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Article #373: Maldives Are Best When You Go All Inclusive

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In most holiday locations, all inclusive islands. Our friends on other islands in
is generally only for the lazy and the Maldives all agree that the food is
cullinarily unadventurous. However two excellent.
geographical factors conspire to make However, man cannot live on the extensive
this the best value option when buffet menu alone and in such a hot
travelling to most of the Maldive climate, westerners need to drink a heck
islands. of a lot of water. Since the natural
Basically, unless your island is within water on the island is somewhat brackish,
15 minutes boat ride of Male, the capital all drinking water is provided in
of the maldives, then the restaurants on bottles. As an all inclusive guest you
your resort island are going to be the may take as many as you want (and we were
only places where you can eat. getting through at least six a day) but
So, if you are going to have to be eating non-all inclusive guests had to pay $2.50
every night at the same old restaurant a bottle. Therefore we calculate that you
anyway, why not pay in advance and get a could end up spending $200 on water
discount as a result? This is effectively during your holiday or else risk the
what all inclusive is all about. Since miseries of dehydration.
they know exactly how many people will be In addition you get as much booze as you
eating they can cater more accurately and want at no extra charge, which really
avoid waste. This is particularly allows you to enjoy the evenings without
important for the maldives where worrying about your wallet. We drank
everything aside from fish and coconuts wines, beer, spirits and even cocktails
has to be imported and usually flown to in abundance throughout our lovely
the remote islands. holiday.
In Cancun, Mexico or Sharm el Sheik, Use of the gym is also included, but
Egypt, there are bustling downtowns to sadly scuba diving and windsurfing cost
visit with lots of different restaurants. extra. However even the excellent dive
On Meedhupparu, Maldives there are only school's rates were far cheaper than
three restaurants within 100 miles of the anything we had previously experienced
island. However, this does not mean the back at home.
food in the Maldives suffers. In fact it For these reasons we have to conclude
is quite the reverse. We have only that all inclusive holidays to the
experienced excellent food (with the Maldives are definitely the best option
exception of some fancy pastries that for most people planning to visit these
looked tempting but tasted of dust) in beautiful sun kissed isles.
the different restaurants across the






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