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LOCATION

Paradise Island is a 5 star resort island with absolutely everything for the sun worshippers. The island is close to the nations' capital island of Male'. The island measures nearly 1 km in length and about 500 metres in width. Transfer: Speedboat transfer takes approximately 20 minutes to reach this sprawling resort. Due to the close proximity to the Airport, night time transfers are also conveniently arranged.

ACCOMMODATION

There are 40 Water Bungalows and 260 Beach Bungalows, in all - the third largest resort in the country. There is little difference between the bungalows, except for the views of, and steps down into, the lagoon. Each room has everything you could ask for and probably more: from a bidet and hairdryer to a large ten channel satellite TV. and fully stocked minibar. What the room doesn't have is any character or personal touch, but the bed is comfortable and everything else is clean, tidy and bright.All the rooms are well situated, with excellent infrastructure. On the whole the beaches are remarkably good for being reclaimed, and the head gardener has done a marvelous job. Thus today the island is fully developed, and the greenly environment will give you an excellent holiday. The lagoon is huge, shallow, leaving a lot of space for a good swim. Snorkeling trips are organized, for the close by reefs and the island reefs.

DINING

Main Restaurant serves buffets and Ristorante al Tramonto for genuine Italian dishes. Fukuya Teppanyaki featuring traditional Japanese dishes, Dhavani Restaurant for a light lunch or an afternoon snack and Sunrise Restaurant provides special candlelit dinners for honeymooners and specializes in Seafood. Other specialties include Oriental, Maldives and European dishes.

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Land Sports: Gymnasium, basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis and table tennis, stream, bath sauna, and board games including billiard and dart. Water Sports: Catamaran, parasailing, banana boat riding, canoeing, ring o' riding, knee board, windsurfing, snorkelling, water scooter, water skiing, water bikes, paddleboats and snorkelling, safaris. Excursions: Island hopping / half day & full day, morning / night fishing and big game fishing.

HOTEL SERVICES AND AMENITIES

Main Bar Steam Bath, Beauty Saloon Japanese Shiatsu Massage, Sauna Laundry service, Business Center Jacuzzi, Conference facilities Pizza Express, E-mail & Internet facilities at back office Porters, First Aid Club Green (Putting Green, Flood-lit), Electronic Game Center Safe Deposit at reception, Guest relation Officer Swimming pool, In-house Doctor Children pool, Chilled Pond Video Screens, Souvenir Shop Jewelry shop and Electronic Shop Photo Shop.

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LOCATION


Meeru Island Resort, fondly known as Meeru by friends, offers a relaxing casual atmosphere. A large island by local standards, much of the island remains untouched, with its natural vegetation intact. It is certainly the resort for you if you would prefer to kick off your shoes and enjoy a casual atmosphere in which to relax.

The island is covered in soft white sand. The floors of the reception and other public areas too are layered with soft sand.

As you approach the island you will be surprised at the lack of any man-made structures visible through the thick vegetation of the shoreline, fringed with tall coconut palms.

Winding walkways lined with palm trees lead you to the reception with its thatched roofing that blends in perfectly with the natural surroundings. We offer you the Maldives, simply at its best.

However there is nothing simple about the services we provide or the facilities available at the resort. All this is provided without pomp and formality.

Meeru has one of the biggest dive schools in the country, and its remote location in Male' Atoll gives it access to many excellent dive sites that are hardly ever visited by any others.

However you do not have to be a diver to enjoy Meeru. There are a variety of other water sports and land sports that you will certainly enjoy.

None of this is important if you wish to take part in the most popular holiday activity here - relaxation. The island is large enough for you to find your own private little hideaway on the beach for the day. Or simply find a perch at the popular poolside and spare yourself the effort.

ACCOMMODATION

We offer a choice in the type of accommodation for your stay on Meeru. All are comfortable and provides all the basic amenities. However some provide more comforts than the others with more space and privacy.

All the rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with ceiling fan. All provide the convenience of en suite bathroom, IDD telephone and mini fridge.

276 Rooms including 76 Standard, 77 Land Villas, 61 Jacuzzi Villas, 29 Water Villas, 30 Jacuzzi Water Villas, 2 Honeymoon Suites, the Coral Suite and the Dolphin Suite. All rooms features tropical décor, two twins, one queen or one king size bed, tile or wood floors, private patio with furniture, air-conditioning, overhead ceiling fan, sitting area, stocked Mini Bar with refrigerator, tea/coffee machine, IDD telephone, personal safe, bathroom with hot water, shower, bath accessories, hair dryer, and nightly turndown service. Electricity is 220VAC, 50HZ. Also provided is complimentary use of chaise lounges at the pool and beach and beach towel Tariffs are quoted in US$ per Room, per Night, Full Board, and include Bed Tax


DINING AND BARS

No fuss dining, just good food is the order of the day at Meeru. No dressing up to impress. Just stroll in from the beach or from your room and sit down and enjoy. The only house rule is, no wet suits or wet clothes are allowed in the dining area.

