THE GREAT GALLERY

ROOM 33

8Q7LC in the Maldives alias Malcolm Johnson - VK6LC
14 glorious days
Over 100 RSARS members worked

Imagine 1,196 islands in the N Indian Ocean, grouped and about 640km SW of Sri Lanka (on the Equator) and only 203 of them inhabited - and you have an amateur radio licence and a fair background of experience. Generally warm and humid with an average temperature of 29°C. November to April is generally sunny. From May to October the weather is a mixture of sunshine and tropical showers.
The guide books tell us that "The people of Maldives will greet you with a friendly smile as wide as the horizon, and they are only too pleased to welcome you to heaven they call home. Nature has created a paradise so perfect that you can just imagine soaking up the sun while lying in talcum powder sand and gazing out into clear blue waters. It is clear to see why civilization worships all things in nature. Magically, you are free from it all on the tropical islands of 'Maldives'.........." Maldives Ahoy!

THE MALDIVES

  

  

Accommodation is bountiful and the very names conjure up.......well, judge for yourself!

And your editor supposes that some wit will coin the phrase "Mal Dives" with all that lovely water, sand and sun around!!

MALCOLM on the beach

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Photographs © 2003 VK6LC and GM4EMX
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