As the meditative ‘pings’ and ‘pongs’ of the crystal bowls do their magic, my mind is sent off into the ether. I am buoyant – ...

The Republic of the Maldives is a major tourist destination known for its clear waters, white sandy beaches, and 5-star resorts. The island nation is made up of 1,190 islands spread over 35,000 square ...

Here we decode three equally enthralling but completely different islands, where the only hardship for a tropical Goldilocks is choosing which one is just right. On a 15-minute seaplane flight to Kagi ...

On an island, space for anything is hard to come by — including garbage. In the Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, the government decided to do something rather drastic to fix this ...

MALÉ, Maldives — To live in the Maldives is to live in one of two worlds. Either you belong to the capital — Malé, a micro-Manhattan in the Indian Ocean — or you are out in “the islands,” among the ...

2005-01-02 04:00:00 PDT Malé, Maldives-- When the tsunami that devastated Indian Ocean nations last Sunday hit the Maldives, the giant wave swept right over many of the nation's islands. For the ...

The Maldives isn’t just a destination, it’s a meditation in blue. A constellation of coral atolls scattered across the Indian ...

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Holly East receives funding from NERC. At the southern tip of the Maldives, on the tiny island of Villingili, a patch of ground rises to tower a whole 2.4m above the sea. It’s the world’s lowest high ...

He was responsible for shipping all the goods that the Maldive Islands needed, and formed Maldives Shipping Ltd (MSL) that ...