Maldives

Maldives Surfing Guide

The history of surfing in the Maldives has a fairy tale quality. Sydney surf travelers Tony Hussein-Hinde and Mark Scanlon were shipwrecked here in the '70s on their way to somewhere else; while they were salvaging the boat, they'd cruise past all the reefs north of Male, and as Hussein-Hinde remarked, "we reckoned those reefs [...]

A History of Maldivian Architecture: Part 1—Medieval records to 1900

Most animals are builders for the birds build nests and the bees build hives. What probably differentiates humans from other animals is that humans go beyond the functional requirements of shelters to create works of art. But architecture as art is bounded by both environmental conditions and the resources and technology available in a given [...]

They loved the ocean and the ocean loved them back

The Sustainable Fishing Practices of Dhivehi Reef Fishermen (and how the resort industry is screwing them over) With their methods they show a natural love for the environment that was not born of books and research but from the sheer experience of having to rely on nature for their sustenance. They never admitted it or [...]