MaldivesđČđ» Today's country is Maldives. The highest natural point is less than six metres above sea level. In MalĂ© the harbour smells of diesel, brine and tuna blood when the boats come in. Half an hour later on a local island you are barefoot on packed coral sand, watching schoolchildren cycle past guesthouses as the call to prayer carries over the lagoon. Stay for sunset on the MalĂ© seawall, and the place makes sense: a chain of working Muslim islands with resorts threaded through it. đ PlacesâŠ
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