| If you love the sea and scuba diving, then | | | | are inhabited. Most of the islands are not |
| why not charter a live aboard scuba diving | | | | higher than six feet(about 2 meters) above |
| cruise with your diving buddies. | | | | sea level and scientists have warned that |
| Collectively, you can save much more money | | | | they are very susceptible to global warming |
| and time if you live a board a diving cruise | | | | and may one day, disappear into the ocean. |
| ship and go island hopping, scuba diving and | | | | There are already signs that this is |
| fishing for the next ten days of your | | | | happening. |
| vacation. That is because you can do away | | | | |
| with your hotel accommodation, save traveling | | | | Needless to say, the mainstay of the |
| time and can go to a lot more dive spots. | | | | Maldivian economy is powered by the fishing |
| Where to go for a cruise diving vacation? Try | | | | and tourism industries. About 500,000 |
| going to the Island nation of Maldives. | | | | tourists arrive on these islands annually. |
| | | | The capital of Maldives is Male (pronounced |
| Although there are many world class spas, | | | | as Ma-leh). Upon touching down at the |
| hotels and resorts in Maldives such as the | | | | airport, you willbe whisked away by a fishing |
| Banyan Tree Spa resort, you have no need to | | | | boat because the capital is no larger than a |
| stay in them unless you wanted to. Well, if | | | | few football fields and have one of the most |
| you want to stay in a luxurious resort, it | | | | dense population in the world. |
| can be an excuse for you to travel to the | | | | |
| Maldives again to enjoy these spa resorts. | | | | Maldives has been an independent sovereign |
| This is because, once you have scuba dived in | | | | country except for a brief occupation by the |
| Maldives, you will want to go back there | | | | Portuguese. It then became a British |
| again. Maldives is a scuba diver's paradise. | | | | Protectorate in the mid-fifties and gained |
| | | | full independence in 965. It has been an |
| The atolls of Maldives were formed when | | | | Islamic country for more than 800 years. |
| millions of years ago, a great range of | | | | |
| volcanoes rose from the floor of the Indian | | | | During the Ming Dynasty, Chinese sailors |
| Ocean. As time passes, the volcanoes sunk | | | | called Maldives the "submerged mountain |
| back into the Indian Ocean leaving behind the | | | | chain" wrote commentaries about these |
| coral reefs on the Maldivian atolls and | | | | islands. |
| islands we see today. That is why Maldives is | | | | |
| best known for its white sandy beaches and | | | | If you enjoy vacations in tranquil tropical |
| crystal blue lagoons teeming with marine | | | | islands or simply love fishing and diving, |
| life. | | | | then Maldives will be a great holiday |
| | | | destination for you. Oh, I forgot to mention, |
| The country have no big land mass, but | | | | if you are a seafood lover, I think there are |
| instead is made up of about 1200 coral | | | | no other places on Earth where you can get |
| islands with a total area of 104,00.00 sq | | | | such a wide smorgasbord delicious mouth |
| kilo 99% of which is the sea. Of these | | | | watering seafood, except in Maldives. |
| islands, only slightly more than 200 of them | | | | |