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Best of the Maldives: Flower Name – Mirihi

Published 21 May 13 11:48 AM | Maldives Complete

      100 th Chelsea Flower Show, one of the bellwethers of sunshine and blossoms in climate-challenged England, opens today. To mark the occasion we have our own online exhibit of botanical curiosity. Mirihi not only has it’s very own...

Filed under: best of, Mirihi, landscape

Best of the Maldives: Beach Darts - Mirihi

Published 7 April 13 11:52 AM | Maldives Complete

    If you prefer your gaming activities more natural, then you can’t get much more so than Mirihi’s unique Beach Darts. Mirihi resort itself is distinguished by its ‘natural’ feel with so much of the island kept in a pristine state unencumbered...

Filed under: best of, Mirihi, activity

Best of the Maldives: Seth Godin – Mirihi

Published 23 March 13 9:31 PM | Maldives Complete

    Seth-urday today. Probably one of the more bizarre Best Of’s I have come up with. The Best for Seth Godin . Seth Godin is one of my favourite writers and one of the world’s top marketing maven’s. In many respects, his perspectives on marketing...

Filed under: best of, Mirihi, ambience

Best of the Maldives: Bread Dip – Mirihi

Published 11 December 12 4:27 AM | Maldives Complete

    One of my favourite mixes I have ever had in the Maldives wasn’t alcoholic. In fact, it wasn’t even a drink. It was Mirihi’s “Dukka” bread dip. A mixture of crushed Macadamia nuts, Haelnuts, Pumpkin seeds, Sun Flower Seeds, Coriander seeds...

Filed under: best of, Mirihi, dining

Best of the Maldives: Lemonade – Mirihi

Published 23 November 12 2:41 AM | Maldives Complete

    “If life gives you lemons, then make lemonade.” This is the week for blogging milestones as my other major (and longer standing) blogging pursuit – ‘ Bruce Lynn Blog’ – celebrated its 7 th anniversary yesterday. The site explores the themes...

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Best of the Maldives: Beach Table Tennis – Mirihi

Published 6 September 12 6:20 PM | Maldives Complete

  Many think that the Olympics have some and gone, but here in the UK the ‘London 2012 Games’ were just the warm up. Now London is buzzing with the Paralympics which are equally sold out and in many ways even more enthralling than the conventional...

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Best of the Maldives: Repeater Occupancy – Mirihi

Published 5 September 12 3:49 AM | Maldives Complete

How do you measure paradise? Kurumba’s business facilities remind me of my time at Microsoft in such rooms where we spent countless hours pouring over the numbers and scorecards. From the business perspective of a resort, a key metric has to be...

Filed under: best of, Mirihi, service

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: Beach Stargazing – Mirihi

Published 7 August 12 4:49 PM | Maldives Complete

Maldives is famous for an abundance of stars . Not just the firm bodies of the jet set on the beach, but also a dazzling set in the firmament above. With minimal light pollution and the many days of clear skies, the Maldives are a great venue for star...

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Maldives Tour 2012 - Day 12: Overview

Published 27 July 12 5:54 AM | Maldives Complete

    The tour is done. Thankfully, we returned to England just in time a break in the 4 month downpour. The 27 degree, sunny days made the return transition less jarring. I’ve shared my daily initial impressions, and over the next week I will...

Filed under: Mirihi, Vilamendhoo, Sun Island, tour, Lily Beach, Paradise Island, LUX Maldives, Vakarufalhi, Gili Lankanfushi, Maafushivaru, Holiday Island

Maldives Tour 2012 - Day 7: Mirihi

Published 20 July 12 6:2 PM | Maldives Complete

      Mythical Mirihi of Maldivian Magic. I stepped off the transfer to Mirihi with the highest of expectations. Expectations built up from near frenetic fandom expressed in reviews and especially the TripAdvisor Forum. And the biggest...

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Best of the Maldives: Lagoon Breakfast – Mirihi

Published 7 March 12 3:46 AM | Maldives Complete

If the lure of the Maldives is the pervasive surroundings of water, then after your morning bath or shower similarly encircled. If you want to have breakfast in the water rather than on the water , then you can enjoy your breakfast completely immersed...

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Best of Maldives Online–Trip Advisor Destination Expert Recommendation: Athuruga

Published 2 March 11 12:54 AM | Maldives Complete

The Reviewer’s favourite might be Cocoa Island , and the Forum’s favourite might be Vilamendhoo , but what is the Experts’ favourite? The other thing I noted in my survey (looking at the past 6 months of Trip Advisor Maldives Forum posts...

Filed under: best of, Mirihi, Trip Advisor, Maayafushi, online, Athuruga

Best of the Maldives: Football - Mirihi

Published 12 September 9 2:3 PM | Maldives Complete

If you want to escape everything with your trip to the Maldives except beloved ‘footie’, then the most sympathetically fanatical resort is Mirihi who not only, like many, have their own football team, but also have their own astro-turf foot ball pitch...

Filed under: best of, Mirihi, football, sport, Trip Advisor