🇲🇻 Today's country is Maldives. The highest natural point is less than six metres above sea level. In Malé 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 Malé seawall, and the place makes sense: a chain of working Muslim islands with resorts threaded through it. 📍 Places… See more