Shipwrecks, snorkelling and coral reefs: the Maldives by small-ship cruise

Island-hopping offers the chance to go wherever the winds take you: meet local people, commune with tropical fish, sip a bottle of rum on a desert island.

The ship has seen better days. It’s leaning for one thing, to the port side and the point of near-capsizing. The bridge, ordinarily the source of all life on board, is dark, emanating the kind of macabre magnetic energy that simultaneously fascinates and unnerves.

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