"+": + A large number of restaurants with cuisines from all over the world: 8 restaurants and 3 bars. + Gorgeous house reef, located very close to the beach. + Very green island. + One of the best discos in the Maldives. + On the beach there are sun loungers for each room.
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+ A large number of restaurants with cuisines from all over the world: 8 restaurants and 3 bars.
+ Gorgeous house reef, located very close to the beach.
+ Very green island.
+ One of the best discos in the Maldives.
+ On the beach there are sun loungers for each room.
+ A large number of restaurants with cuisines from all over the world: 8 restaurants and 3 bars.
+ Gorgeous house reef, located very close to the beach.
+ Very green island.
+ One of the best discos in the Maldives.
+ On the beach there are sun loungers for each room.
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We found a good option for a holiday in the Maldives, the Kurumba Maldives hotel. We settled in a bungalow, ours was after renovation and it was felt, small renovations are taking place throughout the hotel, so I think over time all the rooms will be refreshed. There are already 180 rooms, we rested during the season, and therefore there were a lot of people, but we did not feel any discomfort.
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We found a good option for a holiday in the Maldives, the Kurumba Maldives hotel. We settled in a bungalow, ours was after renovation and it was felt, small renovations are taking place throughout the hotel, so I think over time all the rooms will be refreshed. There are already 180 rooms, we rested during the season, and therefore there were a lot of people, but we did not feel any discomfort. The rooms have a wide bed, a place for clothes / things, a table, a TV, a good shower. I was surprised that there is a cool kids club here. Our all-inclusive package allowed us not to refuse anything at the hotel. A la carte restaurants were also free for us. Well, we took advantage of our opportunities and visited all the restaurants and bars of the hotel. The food is delicious, of course, especially the taste of seafood and a good selection of exotic fruits. Drinks in this regard are not far behind, I liked alcohol. The sea is always calm, because breakwaters are installed along its perimeter, the view is certainly spoiled, but safety is above all. In this place we got a very driving and lively holiday. The Maldives is not only romantic and boring vacation, this hotel brought it to us.
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Family holiday hotel. It makes sense to go here with children. The first advantage is that after a tiring flight, the transfer took not many minutes 20 at all. The smart staff immediately welcomed the cocktail and quick check-in. We arrived around 10 and we were immediately seated without having to wait a few more hours.
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Family holiday hotel. It makes sense to go here with children. The first advantage is that after a tiring flight, the transfer took not many minutes 20 at all. The smart staff immediately welcomed the cocktail and quick check-in. We arrived around 10 and we were immediately seated without having to wait a few more hours. There are several people who speak Russian, which facilitated communication and solving small issues. The room is clean and tidy. Excellent daily cleaning. Bathroom under the open sky. The territory of the hotel is beautiful green. Clean pool with different depths. The beach is fabulous and calm. Since it is protected by breakwaters. White sand, clear water. There is something to see before the start of the corals about twenty meters. Egypt stupidly nervously smokes on the sidelines) Heavenly place! We took diving is something. At a depth of five meters in general, a fabulous underwater world. While we were walking our child had a great time in the kids club. The club is good, you can safely leave your child for a few hours. There is a good playground and a children's menu. . For adults, a good show program in the bar, a gym, various board games. In general, you can scarat another hour without problems. You don't have to worry about the food, very good choice. A bunch of restaurants will provide an assortment. I advise you to take full board or at least half board, well, it's up to you. A lot of fruits. Organize themed dinners. I especially liked this apparently one of the signature dishes is tuna. The portions are gigantic and very tasty. There have always been mussels. Great selection of sweets. We were very pleased with the hotel. We will definitely visit this lovely island again!
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Do not expect any party or noisy shows and discos here. The hotel is for those who want to completely relax and immerse themselves in a quiet atmosphere of merging with nature. The hotel is perfect for traveling with children. Very nice beach with soft sand. When entering the water, there are no stones and corals, it is unnecessary to worry that the children will get hurt.
