I was just wondering of any of you well travelled lot have been to the Maldives? We are trying to decide where to go on Honeymoon and that is the top of Marks wish list. I agree it looks beautiful but im a little bit worried there wont be a lot to do there. Dont get me wrong, im not looking to be out clubbing or anything but im not really one for laying around a pool or on a beach all day and would like to be able to do stuff - swim with dolphins, scuba dive, sightsee, etc. but none of the brochures we have looked at mention anything.

Mark works really, really hard all year with hardly any days off (you could count them on your fingers) so i totally understand why he wants a place where he can relax to his hearts content but we both know there will be times when we will want to do stuff and we would like to have that option.

If there are activities then thats where we'll end up going as, like Mark said, if we dont do it now, itll be 15 years before we can as we wouldnt take kids there so we'd quite like to know some more about it so we can decide.

If anyone has any other suggestion as to where we can both relax and do stuff its be greatly appreciated too!

Thanks guys x

No but i would love to go!!

It is somewhere h2b and I have always wanted to go, we were planning on going next yr but we wont be now what with the wedding

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Wife and mother to two cats

Hi Paula,

I haven't been to the Maldives but it was in the top three for our honeymoon - list went Mauritius, Grenada, Maldives. We chose not to go to the Maldives for the exact same reasons you're concerned. Neither one of us, lazy though we are, feel that we'd be able to just lie around on the beach for a fortnight. I like to swim, but snorkling isn't my cup of tea and neither is diving! The atolls are very small so there isn't really any sightseeing (to the best of my understanding).

We also ruled Mauritius out because of the weather in July. I read a lot of honeymoon reports from people who had been there this year and they were really disappointed by the July weather, which was much worse than described by the travel industry. So, since we didn't want to put off the honeymoon till autumn/winter, we ruled that off too...

So, we plumped for Grenada as the weather should be okay - it is the rainy season but there won't be constant rain. Its well below the hurricane belt (closer to Venuzela than the other islands, so v.south) so no worries there - somewhat obscurely mum is terribly worried about us going there in July despite her dragging us to Barbados in July/August on numerous occasions. Perhaps she would like to come along to ensure there are no hurricanes? Ahem, anyway.... Grenada is nice and unspoilt. It has many preservation orders and also restrictions on building height/size so as not to ruin the views. There is plenty sightseeing available within the island and also on the ocean - you can go dolphin/whale spotting!; sail around the Grenadines; go for picnics on desert islands... My boss (evil though she is) rates it highly and she only ever does tropical holidays

Anyway, hope that helps a little!

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Angela & Dave

5th July 2003
Goldney Hall, Bristol

We're going to the Maldives, but prefacing it with a few days in Dubai. There are lots of clubs, activities, sight-seeing opps in Dubai, so we figured we'd wear ourselves out there then go off for 8 days of total r and r, with some scuba-diving etc in the Maldives. I wanted a city break and a beach break, and it seemed like a perfect compromise. Can't wait!

T x