February 2012 - Posts

Best of the Maldives: Wood Decor – Kandooma
Published 29 February 12 11:22 PM | Maldives Complete
  Kandooma has employed nature as its artist for their creative wood motif (starting with its Coconut Husk inspired reception and restaurant) for an artistic touch throughout the main area of the resort. Burl wood is a particular favourite material...
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Best of the Maldives: Artist – Reethi Rah
Published 28 February 12 6:49 PM | Maldives Complete
    From make up brushes to paint brushes, the One & Only Reethi Rah hosts its own ‘Artist in Residence’ Christopher Hogan started this month … “Guests can fully unwind by taking part in art therapy with renowned Australian artist Christopher...
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Best of the Maldives: Make-Up Table - Velassaru
Published 27 February 12 6:22 PM | Maldives Complete
  The award for “Best Make Up” might have gone to ‘ The Iron Lady’ last night, but the Best of the Maldives Award for ‘Best Make-up Table’ goes to Velassaru . All too often the ‘make up table’ is stuck away in some alcove or hallway typically between...
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Best of the Maldives: Disabled Access - Kurumba
Published 26 February 12 10:36 PM | Maldives Complete
  For moving around beyond the water’s edge , most resorts have buggies for helping to move baggage and helping guests, but can also be very useful transport for disabled and mobility challenged. Nonetheless, sometimes disabled people prefer to get...
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Best of the Maldives: Wheelchair - Baros
Published 24 February 12 9:16 AM | Maldives Complete
Nighttime arrivals aren’t the only difficult and awkward movements in the Maldives. For many disabled or mobility challenged guests, the ubiquitous sand only makes footing and moving around problematic. Not at Baros though where the resort offers...
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Best of the Maldives: Late Night Arrivals – Conrad Maldives Rangali
Published 23 February 12 12:14 PM | Maldives Complete
When you are coming in from all over the world , you can’t always hit the web of intra-atoll transfers just right. Sometimes people arrive in the evening (well, you can’t have every flight arrive in the middle of the day) and that can create...
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Best of Maldives Online: Most Languages - Velassaru
Published 21 February 12 5:43 PM | Maldives Complete
Today is UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day which seemed an appropriate occasion for a shout out to Velassaru for their language rich and diverse web site. Their 8 supported languages far surpasses any others I have come across… English...
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Best of the Maldives: Cheese – Soneva Fushi
Published 19 February 12 7:52 PM | Maldives Complete
    Some people opt for a cheese plate over pudding. In which case, Soneva Gili’s sister property, Soneva Fushi , features an extravagant cheese collection as part of its stunning wine cellar. Its 7000+ bottle collection ranks among the best...
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Best of the Maldives: Dessert Menu – W Retreat
Published 16 February 12 1:37 PM | Maldives Complete
  Shocking as it may seem, not everyone wants chocolate for dessert . If you want as much variety in your flavours (and then even more variety in how those flavours are presented), then the restaurant Fish (which has a clever double pier design so...
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Best of the Maldives: Chocolate – Soneva Gili
Published 14 February 12 8:53 PM | Maldives Complete
  Happy Valentines Day! A meal out in a romantic venue. A box of chocolates. How about a meal of chocolate?? In paradise. Soneva Gili has an Underground Chocolate Cave .  A chocolate lair!   “Our unique underground wine cellar, showcasing...
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Maldives in Blue Marble
Published 13 February 12 8:1 AM | Maldives Complete
    Now the Maldives is front and (sort of) centre to the flip side of one of the “world’s” most iconic photos. The conventional image of the ‘blue marble’ portrait of planet Earth features North and South America, but now NASA has remedied...
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Best of the Maldives: Infiniti Pool – Dusit Thani
Published 9 February 12 9:8 AM | Maldives Complete
Welcome to the neighbourhood, Dusit Thani . This week, Dusit Thani opens its doors to its first guests… Their announcement highlights one of their first distinctions out of the blocks, their infinity pool… “The resort’s centrepiece...
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Best of the Maldives: Ex Pats - Hulhule
Published 7 February 12 2:14 PM | Maldives Complete
    Oxymoron – a word that appears self contradictory. Like ‘losing Patriots’ or ‘local foreigners’. In a world championship every bit as ‘Super’ as the hype (which is a tall order in the USA), the ‘Pats’ (my hometown team) fell short of the...
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Best of the Maldives: Squash – Palm Beach
Published 5 February 12 7:52 PM | Maldives Complete
  Also a bit longer swim away are the world junior squash championships in Chennai, India. Reethi Beach, with its surperb racket sports centre , is a top contender for Maldives squash honours. But Palm Beach features not only a brand new court, but...
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Best of the Maldives: Ocean Swim – W Retreat
Published 4 February 12 9:19 PM | Maldives Complete
    Sometimes you want the local island to be just that bit further away…especially if you are an open water swimmer. Swimming in a lagoon is like have your own, gigantic, tropical fish stocked super-Olympic sized pool. In the morning, it is...
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