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Do not expect any party or noisy shows and discos here. The hotel is for those who want to completely relax and immerse themselves in a quiet atmosphere of merging with nature. The hotel is perfect for traveling with children. Very nice beach with soft sand. When entering the water, there are no stones and corals, it is unnecessary to worry that the children will get hurt. Walk twenty meters to the nearest corals. Very beautiful reef with lots of beautiful fish. We were in Egypt a year ago and I will tell you the riot of colors of the underwater world is much brighter here. We even saw dolphins a couple of times. In the evenings, the ocean begins to glow from plankton, which is very beautiful. Ebb and flow, we did not notice the water level is almost the same. The beach is regularly cleaned early in the morning from grass and other debris. The hotel area is also well-groomed and clean from the pool to the beach at a stone's throw) Comfortable sunbeds under the palm trees near the shore, bean bags are laid out, there are comfortable mattresses with pillows overlooking the sea, tables are also near the beach. Eat and enjoy the most beautiful view. Yes, of course there is some fun. But there is a SPA and a gym really modest. You can play billiards. For the kids there is a children's pool. You can do yoga here, everything is predisposed to this. And you can safely go here with a child. A children's menu is provided. Special chairs for children in the restaurant. We hide on this and chose this hotel. We also ate seafood dishes, especially enjoyed barbecue. There were Indian and Italian dishes. They made delicious pizza. Minus that for breakfast there were packaged juices. And in general, drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, are of good quality. In general, a varied diet is of course not five in Egypt, but there is a lot of food. By the way, this is my first review, although we have already visited a lot of places, well, mostly we often went to Egypt before closing. But here, of course, both the nature and the attitude towards guests are completely different and much better. The reception has Russian speaking staff. We all really liked it, had a great time, relaxed further than ever) Now, wherever you go to Cuba, let's go have fun)
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Pros: Cheerful, crowded hotel. A large territory - like in a bot. garden. Billiards, beautiful pool. The hotel pulls on a solid 5. The best water transfer among all seen. Awesome shampoos and gels of our own production. Large gift shop. Champagne for breakfast unlimited. Minuses: There is no feeling that you are in the Maldives.
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Cheerful, crowded hotel. A large territory - like in a bot. garden. Billiards, beautiful pool. The hotel pulls on a solid 5. The best water transfer among all seen. Awesome shampoos and gels of our own production. Large gift shop. Champagne for breakfast unlimited.
Minuses:
There is no feeling that you are in the Maldives. Aircraft noise is annoying, especially early in the morning. Not a convenient access to the beach - there is no way to go out through the balcony and close the room.
Cheerful, crowded hotel. A large territory - like in a bot. garden. Billiards, beautiful pool. The hotel pulls on a solid 5. The best water transfer among all seen. Awesome shampoos and gels of our own production. Large gift shop. Champagne for breakfast unlimited.
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There is no feeling that you are in the Maldives. Aircraft noise is annoying, especially early in the morning. Not a convenient access to the beach - there is no way to go out through the balcony and close the room.
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Hello! I want to share with you my impressions of the rest! We rested at the KURUMBA hotel from September 26 to October 3.2012 - it was our honeymoon trip! The first and most vivid impression is the island itself! To say that the beauty of this island shocked us is an understatement! An emerald lagoon, fenced off from the ocean by coral reefs, where very beautiful fish live, coconut palms against the backdrop of a bright blue sky, magnolias, white sand…….
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Hello! I want to share with you my impressions of the rest! We rested at the KURUMBA hotel from September 26 to October 3.2012 - it was our honeymoon trip!
The first and most vivid impression is the island itself! To say that the beauty of this island shocked us is an understatement! An emerald lagoon, fenced off from the ocean by coral reefs, where very beautiful fish live, coconut palms against the backdrop of a bright blue sky, magnolias, white sand……. . In general, you can list indefinitely.
We took a ticket from the tour operator "Tez Tour" (checked - we have been trusting for more than a year! ). We flew from Moscow-Male (direct flight) with the airline "Transaero". The flight took 8 hours. Upon arrival at the hotel, we were again greeted with 5+ with cool wet towels and a coconut cocktail. If you are newlyweds, I recommend to remind about it just in case at the reception. Before settling, we were given a room key, information about the island and the hotel.
