Maldives Travel Blogs

Top floating hotels in the world
Feb 24, 2009

... landing strip for a Zeppelin. 5. Conrad Maldives, Rangali Island, Maldives Set across two private islands in the Indian Ocean, the Conrad Maldives has some of its amenities are on land but much of the resort is built with water in mind - such as the ...

Oh my god we are off to the Maldives
May 20, 2006 (24 photos)

... sea plane and we wait. We get talking to a woman from Leeds who has the best job in the world; checking out islands in the Maldives for travel agents back home. What a life! She has us in stitches as she tells us no matter where in the world she travels ...

Maldives
Nov 24, 2002 (2 photos)

Well the last email was to let you know we where off to The Maldives that Very night well we arrived at 2am and landed by private boat on our paradise Island of Embuda. Woke in the morning to a beautiful turquoise sea hot sun And white sand just like ...

Arriving Paradise
Jul 16, 2007 (10 photos)

... lasted around 45 minutes and it was great! Even though the weather wasn't fantastic, you have the best view of the Maldives' islands and atolls. I kept photographing, wishing I could stay longer than two weeks already. We landed close to Komandoo. A ...

In Beautiful Muslim Maldives
Feb 18, 2007 (1 photos)

Pretty good day, excursion was a 45 minute submarine look at coral, fish, and eels. I chose this excursion to simulate the view you get from scuba diving, since we'll never scuba dive. It was okay, but there was an awful lot of waiting around and boat ...

More Days at Sea
Feb 17, 2007 (1 photos)

World Cruise 2007: Two glorious days at sea! Yesterday we slept a lot and had room service dinner--how lazy is that! John's sunburn looks bad but he's feeling a lot better. Now he has a nasty, constant cough that sounds like an allergy. This morning ...

On saute une étape / Skipping a stop
Mar 1, 2001 (8 photos)

... de profiter d'une autre journé de repos dans un autre endroit de rêve. J'en profite aussi pour réaliser un autre rêve: plonger dans les Maldives... We are supposed to go to Sri Lanka today. But the weather is with us and we manage to fly two legs in one ...

Back to Europe!
Jul 30, 2007 (16 photos)

I've had a relaxing few days on Eryiadhoo island. The resort or the island isn't as nice as the first island I stayed at, Komandoo, but the diving and the dive operation made up for it. The island is very small, and there's been a lot of erosion ...

a week at huduranfushi maldives
Feb 3, 2009 (1 photos)

... hotels, it took us to go to hotel 40 min by speed boat form Male International airport. This my 6 the visit to Maldives, Huduranfushi seems to be bigger than most of the resorts we stayed.  we stayed in Beach Villa which you get easy access to ...

Anantara Maldives resort & Spa
Jul 25, 2008 (7 photos)

... is located in the South Male Atoll, just 35 minutes by private speedboat from Male International Airport. Anantara Resort Maldives offers a uniquely Maldivian island experience providing intimate luxury and style. Set in the idyllic archipelago of the ...

Happy New Year
Jan 1, 2007

Happy New Year everyone!!!! I hope everyone had a festive new years evening and not too many of you are dragging your heels today. Yesterday John Liam Mike and I went out on a boat snorkeling.  We went to 3 spots with the first being the best.  ...

Back to Male
Jan 6, 2008 (10 photos)

... drill for me. The US Marines had been there the week before I left to do some humanitarian work and train with the MNDF (Maldives National Defense Force) They also built the 2nd of two firing ranges in Maldives. We went and looked at that and headed back ...

Mellow in the Maldives
Apr 1, 2009 (33 photos)

... (as most guests at the resort had) but since we were just stopping by and had not spent much money getting to the Maldives-and we had gotten a real deal on the package-we certainly found everything adequate and most things to our actual liking.   ...

Stuff
Jan 2, 2008 (2 photos)

Well, the past couple of days have been fun. Ali and his family have been showing me more sites around the islands. We have been snorkeling a lot too. Two days ago we went out and got some big fish. While we were out there Ali yelled for me to come. He ...

