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Maldives Kurumba Visit – Day 8: Maldives Departure
Published 8 November 9 6:38 PM | Maldives Complete
As we transferred to the Male airport for our departure, the Maldives hit us with everything it had left in its rain/wind/storm system as a final inclement send off. While it certainly made saying good-bye easier, we reflected (as noted in my ‘ Stormy...
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Maldives Kurumba Visit – Day 3: Stormy weather
Published 3 November 9 9:30 AM | Maldives Complete
One of my greatest fears when visiting the Maldives in past years was not sharks in the ocean, or travel complications, but the weather going sour. It was all so perfect that you just wondered whether it just might turn some day. We have generally visited...
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Pricing Seasonality
Published 1 January 9 8:17 AM | Maldives Complete
A trip to the Maldives is often one planned months in advance and as one starts to investigate you quickly note that the prices vary dramatically according to the time of year. This pricing seasonality is fairly typical in the travel business with high...
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Satellite Views
Published 20 December 8 5:24 AM | Maldives Complete
Virtual Earth and Google Earth provide useful and sometimes stunning images from above of the Maldives to provide a sense of where you are heading to. But often the images are months if not years old. If you want the uber-birds-eye view, especially to...
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Air and Water Temperature
Published 1 December 8 6:31 AM | Maldives Complete
People often ask when the best time of year to go to the Maldives is for the best weather. As you can see from the chart above, provided courtesy of Hayes & Jarvis Maldives catalogue, there really is no bad time of year. January through April is the...
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