Settled very quickly! They gave me the right number! In the room, as a gift, there were fruits and the bed was also decorated with flowers. The hotel employees are very pleasant, friendly, always smiling when they meet and, wanting to do something nice, they try to greet you in Russian. There are 9 restaurants and bars on the island (Mediterranean, Italian, Japanese, Indian, Chinese and Arabic cuisines, grill, seafood dishes). We did not regret that we took only breakfasts, went to restaurants for lunch and dinner. The restaurants had everything your heart desires and pizza and squid, king prawns, all kinds of European salads. All restaurants have different cuisines. We have visited everything. Our favorite restaurant was OCEAN GRIL. Corevelve prawns, lobster and tuna were cooked divinely there. and what kind of desserts they have - just a meal. I really liked the Fihamina Restaurant.
We went on 3 excursions: to a desert island, to night fishing and to dolphins. The excursion to the uninhabited island made the biggest impression on me. We rode on a boat for about an hour, then they gave us fins with masks and swam to the island in masks and fins, examined the underwater kingdom. The island turned out to be quite small. My husband and I walked around it in about 25 minutes. They put us umbrellas, laid towels, constantly brought drinks, and prepared lunch. I must say right away that on such an excursion take sunscreen with you, there is nowhere to hide and you can easily get burned. Which is what we did. I was still nothing, a little red because I had prepared (I went to the solarium before the trip), and my husband was like cancer). Night fishing delighted my husband, but somehow I was not impressed. On all excursions offered soft drinks, alcohol (wine, beer).
On the island, a beer cost $7, a bottle of wine $45, a lobster $115. Our island is quite large.
We went around it completely, probably 4-5 times. and other times they reached the middle (there was just a bar on the seashore) and sat in the bar. It only rained once. Comes very quickly and passes just as quickly. It got dark early at 6 o'clock. There was not much entertainment on the island (there was no animation, as in Egypt or Turkey, of course), but there was live music, karaoke. You could also dance and sing. We enjoyed the live music. There are 2 swimming pools on the island. One of which we only found when we went shopping on the island. ))) The staff works quickly, tactfully, friendly, always smiling. We were 100% satisfied with the service. (although as I was told, for that kind of money, they would not run and fuss). My husband and I spent a great honeymoon and did not regret for a second that we chose the Maldives as a vacation spot ...We definitely still believe there. Maldives is heaven on earth...
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The Maldives is an unforgettable country of islands, which you want to return to again and again! ! !
The first and most vivid impression is the island itself! To say that the beauty of this island shocked us is an understatement! An emerald lagoon, fenced off from the ocean by coral reefs, where very beautiful fish live, coconut palms against the backdrop of a bright blue sky, magnolias, white sand……. . In general, you can list indefinitely.
We took a ticket from the tour operator "Tez Tour" (checked - we have been trusting for more than a year! ). We flew from Moscow-Male (direct flight) with the airline "Transaero". The flight took 8 hours. Upon arrival at the hotel, we were again greeted with 5+ with cool wet towels and a coconut cocktail. If you are newlyweds, I recommend to remind about it just in case at the reception. Before settling, we were given a room key, information about the island and the hotel.
Settled very quickly! They gave me the right number! In the room, as a gift, there were fruits and the bed was also decorated with flowers. The hotel employees are very pleasant, friendly, always smiling when they meet and, wanting to do something nice, they try to greet you in Russian. There are 9 restaurants and bars on the island (Mediterranean, Italian, Japanese, Indian, Chinese and Arabic cuisines, grill, seafood dishes). We did not regret that we took only breakfasts, went to restaurants for lunch and dinner. The restaurants had everything your heart desires and pizza and squid, king prawns, all kinds of European salads. All restaurants have different cuisines. We have visited everything. Our favorite restaurant was OCEAN GRIL. Corevelve prawns, lobster and tuna were cooked divinely there. and what kind of desserts they have - just a meal. I really liked the Fihamina Restaurant.
