Maldives, 2nd (Bradt Travel Guide Maldives) [Paperback]

Royston Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000 | Series: Bradt Travel Guide Maldives

This guide to the beautiful Maldives islands caters to all types of visitors: watersports enthusiasts, nature lovers or festival seekers. This guide explores snorkling, diving, infomation on resorts and eveything you need to know about the Maldives islands.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Excellent.' Maldives Travel 'Not just another guidebook...the authors give their personal accounts and experiences which makes for more insightful reading.' Sunday Leader --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

The islands of Maldives are perhaps the quintessential holiday dream. Enticed by white sandy beaches fringed with coral lagoons, travelers here seek true relaxation, with accommodation in beach cottages or individual overwater bungalows surrounded by the clear turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean. In this second edition of Maldives: The Bradt Travel Guide, Royston Ellis offers further insight into the people who make these islands so welcoming. With coverage of recently opened resort islands, details of boat trips and diving opportunities, and suggestions for entertainment and shopping, this guide is invaluable. There is information on choosing your resort island, getting around the islands, including cruises, diving, snorkeling and other watersports, in-depth cover of Male', Maldivian people and culture and communicating in Dhivehi. (5 /4 x 8 1/2, 240 pages, maps, illustrations, color photos)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 2nd edition (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1898323747
• ISBN-13: 978-1898323747
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,295,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > Travel > Asia > Maldives

More About the Author

ROYSTON ELLIS is a British-born author of some 50 published books who has lived in Sri Lanka since 1980 where he writes in a century-old cottage overlooking the Indian Ocean. His first book, a sequence of poems called Jiving To Gyp, was published by Scorpion Press in 1959, when he was 18. Until 1961 he performed his poems on stage and TV to rock music (Rocketry) backed by The Shadows, Jimmy Page and a group that later became famous as The Beatles (whom he named). After living in the Channel Islands and the Canary Islands he moved to Dominica in 1966 where, as Richard Tresillian, he wrote the best-selling Bondmaster series of historical novels. He specialises now in books with Indian Ocean settings, including the Bradt guides to Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka. (www.roystonellis.com)