer some nice boats for day excursions or more. When we stayed at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island several years ago, we had a delightful sunrise cruise on the wooden ship Goma that they kept there. Several have...
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Best of the Maldives: Dive Site - Alimatha
Published 25 August 10 1:33 AM | Maldives Complete
Maldives is one of the world’s leading diving destinations right up there with the Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Caymans, and Belize. But which is the top resort for diving among this top destination. Certainly a subject for much debate and hair...
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Best of Maldives: Most Remote – Shangri-La Villingili
Published 13 August 10 6:39 PM | Maldives Complete
(photo reprinted with permission) Today’s superlative comes to us again courtesy of Maldives photographer extraordinaire Sakis Papadopoulos whose Dreaming of Maldives site shares tidbits often as colourful as his snaps. Last week, I caught this...
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Best of the Maldives: Room Variety – Kurumba
Published 10 August 10 6:47 PM | Maldives Complete
Most resorts have a handful of choices for types of rooms. Most typically, they will have a couple versions of a beach bungalow (standard and deluxe) and increasingly a majority of resorts have a water bungalow option (61 of the 121 resorts in the Maldives...
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Best of the Maldives: Company – Sun Island
Published 6 August 10 11:20 PM | Maldives Complete
Maldives Complete has highlighted the most ‘exclusive’ island with the fewest guests accommodated, but what it you are a social animal who craves the teeming company of hordes at the other end of the spectrum. Then Sun Island is the place...
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