We went on 3 excursions: to a desert island, to night fishing and to dolphins. The excursion to the uninhabited island made the biggest impression on me. We rode on a boat for about an hour, then they gave us fins with masks and swam to the island in masks and fins, examined the underwater kingdom. The island turned out to be quite small. My husband and I walked around it in about 25 minutes. They put us umbrellas, laid towels, constantly brought drinks, and prepared lunch. I must say right away that on such an excursion take sunscreen with you, there is nowhere to hide and you can easily get burned. Which is what we did. I was still nothing, a little red because I had prepared (I went to the solarium before the trip), and my husband was like cancer). Night fishing delighted my husband, but somehow I was not impressed. On all excursions offered soft drinks, alcohol (wine, beer).
On the island, a beer cost $7, a bottle of wine $45, a lobster $115. Our island is quite large.
We went around it completely, probably 4-5 times. and other times they reached the middle (there was just a bar on the seashore) and sat in the bar. It only rained once. Comes very quickly and passes just as quickly. It got dark early at 6 o'clock. There was not much entertainment on the island (there was no animation, as in Egypt or Turkey, of course), but there was live music, karaoke. You could also dance and sing. We enjoyed the live music. There are 2 swimming pools on the island. One of which we only found when we went shopping on the island. ))) The staff works quickly, tactfully, friendly, always smiling. We were 100% satisfied with the service. (although as I was told, for that kind of money, they would not run and fuss). My husband and I spent a great honeymoon and did not regret for a second that we chose the Maldives as a vacation spot ...We definitely still believe there. Maldives is heaven on earth...
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The Maldives is an unforgettable country of islands, which you want to return to again and again! ! !
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We rested there with the whole family with a child of 3 years old, lived in a private villa with a pool (one of the most expensive rooms for 4 people), for a baby this is a great place, everywhere is super small and well fed. . . BUT, firstly, why does no one write that the airport is nearby and the planes fly so low that you can read everything that is written on their board, and after the passage of such a buzzing miracle, an unpleasant smell appears for several minutes, and they fly with a break of 20 minutes .
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We rested there with the whole family with a child of 3 years old, lived in a private villa with a pool (one of the most expensive rooms for 4 people), for a baby this is a great place, everywhere is super small and well fed. . . BUT, firstly, why does no one write that the airport is nearby and the planes fly so low that you can read everything that is written on their board, and after the passage of such a buzzing miracle, an unpleasant smell appears for several minutes, and they fly with a break of 20 minutes . maximum. The second BUT is the stone fences around the island, it just looks terrible! ! No kind. The third BUT is Russian staff, and there are guides-translators, one is just a small habalka who can’t really explain or tell anything, the second (Anna) at the end of the holiday tried to swindle us for 1300 US dollars, declaring to us that we owe this amount to the hotel and that Trasaero didn’t pay them something, what have we and Transaero to do with it, they generally deal with tickets, not tours, we raised a scandal and hushed everything up, telling us that we owe nothing. In short, they crap us the whole farewell evening. . . ly. Fourth BUT - cockroaches 5 cm in size. !! ! and I'm not exaggerating)) I saw one in the pool, and the second was seen by my husband, the child called them "crabs" and black wasps 4 cm in size. The staff constantly walked around the houses and fumigated everything around with smoke from insects, but apparently this does not help, since such a miracle flew into us and frightened everyone to death. In short: if you really want to relax in the Maldives - do not go to Kurumba!
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All hello! Ostalis dovolny vyborom otelja i nenavjazcivym servisom. Ogromnoe spasibo sotrudnice otelja -Anne Kozlovoi. Suvazheniem, Liza i Jaroslav Spejchalovy
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My husband and I had the good fortune to relax for 10 days on this magnificent island. And despite the month of July, we really enjoyed the rest. Well, now everything from the beginning: We flew to the Maldives with Transaero and, of course, many thanks to the girls from the Olympic Star company, who made us very good.
