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Constant luxury
While the Maldives sets out to broaden access to its diving delights with budget-priced accommodation, at the other end of the spectrum a few top-end resorts are still being developed. John Bantin immerses himself in luxury more...
Fun at Fundu
Tim Ecott travels to this Tanzanian island to sample the diving on some of East Africa's best-preserved reefs - and an interesting wreck
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Deluxe diving
In the southernmost reaches of the Maldives, the hard coral grows proudly and fish hardly recognise divers. Shore-based holidays there will become more accessible over time, but for now a high-end approach may be needed, says willing volunteer Zac Macaulay
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Bali Time
A two-centre stay in Bali offers a variety of Indonesian diving attractions in comfortable surroundings - if you don't mind long transfers, says John Bantin
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White magic in the Maldives
The Indian Ocean around the Maldivian island of Kuredu explodes with colourful life, says Mark Ellen, Editor of The Word magazine. It also raises many burning questions for divers. Main photographs by Ray Van Eeden more...
What's in a name?
As the Maldives opens new areas to tourism, Tim Ecott explores the remote dive sites of Noonu Atoll. Photos by Koen Zuurbier
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Down south with Sheena
Well away from the crowds, mv Sheena is well-placed to explore the more southerly atolls of the Maldives. John Liddiard reports from the cleaning station
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Up for sail
The Maldives cover a lot of ocean, but liveaboards allow divers to reach magical parts such as Huvadhoo, says David Nicholson. Shame about the shark-finning, though. Pictures by Andy Barker
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Tranquil above, buzzing below
Zanzibar, a name that breathes spices and mystery. Christopher Bartlett visits the Tanzanian island and takes the chance to savour its underwater flavours
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Toxic delights
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius offers divers reefs of evil - in the nicest possible way, says Steve Weinman
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Splashing out in a big way
If you want to dive with the big beasts, what better way to do it than from a big beast of a liveaboard with every refinement money can buy? Nigel Eaton enjoys the high life aboard Four Seasons Explorer
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A-Z of the MALDIVES
If you like exciting diving, you'll like the Maldives. Here are 99 things you should know about these unique islands, put together by many-times visitor John Bantin
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Never mind the rain
Why worry, when you have personal assistants to defog your mask for you before a dive, and swaddle you in a bathrobe after it? Such molly-coddling can't compensate for below-par diving, of course, but when you're in the Maldives' Ari Atoll, who needs to compensate? John Bantin reports
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ACTION AS GOOD AS EVER!
Its hard coral might have taken a hammering, but the Maldives still boasts the wealth of marine life that makes this one of the world's premier diving attractions, says John Bantin
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Latest ultimate dive centre
Hang-out of celebrities whose names are only whispered, you too can dive from this luxurious Maldivian island if you want to splash out. Monty Halls wangles another tough assignment
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- An unforgettable site
- Gardens of the Maldives
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- Survival and Revival
- Faster & Faster to Aldabra
- A Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands, edited by Matthew D Richmond
- The joy of mobility
- Where to go? - DIVER HOLIDAY GUIDE 2002
- Quick-change act
- Britain's most loyal divers
- Post-tsunami, still flying
- Miranda's Manta Madness