30
Nov
2003
Just got back from a great holiday in Faru. A quick report :
GO team - v fun and friendly. A bunch of nice people on the whole.
GMs - a mixed bunch. There must have been at least 15 nationalities there at any time, with the majority being Europeans. Mostly divers, so many are asleep quite early (which makes the disco quite empty...).
Water clarity - around Faru is OK. The water is clear and clean despite it being very near the new airport/city construction site (no noise - not to worry!). Eg. just walking round the island, we saw some sting rays just 3 feet from the shoreline. My friends who'd been there in 1996 say that the water used to be much better before, and there were even more fish in the waters around Faru. While it used to be possible to snorkle just off the beach in front of the Club, it wasn't really worth doing now. Snorkelling and dive sites are away from the Club, so those don't seem to be affected.
The snorkelling GO in Faru commented that we can probably see more variety snorkelling in Faru than diving in Turks. Yes, she's done both.
Diving - I don't dive, but one of my friends thinks that for really serious diving, there are other places in the Maldives which offer better diving than Faru.
On the whole, I'd recommend that everyone goes there before the new airport kicks into operation. Probably within the next 2 years.
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