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Catherine · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 1

Hi ... does anyone know anything about the Maldives .. or has anyone worked out there before. Just got a job as a teacher in a resort and would love to know some more about the place
thanks
catherine xx

omar805 · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Posts: 69 Location: Thailand

Yes, they are a group of islands just below India however, they are only one metre above sea level. Due to Global warming, they are expected to be underwater by June so don't go - I can substitute for you as I've just got my PADI certificate.

bnix · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 645

So,the Maldives will be under water by June,eh?That certainly sounds like a good reason not to go,unless you are pretty good at treading water.So much for the "resort".I am curious if the employer informed the original poster of this impending doom when they hired him/her?I will definitely mark the Maldives off my list.Thanks for the info. Smile

Omen · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 24 Location: Bogor, Indonesia

Anyone have any info on the teaching jobs available at the Banyan Tree Resort in the Maldives?

$700 a month including accomodation and food. Money doesn't sound much...

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives
I once met someone who taught there. He said it was beautiful for about three months, then felt very small and confining.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

The Maldives are staying above water until well after June though by 2050 things may have changed. They even survived the tsunami with little damage.

The main problem is boredom. Sitting on the beach is fine for a couple of weeks but not for a couple of years.

And you must also remember that the government is a particularly nasty dictatorship.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Bayden · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 988

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

DMB started it.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

From Wikipedia: I have bolded some of the significant bits.
A typical tourist resort in the Maldives is a hotel on its own island. It is the only establishment on the island and everyone on the island either works at the resort or is a guest.

Islands are typically 800 by 200 metres in size and are formed of sand and coral to a maximum height of about 2 metres above the sea. They are covered in coconut palms and bushes. In addition to its own private beach, which goes all the way round the island, each island has its own encircling "house reef" which serves as a coral garden and natural aquarium for SCUBA divers and snorkelers. The shallow waters enclosed by the house reef serves as a large natural swimming pool and protects swimmers from the ocean waves and strong tidal currents outside the house reef.

The only buildings on the typical resort are the rooms and suites reserved for use by its guests, the buildings housing restaurants, cafes, shops, lounges, bars, discos and diving schools. A part of island also contains staff lodgings and housing for support services such as power generators, laundry, catering and sewerage plant.

The visitor may find it unusual that they see no local people or villages on the resort island.

It is fairly common for people to take a week's holiday in Lanka and then a week in the Maldives. Most I have spoken to felt that one week in the Maldives was long enough.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Nice article on the Maldives here from the Independent.

Don't apply for citizenship if you want a beer -- 100 lashes. And the women are all taking up wearing the burqah, and teachers are regularly expelled for "Christianity".

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1799467.ece