A taste of paradise in the Maldives, where the ocean is electric blue, the sand sugary white

Shilpa Ganatra tries out three resorts in the Maldives – like a pub crawl, as she describes it, but with paradise islands instead of busy bars. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it...

The natural beauty of the Maldives could make a believer out of the staunchest atheist.

From the day-glow wrasses which feed off the debris on parrot fish, to these vibrant parrot fish waste products which form the sugary sand, to the sand and exotic coral reef which provide food and shelter to sea life: the ecosystem is so beautiful and so balanced that even Richard Dawkins might wonder if there’s larger forces at work.