October 2010 - Posts

Maldives Tour 2010 – Day 1: Sri Lankan Airlines UL502
Published 31 October 10 9:20 PM | Maldives Complete
  We’re back! We always make a point of going to a new island each visit. It keeps a sense of exotic adventure and discovery alive even though we have now been to 8 resort islands. We’ve just arrived for what promises to be adventure on steroids...
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Best of the Maldives: Francophile – Rihiveli Beach
Published 23 October 10 1:43 PM | Maldives Complete
  Concernant des aspects tout à fait français des Maldives, si vous préférez la vie gaulloise, il vous faut cherchez Rihiveli Beach. The staff and the largest part of the guests are French. This cultural colour spills into many aspects of the resort...
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Best of the Maldives: French Beauty – Coco Palm Bodu Hithi / Dhuni Kolhu
Published 20 October 10 2:55 PM | Maldives Complete
Speaking of French beauty and fashion lately, if you are looking for a different sort of ‘natural beauty’ or ‘stunning scenery’, then Coco Palm Bodu Hithi and Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu is the place to go from 11-18th November when they are hosting the Miss...
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Best of the Maldives: Fashion Boutique – Kanuhura
Published 17 October 10 4:3 PM | Maldives Complete
  Speaking of fashion , Kanuhura has set the bar for a resort boutique. Going far beyond the cotton batiks and printed t-shirts so commonly found in the resort gift shops, Kanuhura has commissioned its own private label fashion ... “Kanuhura, a hotel...
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Best of the Maldives: Shoes – Reethi Rah
Published 13 October 10 10:28 PM | Maldives Complete
When I arrive at the Maldives, I take my shoes off in my room at the resort, set them aside...and don’t touch them again until it’s time to catch our departure transfer. I love spending the entire week shoeless. For some bizarre reason, on the last several...
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Best of the Maldives: Solar Powered – Soneva Fushi
Published 10 October 10 5:10 AM | Maldives Complete
In honour on Soneva Fushi’s hosted Eco Conference taking place this week (if you go to their micro-site , you can find a number of press releases about some of the content), I thought that I would call out yet another distinctive for Soneva on the...
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Best of the Maldives: Families – Diva
Published 6 October 10 7:32 AM | Maldives Complete
On the other end of the spectrum from child-free Dhoni Island is child-embracing Diva resort. While places like Sheraton Full Moon have a great kids club , or a special feature like Conrad Rangali’s ‘Kid’s Spa’ , I have not come...
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Best of the Maldives: Child Free – Dhoni Island
Published 1 October 10 11:38 AM | Maldives Complete
  Using the new ‘ Children Welcome’ filter to the ‘ Resort Finder’ page allows people to dial up their child friendliness from ‘kids play free’ right down to ‘kid free’. As it turns out, the Maldives resorts vary in their embrace of children as widely...
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