There is one restaurant, two coffee shops and three bars where you will find everything you want, and at all hours of the day. So just continue to have fun and there'll be plenty of food on offer just when you want it.

The Farivalhu Restaurant, the main dining room, with traditional sand floor, serves “all you can eat” buffet style meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, for Meal Plan guests; and as well, three “optional” a la carte restaurants - The Hungaanu Coffee Shop, serving an all day dining menu; The Asian Wok, specializing in Thai, Indian, Chinese and Maldivian cuisine; the Hagern, serving a grilled seafood menu aboard a “restaurant” yacht anchored in the lagoon; and two other “optional” choices, Room Service, and a selection of very special dinners served on the Beach!

The Dhoni Bar, located on the beach, beside the pool; the Kakuni Bar, featuring sports bar facilities such as table games and all day, color satellite TV coverage of international sporting events; the Club 1919 Bar, aboard a yacht anchored in the lagoon; the Beach Bar at the southern end of the island; and a “bar cart” on wheels, providing a convenient service to guests lounging along the beach.


SPORTS SERVICES

Although Meeru is perfect for a relaxing holiday just lazing on the beach we also have a wide selection of activities for those people who want to enjoy some exciting land or water sports. You can have loads of fun, both in, out of and on the water, so you won't be able to complain of having nothing to do.


ACTIVITIES

Much as you'd expect from a resort that prides itself on being a place for those who have energy and want to have some fun, we offer an action packed itinerary for you to choose from. You can pick any number of activities that will give you an experience to remember.



DIVING

Many visitors come to the Maldives to enjoy the unique, beautiful under water scenery. With excellent dive sites in the area Meeru is the ideal choice for a diving holiday.

More than 50 dive spots offer something for everyone. Leisurely dives on reefs protected from strong currents exciting drift dives in channels and wreck dives.

The marine life includes a fantastic variety of hard and soft corals, dense schools of reef fish and regular encounters with dolphins, sea turtles and pelagic fish like Manta Rays, Eagle Rays, Sharks, Barracudas and Tunas.

Ocean-Pro also offers snorkelling excursions and courses. On these popular trips 2 reefs are visited and dolphins, turtles and rays can be seen.


SPA

There are many paths to wellness. Duniye Spa offers an exquisite range of treatments to start you on your journey. Our menu is flavoured by the world's time-honoured beauty, healing and rejuvenation traditions. These ancient traditions are reflected in the way the treatments are delivered-with mindfulness, grace and a spirit of generosity.

At Duniye Spa our philosophy follows a natural approach to body and skin care which infuses ancient beauty therapies. Our Thai, Indian and Balinese Staff are trained professionally in the health and beauty industry and deliver treatments from the heart and give for the sheer joy of giving.

For the ultimate Spa experience, enjoy a package to discover total wellness or simply enjoy one of the various treatments offered from our diverse Spa Menu. An unforgettable experience awaits you.

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The earthquake was initially reported as moment magnitude, Mw 9.0 (note that this is not the so-called Richter scale or local magnitude scale, Ml, which is known to saturate at higher magnitudes.) In February 2005 scientists revised the estimate of the magnitude to Mw9.3.[6] Although the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has accepted these new numbers, the United States Geological Survey has so far not changed its estimate of 9.1. The most recent studies in 2006 have obtained a magnitude of Mw 9.1 to 9.3. Dr. Hiroo Kanamori of the California Institute of Technology believes that Mw = 9.2 is a good representative value for the size of this great earthquake. Reference: EERI Publication 2006-06, page 14 [www.eeri.org]

The hypocentre of the main earthquake was at 3.316°N, 95.854°E (3°19′N 95°51.24′E), approximately 160 km (100 mi) west of Sumatra, at a depth of 30 km (19 mi) below mean sea level (initially reported as 10 km). The earthquake itself (apart from the tsunami) was felt as far away as Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and the Maldives.

Indonesia lies between the Pacific Ring of Fire along the north-eastern islands adjacent to and including New Guinea and the Alpide belt along the south and west from Sumatra, Java, Bali, Flores, and Timor. The December 2004 earthquake actually occurred within the Alpide belt.[citation needed]

Great earthquakes such as the Sumatra-Andaman event, which are invariably associated with megathrust events in subduction zones, have seismic moments that can account for a significant fraction of the global earthquake moment across century-scale time periods. The Sumatra-Andaman earthquake was the largest earthquake since 1964, and the second largest since the Kamchatka earthquake of October 16, 1737.


