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Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
What we would skip in the Maldives
This is the article that costs us money, and we write one for every destination we sell.
What to eat in the Maldives, and where you will actually find it
Maldivian cooking is built on three ingredients and almost nothing else: tuna, coconut and rice. Add chilli, lime, onion and curry leaves…
Diving and snorkelling the Maldives, honestly
The rest of this series is about walking. This one is about a country that is 99 per cent water, where the…
The Maldives for the first time
There is one thing to understand before you look at a single photograph, and everything else on this page follows from it.
Local islands versus resort islands
There are two Maldives sharing the same water, and most visitors only know about one of them.
The Maldives month by month
The Maldives has no seasons in the way a visitor from a temperate country understands them. The temperature barely moves all year:…
What a trip to the Maldives costs
The Maldives has a reputation for being expensive, and the reputation is only half right. The country runs across a wider price…
The Maldives with children
The Maldives is either the easiest family holiday in Asia or an expensive mistake, and the difference is almost entirely decided before…
How many days do you need in the Maldives?
In most destinations, the answer to this question is about how much you want to see. In the Maldives there is nothing…
The best two weeks including the Maldives
The Maldives is a poor destination to fly across the world for and an outstanding one to finish a trip with. That…
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