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My husband and I had the good fortune to relax for 10 days on this magnificent island. And despite the month of July, we really enjoyed the rest. Well, now everything from the beginning:
We flew to the Maldives with Transaero and, of course, many thanks to the girls from the Olympic Star company, who made us very good. cheap flight on business, thanks again so much. for 8 hours of flight we were not at all tired. We flew to the Maldives in the morning, and we were taken on a boat to the hotel along with other guys (with a cat. Of course, we became friends) it all took about 15-20 minutes. Close. We were accommodated in a bungalow with the beautiful name deluxe bungalow. I advise everyone to deluxe bungalow, because. we saw what a superior is and, to be honest, we didn’t regret at all that, on the advice of the ag-va, we paid a little more, but we lived in a separate house right on the shore. The hotel is quite calm. There is no noise, except for fishing, there is a karaoke bar where we sang with the guys in the evenings. During our vacation, we visited only 5 restaurants, but I can say that the hotel is great, they made a buffet option for seafood dinner and at a completely reasonable price, we paid only $ 50 per person and just enjoyed dinner. Once we went to the main island of Male - there is nothing to do. I do not advise. The main thing that you can get from a holiday in the Maldives is silence, tranquility and comfort. I advise everyone. And thanks again to the girls from the Olympic Star company for such a vacation and personally to Victoria
We flew to the Maldives with Transaero and, of course, many thanks to the girls from the Olympic Star company, who made us very good. cheap flight on business, thanks again so much. for 8 hours of flight we were not at all tired. We flew to the Maldives in the morning, and we were taken on a boat to the hotel along with other guys (with a cat. Of course, we became friends) it all took about 15-20 minutes. Close. We were accommodated in a bungalow with the beautiful name deluxe bungalow. I advise everyone to deluxe bungalow, because. we saw what a superior is and, to be honest, we didn’t regret at all that, on the advice of the ag-va, we paid a little more, but we lived in a separate house right on the shore. The hotel is quite calm. There is no noise, except for fishing, there is a karaoke bar where we sang with the guys in the evenings. During our vacation, we visited only 5 restaurants, but I can say that the hotel is great, they made a buffet option for seafood dinner and at a completely reasonable price, we paid only $ 50 per person and just enjoyed dinner. Once we went to the main island of Male - there is nothing to do. I do not advise. The main thing that you can get from a holiday in the Maldives is silence, tranquility and comfort. I advise everyone. And thanks again to the girls from the Olympic Star company for such a vacation and personally to Victoria
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Kurumba is not just an island, it is a five-star hotel island, where 80 villas are disguised in a coconut grove. Here rest tourists from all over the world. It so happened that Kurumba was the first to become involved in the tourist business 25 years ago, so the island is considered the richest and most well-groomed of all.
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Kurumba is not just an island, it is a five-star hotel island, where 80 villas are disguised in a coconut grove. Here rest tourists from all over the world. It so happened that Kurumba was the first to become involved in the tourist business 25 years ago, so the island is considered the richest and most well-groomed of all. They do not spare money for tourists here. The neighboring islands, on which I have to periodically work, teaching Russian tourists to scuba dive, noticeably surrender in greenery and cleanliness. There are islands for lovers of solitude, for honeymooners who have only one thing in mind. They are very small in size, living on them is very expensive (all the staff works only for you), there is no entertainment - pure nature, but you can compose poems or have a baby in exotic conditions, who has no time at home. But most Russians love Kurumba for its excellent food, vibrant nightlife with lots of shows, entertainment, and affordable prices.
Therefore, there is always a full house. And not only Russians. The residence of the President of the Maldives occupies the island closest to Kurumba.
His residence is visible through binoculars, surrounded by pillboxes with loopholes, and pumped-up short men - fighters of the local COAST GUARD - patrol along the illuminated coast. The president receives all VIP guests not just anywhere, but on Kurumba. Recently, the President of Sri Lanka also rested here. The whole island was surrounded by patrol boats and rubber boats with machine gunners. Then came the princes from Saudi Arabia. However, no one guarded them. So the life of a small island in the Indian Ocean is in full swing. Divers diving here are very happy. Few people know that all underwater safaris that are held in the Maldives often take place there. The only negative is that after the warm current in 1999, most of the corals died, both in the Maldives and in the Seychelles.
The corals are just beginning to recover, but there are places near Kurumba within an hour's boat ride where the corals have thrived. Nearby are two unique places where you can see six-meter manta rays. Whale sharks are about to show up. Everywhere there are a lot of turtles, huge tuna. I recently met marlin in the water. Few scuba divers can boast of this.