Of all the seismic moment released by earthquakes in the 100 years from 1906 through 2005, roughly one-eighth was due to the Sumatra-Andaman event. This quake, together with the Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska, 1964) and the Great Chilean Earthquake (1960), account for almost half of the total moment. The much smaller but still catastrophic 1906 San Francisco earthquake is included in the diagram at right for perspective. Mw denotes the magnitude of an earthquake on the moment magnitude scale.

Since 1900 the only earthquakes recorded with a greater magnitude were the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (magnitude 9.5) and the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake in Prince William Sound (9.2). The only other recorded earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or greater was off Kamchatka, Russia, on November 4, 1952 (magnitude 9.0).[7] Each of these megathrust earthquakes also spawned tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean, but the death toll from these was significantly lower. The worst of these caused only a few thousand deaths, primarily because of the lower population density along the coasts near affected areas and the much greater distances to more populated coasts.

Other very large megathrust earthquakes occurred in 1868 (Peru, Nazca Plate and South American Plate); 1827 (Colombia, Nazca Plate and South American Plate); 1812 (Venezuela, Caribbean Plate and South American Plate) and 1700 (Cascadia Earthquake, western U.S. and Canada, Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate). These are all believed to have been of greater than magnitude 9, but no accurate measurements were available at the time.

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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,[1] was a great undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004 with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing large numbers of people and inundating coastal communities across South and Southeast Asia, including parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. Although initial estimates had put the worldwide death toll at over 275,000 with thousands of others missing, more recent analysis compiled by the United Nations lists a total of 229,866 people lost, including 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing.[2] The figure excludes 400 to 600 people who are believed to have perished in Myanmar which is more than that government's official figure of only 61 dead.[3] The catastrophe is one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. The disaster is known in Asia and in the international media as the Asian Tsunami, and also called the Boxing Day Tsunami in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom as it took place on Boxing Day. Coincidentally, the tsunami occurred exactly one year after the 2003 earthquake that devastated the southern Iranian city of Bam and exactly two years before the 2006 Hengchun earthquake.

The magnitude of the earthquake was originally recorded as 9.0 on the Richter scale, but has been upgraded to between 9.1 and 9.3. At this magnitude, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake was also reported to be the longest duration of faulting ever observed, lasting between 500(8.3 minutes) and 600(10 minutes)seconds, and it was large enough that it caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as half an inch, or over a centimetre.[4] It also triggered earthquakes in other locations as far away as Alaska.[5]

The earthquake originated in the Indian Ocean just north of Simeulue island, off the western coast of northern Sumatra. The resulting tsunami devastated the shores of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries with waves up to 30 m (100 ft). It caused serious damage and deaths as far as the east coast of Africa, with the farthest recorded death due to the tsunami occurring at Rooi Els in South Africa, 8,000 km (5,000 mi) away from the epicentre. In total, eight people in South Africa died due to abnormally high sea levels and waves.


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Atoll Summary
Administrative name Thaa Atoll
Atoll name Kolhumadulu Atoll
Location 2° 34' N and 2° 10' N
Letter N
Abbreviation Th (ތ)
Capital Veymandoo
Population 13846
No. of Islands 66
Inhabited Islands 13
Atoll Chief -
Inhabited Islands
Burunee Dhiyamingili Gaadhiffushi Guraidhoo Hirilandhoo Kandoodhoo Kinbidhoo Madifushi Omadhoo Thimarafushi Vandhoo Veymandoo Vilufushi

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Atoll Summary
Administrative name Dhaalu Atoll
Atoll name Nilandhé Atoll
Location 3° 20' N and 3° 03' N
Letter M
Abbreviation Dh (ދ)
Capital Kudahuvadhoo
Population 6694
No. of Islands 56
Inhabited Islands 8
Atoll Chief Mohamed Shafeeu [1]
Inhabited Islands
Bandidhoo Gemendhoo Hulhudheli Kudahuvadhoo Maaenboodhoo Meedhoo Rinbudhoo Vaanee
Uninhabited Islands
Aluvifushi Bodufushi Bulhalafushi Dhebaidhoo Dhoores Enboodhoofushi Faandhoo Gaadhiffushi Hiriyanfushi Hudhufusheefinolhu Hulhuvehi Issari Kandinma Kanneiyfaru Kedhigandu Kiraidhoo Lhohi Maadheli Maafushi Maagau Maléfaru Meedhuffushi Minimasgali Naibukaloabodufushi Olhuveli Thilabolhufushi Thinhuraa Uddhoo Valla Vallalhohi Velavaroo Vonmuli


Dhaalu Atoll is one of 26 atolls that are located in the Maldives. Its 56 islands stretch 23km from east to west, and 38km north to south. Eight of the islands are inhabited, with a total population of around 6694. Opened to tourism in 1998, the atoll has become a popular location for SCUBA diving. The capital island is Kudahuvadhoo, located at the atoll's southern tip.



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