Its ups and swim

The first thing you see immediately on leaving the airport, it Male, where the colorful buildings dotted with almost every inch of valuable land. From the side it seems like a colorful city grows directly out of the ocean, a kind of waterlogged Atlantis. Journey from the airport here has 10 - 15 minutes by boat and costs about $ 1. And then - then, as now the capital of Maldives color accurately enough. Local people moved through the streets mostly on motorbikes and scooters, which exceed the reasonable limits, but surprisingly, everything happens in a measured - a relaxed mode. One of the features of the city - the names of buildings. "Forget-Me", "Always a happy home", "Sea Breeze": while walking does not get bored. And the south - east of the capital of the island Maldivians have managed to arrange an artificial beach with an area for surfing - he comes alive in the late afternoon, when hundreds of people come there to rest, and for a short period is the most populous in the country. However, with all due respect to the Male 'rest on islands in the ocean - all - did not tour the stone jungle. Ask anyone briefly describe the ideal surroundings of the leave, and most likely in response to hear about the bungalow on the beach, palm trees, snow-white sand and gentle turquoise waves. Add your home reef right near us, and it will be precise characterization of the Maldives. That's just to get from the airport to their piece of paradise of the earth, you need to make one more mini - travel. Make it easy, because the Maldives - a country with incredible road infrastructure! However, with only one caveat: all the local "highway" and "highways" are on the water or over water, which occupies 99.5% of the state, and the role of taxis, buses and minibuses carry boats Doni with a flat roof, speed boats and seaplanes. The most exciting - is, of course, the flight: comes to mind cartoon bear Baloo and his wonders in the turns. But pilots are not smiling lihachat and decorum - a noble deliver travelers to the destination. And what it is. buzz when seaplane gently As water skiing, raising a cloud of sparkling in the sun splashing through which it is viewed, the same island. Something that had never come across in the Maldives, so it's familiar images of mass resorts where hotels, villas, bungalows and tourists huddle, leaving no one free piece of land. Of 1196 islands are inhabited over 200 and only 90 are developed as resorts. And, according to local laws, you can build up only 20% of the island, everything else should remain its original condition. But enterprising hoteliers have found a very simple way: more houses erected on stilts right on the ocean off the coast. Who's there as a child dreamed of his own staircase in the ocean? Receive and sign.