Diving in the Maldives cannot be compared with diving, for example, in the Red Sea. It's completely different. Only here I met almost limitless visibility under water, in general there are a lot of special impressions. From Kurumba, divers are often taken to dive to neighboring atolls, where ordinary tourists for 100 c. u. e. ride on airplanes. Yes, you get a diving certificate and you will see the same thing, only you will dive more, and you will save three times. Having a PADI or CMAS dive certificate in the Maldives is all in one. For 3 months I learned how to extract and cut coconuts.
At first, this procedure took two hours, now it takes 10 minutes. He learned how to carve a palm tree and make decorations from it. Studied the technology of releasing shells from mollusks. Learned to distinguish a lobster from a lobster and a spiny lobster. I used to think it was the same animal. These skills are unlikely to be useful in Belarus, but after the Maldives I hope to live, for example, among cannibal Papuans. This prospect suits me better than enduring the horrors of Her Majesty Winter.
There are simply anecdotal cases with tourists on Kurumba. In November, the "new Russians" came with their families. They came to my diving center: “Where is the Russian-speaking instructor? ” Themselves 150 kg each, gold chains 2 kg each, fingers in diamonds. Well, my first reaction was to run around the corner in horror. The boys brought with them diving equipment from the best companies for 6 thousand each. Some dive computers per capita - three.
They catch me and say: "Where can I buy branded lead weights here? " The silent scene was long, I could hardly digest what they wanted from me. Then it turned out that they had not dived anywhere. Worked out 2 days before departure in the pool, stocked up on equipment - and now all their problems are mine. In general, "new" divers were loaded with 15 kg each. "Stoked" one at a time. One fine day they say: "Where can you shoot here? " I wonder what and with what?
It turned out that the birds. The boys brought pistols to Kurumba! How - no one knows. Yes, the trouble is that there are no birds on Kurumba - only flying foxes. In general, events developed further like this ...A couple of days later, someone robbed the number of one of the boys. They called the police. Measured something, interrogated. They all got up in the middle of the night. Well, the matter seems to be understandable - the guys robbed themselves out of boredom, and they will make claims either to the hotel or to the Moscow travel agency. Made a list of stolen...
An expensive laptop, the latest video and photo cameras, a digital camera. The whole hotel stood "on the ears" for a long time. There are thieves on Kurumba, and it must be one of the staff...
Departure in a week. Tourists go through an x-ray at the airport. Customs finds in a suitcase a young Moscow boy of about 20...a missing computer, a camera, a video camera and, to the great horror of the local police, ...an undeclared pistol. The young moron famously robbed the "new" boys and even drew documents with seals that it was his computer.
Male airport was horrified - an unprecedented case. Russian bandits calmly drive around the islands with automatic weapons. Slavic terrorists among Muslims!
Four armed Interpol officers went to Moscow to accompany the thief. He stole it, he stole it. Then the tourists said that the "brothers" nearly got these Interpolovites when they got on the plane to beat the thief.
I have been wintering in the Maldives for six years and have changed a bunch of islands. Now I'm in Ellaida. This is my 12th island. Especially for tourists, travel agency workers and, first of all, for divers, I drew a website www. mydiving. org for my articles in several languages, photos and maps of sites and dive sites.
The island is great. When choosing a hotel, many people think that it is near the airport and supposedly noisy. Guys, you probably haven’t been to other islands where ordinary maize growers fly and start warming up their engines at 7 in the morning. The kirosin stench is impossible from under the propellers. And on Kurumba there is silence and grace. And in Male, in just 15 minutes, you can go shopping by boat.
By the way, the best shopping is not where they take you, but on the main street, where there are a lot of traffic lights. It's about twenty minutes to go inland.
Therefore, there is always a full house. And not only Russians. The residence of the President of the Maldives occupies the island closest to Kurumba.
His residence is visible through binoculars, surrounded by pillboxes with loopholes, and pumped-up short men - fighters of the local COAST GUARD - patrol along the illuminated coast. The president receives all VIP guests not just anywhere, but on Kurumba. Recently, the President of Sri Lanka also rested here. The whole island was surrounded by patrol boats and rubber boats with machine gunners. Then came the princes from Saudi Arabia. However, no one guarded them. So the life of a small island in the Indian Ocean is in full swing. Divers diving here are very happy. Few people know that all underwater safaris that are held in the Maldives often take place there. The only negative is that after the warm current in 1999, most of the corals died, both in the Maldives and in the Seychelles.
