August 2012 - Posts

Best of the Maldives: SNUBA – Angsana Ihuru

Published 30 August 12 12:39 PM | Maldives Complete

  Another option for kids immersing themselves in another world , is the new SNUBA offering a Angsana Ihuru . Atoll Paradise reports … “Angsana Ihuru is the first resort in the Maldives to introduce the revolutionary SNUBA snorkel-dive cross-over...

Filed under: best of, diving, Angsana Ihuru, kids

Best of the Maldives: Fantasy Kids Club – Soneva Fushi

Published 28 August 12 11:11 PM | Maldives Complete

    If your kids want to immerse themselves in an imaginary world of a less virtual type , then Soneva Fushi ’s kids club is as out of this world as any level of Tron. Sort of like what Tim Burton would design for kids if he was stranded on...

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Best of the Maldives: Arcade – Sun Island

Published 27 August 12 8:33 AM | Maldives Complete

    For those who are really more interested in powering up than in powering down on their Maldives holiday, Sun Island offers an arcade as a packed with the latest video games and simulators as you would find on any UK high street or beach...

Filed under: best of, kids, Sun Island

Best of the Maldives: Beach Web Surfing – Paradise Island

Published 26 August 12 3:15 AM | Maldives Complete

Another surfer’s Paradise in the Maldives. This time for ‘web surfers’. And offered up by the eponymous Paradise Island . The resort not only offers wifi that extends to the beach in front of their reception, but also they have run power...

Filed under: best of, infrastructure, Paradise Island

Best of the Maldives: Surfer Island – Coke’s Island

Published 25 August 12 2:21 AM | Maldives Complete

Okay, maybe not a ‘resort’, but to many surfers, still absolute luxury in paradise. ‘Coke Island’ is one of the first local island guest properties and has a special focus on surfing. I read about it in the Maldivian Air Taxi in...

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Equalization Tips

Published 22 August 12 12:37 AM | Maldives Complete

    Something else that bothers me personally when I am in the Maldives, is equalising (the process of adjusting pressure in your sinuses whn scuba diving). With such world class snorkelling in the Maldives, it was some years after my wife started...

Filed under: diving, general, Lily Beach, Maafushivaru

Most Disturbing Sight

Published 20 August 12 3:15 PM | Maldives Complete

For the first time ever, Lori and I did an excursion to a ‘local island’. Staple fare on the resort excursion buffet, but one we had shied away from like miso soup for breakfast. But LUX* Maldives included it as a refreshment stop on their...

Filed under: tour, marine biology

For Resort Managers Only

Published 19 August 12 11:39 AM | Maldives Complete

    Many of my post are full of tips for prospective guests, but here are some tips for all of you resort staff and especially management based on my extensive sampling of the resorts… Always serve papaya with lime (and while you’re at it, teach...

Filed under: industry

5 Star Nibbles

Published 18 August 12 1:6 PM | Maldives Complete

    On our latest Tour, a further give-away to the true ‘rating’ of an island occurred to me as we went through our nightly sundowner ritual of pina coladas (for me) and the most bizarre cocktail concoctions that captured my wife’s fancy. The...

Filed under: tour, drinks, industry

Rising Tide of Quality

Published 16 August 12 11:21 PM | Maldives Complete

  Every time I go to the Maldives, I am struck by the relentlessly rising tide of quality. Refurbishments, extensions, additions. Not just at the super-premium deluxe end of the market where the ever escalating arms race for wow factors marches on...

Filed under: best of, tour, Paradise Island, Gili Lankanfushi

What Else I Don’t Write About

Published 14 August 12 10:48 AM | Maldives Complete

    With all the talk of what I’ve seen and haven’t , one might be musing over the glaring absence of a number of topics that seem to pervade so many other Maldives web sites… Classic Maldives – I’ll leave the carbon-copy effluvia about how...

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What Else I Didn’t See

Published 12 August 12 7:28 AM | Maldives Complete

Despite stirring up a bit of a teapot tempest last year with my ‘ What Else I Haven’t Seen’ piece, I have concocted yet another version with another year of researching and investigating the Maldives tourism industry. The Maldives Complete...

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What Else I Now Have Seen

Published 11 August 12 7:8 AM | Maldives Complete

After last year’s tour, I wrote one of the highest profile pieces of the blog to date called ‘ What I Haven’t Seen Yet’ . It got a bit of notoriety when the Maldives Tourism Promotion Board sent a copy of it around to resorts for...

Filed under: Shangri-La Villingili, Mirihi, Sun Island, tour, Lily Beach, Gili Lankanfushi

Best of the Maldives: Natural Frontage – Holiday Island

Published 9 August 12 9:49 PM | Maldives Complete

    Could be dubbed ‘Best Curb Appeal’. All of Holiday Island buildings have been kept sequestered behind bush so the beach looks completely natural. Walking along the beach, you could convince yourself that you were on your very own dessered...

Filed under: best of, landscape, Holiday Island

Best of the Maldives: Chillies – Sun Island

Published 8 August 12 10:48 PM | Maldives Complete

  One hot resort! Not just the sunshine and the tropical dazzle. But, Sun Island’s ‘hot’ is baked in its own chilli farm. The grow over a dozen varieties of chilli on their acre sized plot for use in their curries and other spicy dishes. That includes...

Filed under: best of, dining, Sun Island