Emerald green enveloped by turquoise waters, tall coconut palms, white sandy beaches with shades of turquoise blending with deeper hues of blue, lush tropical vegetation, pristine coral reefs and lagoons make Maldives a really unique paradise on Earth.
South of India, at the crossways of the Indian Ocean shipping lanes on the main seaway around the Indian subcontinent, no more than 6 feet above sea level, rising from the deep blue of the Indian Ocean, there are more than 1000 Maldives coral islands and thousands more reefs.
Had to check three times that the source for this headline was not the onion.