The corals are just beginning to recover, but there are places near Kurumba within an hour's boat ride where the corals have thrived. Nearby are two unique places where you can see six-meter manta rays. Whale sharks are about to show up. Everywhere there are a lot of turtles, huge tuna. I recently met marlin in the water. Few scuba divers can boast of this.
Diving in the Maldives cannot be compared with diving, for example, in the Red Sea. It's completely different. Only here I met almost limitless visibility under water, in general there are a lot of special impressions. From Kurumba, divers are often taken to dive to neighboring atolls, where ordinary tourists for 100 c. u. e. ride on airplanes. Yes, you get a diving certificate and you will see the same thing, only you will dive more, and you will save three times. Having a PADI or CMAS dive certificate in the Maldives is all in one. For 3 months I learned how to extract and cut coconuts.
At first, this procedure took two hours, now it takes 10 minutes. He learned how to carve a palm tree and make decorations from it. Studied the technology of releasing shells from mollusks. Learned to distinguish a lobster from a lobster and a spiny lobster. I used to think it was the same animal. These skills are unlikely to be useful in Belarus, but after the Maldives I hope to live, for example, among cannibal Papuans. This prospect suits me better than enduring the horrors of Her Majesty Winter.
There are simply anecdotal cases with tourists on Kurumba. In November, the "new Russians" came with their families. They came to my diving center: “Where is the Russian-speaking instructor? ” Themselves 150 kg each, gold chains 2 kg each, fingers in diamonds. Well, my first reaction was to run around the corner in horror. The boys brought with them diving equipment from the best companies for 6 thousand each. Some dive computers per capita - three.
They catch me and say: "Where can I buy branded lead weights here? " The silent scene was long, I could hardly digest what they wanted from me. Then it turned out that they had not dived anywhere. Worked out 2 days before departure in the pool, stocked up on equipment - and now all their problems are mine. In general, "new" divers were loaded with 15 kg each. "Stoked" one at a time. One fine day they say: "Where can you shoot here? " I wonder what and with what?
It turned out that the birds. The boys brought pistols to Kurumba! How - no one knows. Yes, the trouble is that there are no birds on Kurumba - only flying foxes. In general, events developed further like this ...A couple of days later, someone robbed the number of one of the boys. They called the police. Measured something, interrogated. They all got up in the middle of the night. Well, the matter seems to be understandable - the guys robbed themselves out of boredom, and they will make claims either to the hotel or to the Moscow travel agency. Made a list of stolen...
An expensive laptop, the latest video and photo cameras, a digital camera. The whole hotel stood "on the ears" for a long time. There are thieves on Kurumba, and it must be one of the staff...
Departure in a week. Tourists go through an x-ray at the airport. Customs finds in a suitcase a young Moscow boy of about 20...a missing computer, a camera, a video camera and, to the great horror of the local police, ...an undeclared pistol. The young moron famously robbed the "new" boys and even drew documents with seals that it was his computer.
Male airport was horrified - an unprecedented case. Russian bandits calmly drive around the islands with automatic weapons. Slavic terrorists among Muslims!
Four armed Interpol officers went to Moscow to accompany the thief. He stole it, he stole it. Then the tourists said that the "brothers" nearly got these Interpolovites when they got on the plane to beat the thief.
I have been wintering in the Maldives for six years and have changed a bunch of islands. Now I'm in Ellaida. This is my 12th island. Especially for tourists, travel agency workers and, first of all, for divers, I drew a website www. mydiving. org for my articles in several languages, photos and maps of sites and dive sites.
The island is great. When choosing a hotel, many people think that it is near the airport and supposedly noisy. Guys, you probably haven’t been to other islands where ordinary maize growers fly and start warming up their engines at 7 in the morning. The kirosin stench is impossible from under the propellers. And on Kurumba there is silence and grace. And in Male, in just 15 minutes, you can go shopping by boat.
By the way, the best shopping is not where they take you, but on the main street, where there are a lot of traffic lights. It's about twenty minutes to go inland.
Review from — vOtpusk.ru
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