http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T09:25:37Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/W%20Maldives http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/27/144618/924 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/w_maldives.jpg"><p> More on W Maldives--<p> Ok, we effectively killed the last hour or so trying to spot the Fesdu Island &amp; the <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/area/index.html?propertyID=1585"><b>W Maldives Retreat &amp; Spa</b></a> on Google Earth.<p> Using context clues left by both W's airbrushed website photos and a British dive hound website, we think we found it.<p> Remember, we are dealing with shaky satellite imagery and the extremely real possibility that W Maldives construction had not even started when the Google Earth photos were shot.<p> All that said, W Maldives is on Fesdu Island, located smack dab in the middle of the North Ari Atoll, to the west of Mal&#233;, the capital of Maldives. &nbsp;You have to fly in a freakin' sea plane to markj 2006-09-27T14:46:18-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/