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Infinity Pool at Taj Exotica, Maldives

by LisaMJ

The pool here is great, it's infinity style, surrounded by wooden decking one side, and overlooking the sand/sea the other side. There are several sunbeds available. There is also a ledge around the edge of the pool in the deeper section, which is great for sitting on while reading a book .Once you get to the pool, within seconds one of the poolside attendants, (in our case it was nearly always a lovely man called Shamil) would be on hand to help you lay your towel out (!) and place 2 bottles of cold water on your table. Before you even finish the last drop, he was back with fresh bottles. The pool was never too crowded, although on one or two days we got there a bit later and so had to settle for a sunbed in the shade, and when one became available in the sun we moved to that.So, if you are a sun bunny, get to the pool a little earlier - but naturally in a resort such as this you'll...

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Don't forget to bring your camera!

by BarbaraForza

Of course you won't, but bring also a camera you can use under the water, there are many beautiful and colourful beauties waiting for you...some of them can come very close to the beach...lol...this was a young shark!

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Tipping at your Resort

by TravlinTone

Our tour rep suggested $10 a week per person as a tip for our waiter and the guy who looked after our room. Double it, no treble it.If you can afford $10 for a cocktail at the resort, you can afford to give these good folk $30 for looking after you for a week. The staff we met spent months away from their families. No doubt they get a good wage by Maldivian standards, but it is a pittance compared to what you earn.Give your favourite barman a few dollars and the smiley grounds man - be generous!This is called wealth re-distribution and if we all did more of it the world would be a better (and safer) place.

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Mobile phones on Baros

by TravlinTone

Mobile phones work brilliantly at the resort and at 1 pound 69p a minute ($3) from UK Vodafone this was considerably cheaper than the $7 the resort charges for IDD. (TOP TIP - make sure your phone is unbarred for roaming AND that you have a nice big credit limit)

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Holiday Island

by Roy_Fontaine

Nous avions réservé une chambre deluxe située près de l’eau. Celle-ci fût satisfaisante et le service d’entretien, très apprécié. La courtoisie ainsi que le professionnalisme des gens travaillant à cet endroit furent remarquables. La nourriture était excellente et diversifiée. Les points forts: la qualité ainsi que la propreté de l’eau pour les amateurs d’apnée. Un gymnase intéressant ainsi que des installations pour le badminton ou le tennis sur table (ping-pong).Le point faible: aucune piscine

Midhufushi Island

by Roy_Fontaine

Lors de notre seconde semaine de voyage aux Iles Maldives, nous sommes tombés en amour avec notre chambre. Nous avions réservé un “Water bungalow” décoré de manière romantique et avec beaucoup de goût. L’eau était moins claire qu’à l’endroit précédent. Fait intéressant, nous pouvions faire de l’apnée en haute mer étant donné qu’un bateau partait deux fois par jour (10:00 et 14:00) pour se rendre à des endroits agréables où nous pouvions observer le fond marin. En ce qui concerne la nourriture, celle-ci ne peut recevoir que des éloges de notre part. Une multitude de choix et digne des meilleurs restaurants. Une piscine était disponible, mais il est à souligner que cet endroit est un peu plus familial et que certaines personnes peuvent peut-être réaliser que ce point est désagréable pour eux. Le point faible de cet endroit: un gymnase totalement désuet. Déplorable pour ceux qui désirent...

Sun Island

by Roy_Fontaine

En ce qui concerne notre dernière semaine, nous avions une fois de plus réservé un “Water bungalow”. Ce dernier était convenable, mais décoré avec passablement de goût et beaucoup moins luxueux que le dernier. Pour ce qui est de la nourriture, nous sommes restés perplexes quant à la qualité de celle-ci ainsi que la diversité. Très décevant à la suite de notre semaine excquise pour sa gastronomie. Etant donné que nous avions la formule “tout inclus”, nous pouvions commander le vin rouge ou blanc de la maison. Encore une fois, nous vivions une déception. Le vin était en fait de piètre qualité et selon nous, nous ne savions pas encore la raison pour laquelle nous avions décidé de prendre cette fameuse formule. La nourriture était digne de celle d’une cafétéria d’un centre hospitalier et le vin, une réelle biquette… Cependant, le personnel du resto était très courtois. On ne peut en dire...

View From the Beach

by Muzzaa

The first morning in Maldives I walked down to the beach and saw rays and sharks swimming only metres from shore....totally unexpected. The sea life that was available to watch so close to shore was the best I have seen anywhere... Always remember the 7am National Geographic walking tour of feeding frenzies, floating rays, and crabs climbing walls.

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Sunset fishing

by Gard

After a couple of days of relaxing we decided that it was time for some activities. There were lots of different excursions available we signed up on a couple of the lists we found over by the lobby.In our all inclusive package we got a free sunset fishing trip and we signed up for this on our second day on the island. We left the jetty by the Italian restaurant at about 5 pm and we went out in an open boat with about 8 people in it. After about 30 minutes we dropped the anchor to start the fishing. A slight problem we ran into was the fact that the crew on the boat didn't know any English so it was a bit hard to get proper instructions. But hey, how hard can it be to catch a fish? :-) We got a line each with a hook with bait and a small weight and we dropped it in the ocean. To start with the bait was just plucked of the hook and we also lost quite a few hooks because we got stuck on...

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So chilled out you can barely move!

by becks5000

Most relaxing holiday I've ever had! Take loads of books and if you like snorkling it's worth buying your own gear before you go. Best moments are getting up in the morning and sitting on your balcony drinking coffee and watching the sun rise. Bliss!

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