Maldives Holidays

... to go we considered Madagascar and Kerala and then decided on Sri Lanka. Looking into flights we found we could stop over in the Maldives with Emirates so we opted to be tourists for the first week and do some snorkeling before back packing in Sri Lanka.

... a Padi school there, I saw more variety, colour and shapes fish in the brief time i was there than all the other holidays to the Maldives i have been on and that was just on the house Reef. I hope you enjoy these photo's and I am ...

Montag, 12. Januar 2009   Endlich gehts los! Um 13 Uhr fährt uns Stephs Papa zum Bahnhof in Basel und wir fahren per Zug nach Zürich zum Flughafen. Um 17.40 Uhr hebt die Maschine von Edelweiss Air ab Richtung Colombo/Sri Lanka. ...

... weather reports show November, May and December to be the highest ones for rainfall - in that order - for anyone considering a trip to Maldives. I don't know why November is the tourist season - doesn't seem like the best month to come here. I guess ...

... sunday :-( . The thought of leaving the island is quite sad. Why did we not book two weeks...? (Because we had not enough holidays in August. Because we had not the budget for two weeks. Frustrating.) Ok - full moon was yesterday, but of course that's ...

... with me, as I guess she wanted to practice her English.  She spoke a mile a minute, and kept talking about the Maldives.  When I asked why she knew so much about the Maldives, she said that she heard about it from another foreigner.  She ...

... coast of India just north of the Maldives (one of THE best places in the world to dive).  I was considering visiting the Maldives on this trip but they are just too bloody expensive and cater to honeymooners.  Just what I need during the ...

... have Hulu and Netflix which are pretty good). Andrea is busy playing hostess. We have people over for dinner during the Jewish holidays this weekend, and then she is hosting 5 girls from her section for a traditional roast on Monday night as well. Our ...

... up to the trip it was great to chat to everyone as people where coming and going every few days - Italy, France, Greece, The Maldives, Oz, Indonesia, The US, you name it someone was bound to be going. With that said we defiantly still had time to ...

... return for their next Chinese adventure.   During which we will hopefully all head to the Xishuangbanna Region via the Maldives. Hahahahaha just joking!   So besides having one of the greatest weekends I've had for a long time I actually ...

... Sri Lankan Airlines to reconfirm our flights to Bangkok and pay for them. Behind the desk is a lush picture advertising holidays to the Maldives. Now I know this is not a back packing destination. Some of the islands are ridiculously expensive and pretty ...

... the diving is very good.  We were a bit apprehensive before coming here as our most recent diving expeditions have been in Maldives and the Great Barrier Reef which are hard to top.  We were not disappointed and saw lots of fish, several nurse ...

... boats nearby too and they all glistened in the sunlight - this was as close to paradise as it got! I felt like I was in the Maldives or something! We then got back in the kayak and paddled up to the mouth and the sand spit. WOWSER! Now this was ...

... of one of the Pacific theatre's most brutal battles, but Okinawa for the Japanese is an ideal, domestic paradise. The New Year's holidays, Golden Week and most of the summer see the main island (and others in the Miyako and Yaeyama groups) swamped with ...

... of Chinese New Year, and it was still in full swing as we left. Large festivals are frequent: there are more public holidays here than anywhere else in the world. The Indian Thaipusam celebrations gave us the opportunity to witness men pierce themselves ...

  With brilliant, powdery white sandy beaches, the small island of Lankayan is reminiscent of the Maldives. The beach resort is environmentally conscious, being instrumental in having the surrounding waters protected and declared a national marine ...

... and sight seeing but we cant be bothered just yet!!! If you like noisy,drunks, timeshare, teeshirts and Spainish/Tenerife type holidays you will love Cancun.  There are people from Europe, South America, USA and Mexico.  There are ruins ...

... hotel.  We could see up and down the coast and it is truly amazing!  We had a fabulous holiday in the Maldives a couple of years ago but this place brings even more than that!  The local people, the extensive countryside and the ...