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Google Earth Hotels: W Maldives

Where: North Ari Atoll, North Ari Atoll

September 27, 2006 at 2:46 PM | 1 Comment

More on W Maldives--

Ok, we effectively killed the last hour or so trying to spot the Fesdu Island & the W Maldives Retreat & Spa on Google Earth.

Using context clues left by both W's airbrushed website photos and a British dive hound website, we think we found it.

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.

All that said, W Maldives is on Fesdu Island, located smack dab in the middle of the North Ari Atoll, to the west of Malé, the capital of Maldives.  You have to fly in a freakin' sea plane to actually stay here.  A sea plane--god that sounds decadent.

Fesdu is a small island you can walk around in 10 minutes, the island has palm trees on the beach--sounds like Tom Hanks in Castaway, doesn't it?

If you take a Google Earth spin around the area you will see plenty of Castaway-like islands to choose from, many with over-water bungalows.

Obviously, if you dispute our mapping skills, tell us.  Oh, and if you are lucky enough to check out W Maldives live and in person, send along photos and reviews.

Gratz.

Related Stories:
·W Maldives Map [Google Maps]
· Fesdu [Scuba-Addict.com]