Male, November 12: Of the 1192 islands and islets comprising the Maldives archipelago, about 200 are inhabited. The island of Male is the most populated of these, with 262, 925 of a total Maldivian ...

I awake to the sound of waves lapping beneath my bed, the sky turning orange with the sunrise. An uninter­rupted view, through sliding glass doors, over the ocean, stretches all the way to the horizon ...

Surrounded by crystal-clear waters teeming with an incredibly diverse marine life and extensive coral reefs, the 26 atolls of the Maldives easily lay claim to being one of the world’s best ...