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Best of the Maldives: Beach Volleyball – W Retreat

Published 28 October 11 2:11 AM | Maldives Complete

If you like your beach time a bit more active, then probably the most popular beach activity is Beach Volleyball. Not just in the Maldives, where it is definitely the sport you will see most often set up at resorts by the waterside with often a keen staffer...

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Best of the Maldives – Sports: Kuredu

Published 8 August 11 6:50 PM | Maldives Complete

Usually, Best of the Maldives has to focus in on quite particular if not peculiar features in order to justify calling them the ‘Best Of’ among such high quality offerings in the country. So calling Kuredu something as broad and bold as the...

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Best of the Maldives: Sports Island – Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo

Published 13 July 11 11:50 AM | Maldives Complete

Photo courtesy of Francisco Negrin Some people like having activities of a water sports centre, but others don’t like the noise and activity. A solution...put them all on another island as Chaaya Reef Elaidhoo has done.  The sports centre is located...

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Best of the Maldives: Paddle-boarding – Four Seasons Kuda Huraa

Published 4 July 11 7:32 PM | Maldives Complete

  Happy 235 th Birthday America! I wanted to feature something distinctively American in honour of July 4 th Independence Day. I’ve already covered basketball and I couldn’t find any hot dog stands, so I’ve settled on ‘ Paddle Boarding’ .  Invented...

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Best of the Maldives: Bungee Trampoline – Beach House at Manafaru

Published 27 June 11 3:2 PM | Maldives Complete

  Most people don’t need much assistance in jumping for joy in the Maldives. If you do, the Beach House at Manafaru has a ‘ bungee trampoline’ ... “One of the unique highlights of Play, children will love bouncing their time away on this popular...

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Best of the Maldives: Surf Shack – Four Seasons Kuda Huraa

Published 22 June 11 11:38 AM | Maldives Complete

  Plenty of great surf spots in the Maldives (even more if you do kite surfing ), and a number of resorts offer surfing equipment and instruction , but there is only one ‘Surf Shack’ around – Four Seasons Kuda Huraa’s TropicSurf. The Surf Shack sells...

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Best of the Maldives: Cricket – Kuramathi

Published 18 June 11 12:35 PM | Maldives Complete

  Maldives may not be a ‘Test Status’ cricket nation, but they love their wickets as much as their Subcontinent neighbours. Their closest Indian Ocean neighbour Sri Lanka is right in the middle of a Test Match with England at this very moment. If...

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Best of the Maldives: Running – Shangri-La

Published 16 April 11 1:20 PM | Maldives Complete

The epic London Marathon takes place tomorrow so which resort is the best place for entrants to get their training in. Once you have carbo-loaded at Kuramathi , head to Shangri-La Vilingili for your training runs. Most Maldive islands would have you running...

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Best of the Maldives: Kite Surfing – Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru

Published 23 March 11 9:11 AM | Maldives Complete

March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. As such it is classic kite flying season. The seasons are a bit different in equatorial Maldives, but we are heading into the half of the year with a bit more precipitation and breezes from the southwest...

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Best of the Maldives: Basketball - Hulhule

Published 16 March 11 3:7 PM | Maldives Complete

The ‘Ides of March’ marks the opening jump ball to ‘ March Madness’ in the sport of basketball. The world’s biggest university sports tournament kicked off yesterday with game one of the NCAA Div I Basketball Championship...

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Best of the Maldives: Left-Hand Break Surfing – Adaaran Hudhuranfushi

Published 9 March 11 6:45 AM | Maldives Complete

Once you get going on your surf board and can stay up longer and longer, when you want to go longer still, then you need to head over to Adaraan Hudhuranfushi . Their ‘Lohis’ search break is renowned not just in the Maldives, but the world...

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Best of the Maldives: Surf School – Four Seasons Kuda Huraa

Published 8 March 11 2:37 AM | Maldives Complete

  In light of the ASP World Tour which started this week with the Quicksilver Pro event, I thought I would do a few surf pieces. I’ve already covered the Maldives hosting this very same event in June 2009. But you don’t have to be a pro to enjoy...

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Best of the Maldives: Longest Pool – Anantara Kihavah

Published 16 February 11 6:11 PM | Maldives Complete

  Winner of the ‘Newest Resort’ award goes to Anantara Kihavah which opened this past week. Unfortunately, especially the way Maldives development is going, such a recognition is fleeting at best. So I have had a run through of some of the early...

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Best of the Maldives: Gym Vista – Adaaran Vadoo

Published 6 January 11 3:46 PM | Maldives Complete

  The worst thing about working out is the dreary, indoor tedium. Some gyms try to add some distractions with a television screen. But how about being uplifted and inspired by one of the most beautiful scenery on the planet? Many resorts along with...

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Best of the Maldives: Golf Range - Meeru

Published 17 December 10 1:45 AM | Maldives Complete

  The number one reason people don’t go to the Maldives...the perception that there is nothing to do. And within that the myth, the number one ‘thing to do’ that is a ‘show stopper’ for many couples...no golf. Well, you might not find a Jack Nicholas...

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