Mystical Underwater in Maldives
It is a myth, usually uncontested, that mountaineers and seafarers are given to tall tales. The fact is that we are so far removed from their experience, that it all seems such gobbledegook Many years ago after my mountain expedition (Kanchenjunga), I discovered that even the quotidian snippet from the Base Camp seemed fanciful.
Male: An Island Unto Itself
“There is nothing in Male”, everyone barks, astonished that I would want to forgo –even for a day- the hedonistic delights on offer at the resort, to shuffle about in one of the world’s smallest and densely packed cities.
Maldives: A Paradise on the Brink
If the global temperature keep rising, this paradise would be lost forever. Maldives is the lowest lying country in the world (the average height is 1.8 meters above sea level). Scientists estimate that melting polar ice caps could raise the ocean level by about 2 meters by the end of this century. This would swallow Maldives whole making its inhabitants the world’s first environment refugees.