?Often Maldives holidays are airport boat resort boat airport. Nothing wrong with this at all. The resorts are mostly isolated islands with beautiful beaches and with marine life right there to chase your toes and every amenity you can imagine. Basically, if total chilling out is your intent, this is where to do it. But for many, after a few days, unless it’s honeymoon time or a complete commitment to hang over, time begins to drag. So, what do you do?
Spend some days in Male. Spend a day and night in Male. If you are on a package, this is difficult. But if you can book yourself, go to your resort and then move to Male for the last night or two before you fly home. The few hotels in this capital city are great. The daily dinner shopping by the residents is a great scene. It is quite an experience. By the way, make sure you have decent clothes as skimpy ones will attract attention and offend many Maldivians.
Take the ferry to Hulhumale. This is about 20 minutes from Male. This is a resident island with good snorkeling and a few local restaurants. Small bite first a few of them are pure rocket fuel! There are a few very nice guesthouses that will rent you a day room so a picnic is not out of the question.
Do a little homework on Maldives. Maldives has a very interesting history. It was a Sultanate once and the Sultan’s descendants still live in Male. It was as well a British protectorate so there is a big airport in the south of Maldives that is now open for flights to the resorts close by. In days past, the huge Vulcans used to land there and the British hid their fleet in the Addu harbor when the Japanese almost invaded Sri Lanka in the 1940s. The marine life is truly stunning. Even the harbor water is clear enough to see a hundred species. Wouldn’t it be great if you know a little bit about them? Just be careful not to bore your fellow guests with what little you know.
Go resort hopping. If you have time and money, book yourself for 2 or 3 days in a resort in the north of Maldives and then move to another one in the south. Huge pontoons and utterly reliable. Anddon’t have much luggage. Pack lightly for your trip to Maldives. All you wear the whole day is your swim gear and a few silk roll ups for the evening. You can go very skimpy in the resorts. Just bring one decent outfit for going out to the islands. Forget the shoes!
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