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Maldives Tour |
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Maldives, the “last paradise
on earth”, is a virgin tropical island with white sands, blue skies, lovely palm
trees, clear waters and brilliant turquoise lagoons.
The Maldives has always and will always remain a unique destination for the fun
loving tourist seeking an exotic holiday. Over a 1000 tiny islands are grouped
into natural atolls that are protected by surrounding coral reefs. |
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Honeymoon in Maldives |
If a honeymoon is meant to be a celebration of love in
an intimate, secluded, and most importantly, beautiful setting, then the
Maldives is the world’s best backdrop for all these things. There are endless
ways to let the magic of the islands dazzle you on your holiday as a couple. A
dinner under the stars with the occasional flicker of candle light to bring you
back into the real world, a daring getaway to a nearby uninhabited island all by
yourselves for the whole day, or just lazing around in your private bungalow
watching the endless turquoise waters while you are treated to an spa treatment
in the room.
You could choose to get to know each other through a swim around a house reef
with a mask and fin, or dive among the beautiful, vibrant reefs. It is an
experience you will relive for days after you get back home. Your |
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honeymoon need not be a once in a lifetime experience either. You will relive
the honeymoon over and over again, every time you come back to these magical
islands. |
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Diving in Maldives |
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The warm seas of Maldives have high visibility throughout the year, with water
clear enough to see the passing fish as far as fifty metres away at times. Add
to that the marvellous formation of over 3000 coral reefs and the free flowing
tides of the monsoons. The result of these perfect conditions have created one
of the world’s richest diving coral reef areas.
The best thing is that you need not be a professional diver to enjoy the
Maldives. All resorts and safari boats give you basic to advanced training using
well-monitored diving facilities of a high standard. Even the most reluctant
diver can enjoy the beauty of Maldivian underwater life on a drift dive with the
guidance of experienced dive
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instructors. A dive in a house reef is equally rewarding, all you need to do is
swim a few minutes from shore. Due to the countless number of reefs found among
the 26 atolls in the Maldives, all you need to do is travel 15 to 60 minutes by
boat to get to a different dive spot every day. |
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Maldives’s Culture |
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The islands of Maldives appear in-between the trading route of the Indian Ocean.
Thus settlers, and visitors from neighbouring regions and around the world have
come in contact with the islands for as long as history has been recorded. Such
is the to-and-fro flow of people and their cultures, that a marked effect has
been left in the Maldivian people, the language, beliefs, arts, and attitudes.
The looks of the Maldivian people may differ from one atoll to the other,
attributing to the genes passed on by South and Southeast Asians, Africans, and
Arabians. The language, Dhivehi, differs in dialect in some regions in the south
of Maldives, possibly due to the secluded nature and subsistent ways of island
life. Maldivian beliefs have been very much based around religion and
superstition, often used together in matters of significance but
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given separate positions in society. In matters of faith, Islam dominates, but
influence of the supernatural still continues to play a major role in most
island communities, possibly giving credit to the folklores and Buddhist
traditions of the islands’ first settlers before conversion to Islam in 1153 AD.
The mixing of cultures is very much seen in Maldivian arts. The music played
with the local bodu-beru (big-drum) resemble that of African drumming. The dhoni
(a unique Maldivian sailboat) is an art form itself built with skilled
craftsmanship, with significant similarities to the Arabian dows. The
embroidered neckline of women’s traditional dresses and their ornaments too,
expose another story brought in from an unknown culture that has seeped in to
Maldivian society.
Maldivians are quite open to adaptation and are generally welcoming to outside
inspiration. Most Maldivians still want to believe in upholding unity and
oneness in faith, but recent waves of reform in the country have created a whole
new culture of new ideas and attitudes. |
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