diving7seas – Special Edition REETHI FARU / ENGLISH | Page 16

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There are 150 bungalows on Filaidhoo , which of 50 are standing on stilts in the sandy lagoon

The Maldives archipelago has always been the subject of colourful comparisons . Somebody once called it “ emerald jewels amidst the endless blue of the ocean ”, another “ the most exotic palm tree resort anyone could imagine ”. Admittedly that is not too far-fetched . Most of all , however , the islands are the very real ultimate dream destination for the diving community . The legend of the Maldives dates back far longer than the time when the first diving tourists landed on the narrow airstrip vis-à-vis the small main island of Male .

The famous Austrian marine biologist and scuba-diving pioneer Hans Hass must be credited as being the inventor of the Maldives as we picture them up to this day . He
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