Category: Maldives

Backpacking In The Maldives: Adaaran Prestige Vadoo Resort Day Tour With Maldives Traveller

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Adaaran Prestige Vadoo Resort🛖🌊Day Tour With Maldives Traveller

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“Have I gone up in the world or has the world gone down on me?” – Robbie Williams. As a hardcore long-term backpacker, who is currently single and loveless after too many ruined romances and disaster relationships, I only ever wanted to visit The Maldives with a lovely lady. That was the dream. That was Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Adaaran Prestige Vadoo Resort🛖🌊Day Tour With Maldives Traveller[…]

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Sleeping In A Pod At Nap Corner, Male

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“Sleeper” – Louise Wener. The Maldives will never rank high on my travel odyssey. A country that caused me stress, heartache, fake news, bribery, corruption and theft of money. I won’t be back till ye. Close yer door on the way out, “The” Maldives, or send me £2,000 which won’t even cover your fakery. I Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Sleeping In A Pod At Nap Corner, Male[…]

How To Get A Maldives Visa On Arrival At Male International Airport

How To Get A The Maldives🇲🇻Visa On Arrival At Male International Airport

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As part of my Rainy Summertime tour in 2025, I made The Maldives my first proper port of call. In advance of your visit to The Maldives, you need to get a The Maldives Traveller Declaration form, on that link I have already explained how to get that. This means that tourists visiting The Maldives Read more about How To Get A The Maldives🇲🇻Visa On Arrival At Male International Airport[…]

Friday's Featured Food: Spicy Paneer, Naan and Lassi At The Famous Moti Mahal Restaurant in Male, The Maldives

Friday’s Featured Food: Spicy Paneer, Naan and Lassi At The Famous Moti Mahal Restaurant in Male, The Maldives🇲🇻

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I fell in love with the mix of Indian Paneer (mostly the spicy ones) and Indian Lassi (either mango or natural) when backpacking India away in 2016. I had never really eaten paneer nor drank Lassi before then (that I knew of). Since then, I often delved into Lassi and Paneer at any Indian restaurants. Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Spicy Paneer, Naan and Lassi At The Famous Moti Mahal Restaurant in Male, The Maldives🇲🇻[…]

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Top 10 Sights On Maafushi Island

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“Don’t believe the hype” – Everyone Sensible Who Ever Backpacked Maafushi. To be honest, I didn’t have any real plans, dreams, hopes or inspirations before I finally landed in The Maldives in July 2025, for the first time ever. And probably the last time, as I’m just not into repeats any more, unless they are Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Top 10 Sights On Maafushi Island[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Maldivian Breakfast At Go Meal Restaurant, Male, The Maldives🇲🇻

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  When backpacking 🎒 in The Maldives, swankaday resorts often serve up textbook global buffets and the streets of Male have a wide range of Indian, Chinese and Italian restaurants. But I just needed to try something local and preferably an interesting fish or seafood dish. I mean The Maldives is world famous for ice Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Maldivian Breakfast At Go Meal Restaurant, Male, The Maldives🇲🇻[…]

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Stay At Chao Guest House, Maafushi Island

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  In The Maldives, I ended up backpacking 4 islands. I could have done more in 4 days, which almost ran into Day 5, but this was enough for me, and enough of The Maldives, for this lifetime. The fourth and final island in my The Maldives tour was Maafushi. It promised so much yet Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Stay At Chao Guest House, Maafushi Island[…]

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Bargain £10 Stay At Wind Stay Hostel, Male

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“You might prove them wrong” – Del Amitri. Forget all the preconceptions that Male and The Maldives is a haven for rich suitcasers, business capitalists and shrewd money bankers. I blew that into oblivion by spending less than £15 Northern Irish pounds (“UK” pounds) in my first 24 hours here!! (£10 hostel, £0.70 coffee, £0.80 Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Bargain £10 Stay At Wind Stay Hostel, Male[…]

How to get Maldives Traveller Declaration

How To Get A The Maldives🇲🇻Traveller Declaration (Visa In Disguise) Before Flying (Or Sailing) In

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“Need permission to land” – Robbie Williams. Tourists visiting The Maldives DO NEED a visa, however the process does not involve countless embassy visits, stress, nor even excruciatingly annoying online form filling. All nationalities, yes ALL (with a recent exception denying Israel), are allowed a visa on arrival as long as you satisfy the requirements Read more about How To Get A The Maldives🇲🇻Traveller Declaration (Visa In Disguise) Before Flying (Or Sailing) In[…]

Backpacking In The Maldives💩: Top 11 Unexpected Aspects To Male, The Capital City

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“Rainy Summertime” – Noel Gallagher. Even before my trip to The Maldives in 2025, I had self monikered it the “Rainy Summertime Tour“, inspired by a lost Oasis track. One that Noel Gallagher wrote but never released. I had heard The Maldives were some kind of a “paradise”, this turned out to be excrement as Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives💩: Top 11 Unexpected Aspects To Male, The Capital City[…]