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Article: Afloat WITH NANCY with Nancy; The Maldives are now the top winter sun destination: This week Sven and Nancy were seen there. But what is there to do, apart from swim... and eat..?
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2003
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Byline: PAUL MUNGO
A TROPICAL downpour greets me the morning I arrive in the Maldives, covering the airport terminal in half an inch of water. The morning is steamy and the sky overcast and grey. It's very unusual weather for the Maldives, I'm assured.
By lunchtime the storm has moved on, the sun is shining again and the temperature is in the 80s. This is more like it: the weather in the Maldives tends to be hot and sunny all year long, and rain is definitely discouraged.
The Taj, where I'm staying, is built on a low, narrow island covered in sand, which the staff rake into a soft white carpet. The villas and reception areas are surrounded by ...