Spear fishing
Dec 30, 2007 (3 photos)

Yesterday we all went out for a family picnic. We loaded up a flatbed with people, food, and swimming gear and headed out to an uninhabited island. As soon as we got there, I was in the water with a spear in hand. This had to have been one of the coolest ...

Male, Maldives
Feb 27, 2007

... line for the Maldives flight I met a nice guy who was so sweet giving me advice on possible, possible cheap accommodation. See, Maldives is known as being one of most expensive locations in the world with $300/night hotels and never on backpacker circuit. ...

Paradise Found
Sep 8, 2005

Hahahaha.... WOW! Here I am in the Maldives. Having a marvelous time. Visiting great friends who I have only seen once in the past 6 years. And they have a new addition. An absolutely gorgeous 10 month old baby! Little Neve. She is so sweet. ...

I could live in the Komandoo spa
Jul 19, 2007 (6 photos)

I spent most of the time in the spa here on Komandoo. These massage therapists from India and Bali will massage you into another dimension. I actually skipped one day of diving to have one more day in the spa!!! (This says a lot coming from me.) All the ...

Addu!
Dec 28, 2007 (5 photos)

Well, In the morning in Male, we had some traditional Maldivian breakfast. The food here is really good. Mom and Dad you would be proud of me for trying new foods. Then we went to Ali's brother and Uncles shop to get snorkeling equipment and some ...

5 weeks plus
Sep 10, 2006 (12 photos)

... off (well in the lorry) to some ancient ruins of a Budhist temple. It is estimated that the ruins are 2000 years old. Maldives was Budhist prior to the introduction of Islam in 1153 (I think that's the date I put in the last travelog). Pictures are ...

Observations
Aug 28, 2006 (7 photos)

... don't get into the sea), luxurious rooms - some built out into the ocean. This is the other side of the Maldives. Italians, Japanese, and European tourists are plentiful. The resorts are a treat for some of us living in Male especially those of us not ...

Full moon party on the beach
Aug 20, 2005 (3 photos)

My ipod died today. Not even connecting to Gov's Itunes did help. No more dancing at the sandbank :-( . I will have to buy a new one as soon as possible, this little box is so important for me. We did the last dive today at Ali reef, where I have been ...

Male
Dec 26, 2007 (13 photos)

Today (Anniversary of the Tsunami) Ali came and picked me up at around 1000. We headed out on the motorbike to get some short eats from a eatery across from his old work "megachip" One of his friends came with us. The food was really good. Short eats ...

Two months in Maldives
Oct 1, 2006 (13 photos)

... separately. The focus of environmental science for both of them is Tourism! Jesse is doing a project on tourism in the Maldives. They really start them young given that this is the main economic industry in the country, aside from fishing. The kids ...

Tom and Katie
Nov 26, 2006

By the way, I forgot to mention that the rumours of us yachting with Tom and Katie in the Maldives are slightly exaggerated. Two's company and six is a crowd after all - especially on a honeymoon. Lunch was good though......... No photos - sorry.

Liveaboard diving
Jul 21, 2007 (5 photos)

I left Komandoo with a heavy heart early morning on Friday July 20th. I'd love to go back there with a significant other some day. The flight back to Male went fine and I was transferred to the boat where I was going to stay for a week of diving. The ...

Maldives
Jun 19, 2006

Will be updated soon.

Escape to paradise
Oct 10, 2006 (6 photos)

... that is Trivandrum Airport, our 'plane landed on a strip of tarmac that protrudes from the turquoise Indian Ocean. We then boarded a boat which is the only way, bar flying, out of Male Airport. A few days in the Maldives is what the Doctor ordered.

maldives
Oct 17, 2005 (4 photos)

hey hey hey week two of 2 weeks ultra sneaky trip in the maldives.... been super super windy but heaps of swell so its all good..... been getting some fun waves but heaps of tropical storms around so its been a bit rainy.... got another week here ...

update from the 40 year old!!!
Dec 29, 2006

Hello all from the Maldives.... A very late Merry Christmas and we are sorry we haven't sent any entries for about 5 days.... The last entry I sent we were in Udaipur.  We spent the 24th traveling into the Rajastan back country to visit some Jain ...