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To get on "not tourist island", the special permission from the Ministry of administration of atolls in which the name of island or group of islands (it is actual for travelling independently) for which reception it is necessary to have the passport is specified is necessary, to specify the purpose, visiting time, the island or atoll name and to give acknowledgement on presence of a place for residing. For group visiting such permissions stand out through tour agency. Disembarkation to any island of the tourists living in other place, is authorised only with the consent of administration of island (hotel). Thus to be on such island it is authorised only to 6 o'clock in the evening.
The alcohol use in public places (out of a resort zone) is forbidden. It is recommended to drink бутилированную water and soft drinks. Local water though is cleared carefully enough (frequently it is the freshened sea water), but because of a heat quickly becomes unfit for use.
In the country traditional Islamic norms of behaviour, but without the slightest sign of fanaticism are strong. For walk on settlements it is recommended to put on long trousers or a skirt, and also an easy shirt (but not a vest). Thus for visiting of the majority of restaurants the strict evening clothes are not necessary. At visiting of mosques the clothes should close feet and hands. Footwear it is necessary to remove and wash feet in ritual pools. To photograph it is forbidden. Security guards of a mosque usually insist on support of the tourist, expecting to take it is possible to examine a payment, but actually a mosque and is independent. Bathing bared is forbidden on all islands of archipelago except for island Kuramati. To bargain it is possible in the markets and in private shops, but the size of "discount" is usually insignificant.
Insistently it is recommended to use protective creams, and in the first days of rest always to carry headdresses and to sunbathe the limited quantity of time - here easily to "scorch" even at cloudy weather. Besides, even to float it is recommended in a T-short - solar radiation easily gets in приповерхностный a sheet of water. During diving and usual bathing it is necessary to watch closely surrounding conditions - coral files have sharp enough edges, and many of sea inhabitants are poisonous. Special danger is represented by sea hedgehogs some sea predators. It is a little blood-sicking insects, but in the evening nevertheless it is necessary to use repellents. In the evening and at night air is practically motionless, closeness therefore is felt. Change of time of days is typical for equatorial areas - morning and evening last practically minutes 15, no more, and at once there comes bright day with the hot sun.
Ecological questions on islands have paramount value. Often to tourists give out special garbage bags, and the dust in these bags is necessary for taking out from islands. Therefore insistently it is recommended to watch carefully performance of ecological procedures and to follow instructions of administration of hotel, large penalties and even deportation differently are possible. Skin diving and not authorised fishing it are forbidden, strictly forbidden to lift from a bottom exhausting corals (both live and dead), a bowl and other sea inhabitants. For infringement large penalties are raised. In the country one of the largest markets in region on sale of cockleshells, corals and various exotic sea animals, therefore always it is possible to get these souvenirs, not breaking local laws. In hotels all kinds of sea fishing will freely be organised, independent extraction of fish also is punishable.
Scuba diving schools are supplied usually by all necessary equipment. All employment connected with a scuba diving, are supervised by highly skilled instructors (is also Russian-speaking). The equipment for a scuba diving, curriculum PADI, a single and group scuba diving, motor boat or helicopter hire are paid separately. Delivery to an immersing place is usually carried out by yachts or dajv-boats, with change on мелкосидящие boats "дони" for pass between reeves, therefore often it occupies long enough time. Immersings out of a zone of reeves should be spent only accompanied by local instructors as character of ocean currents out of a shelf zone is unpredictable enough. Night immersings on Maldives will be organised seldom enough in view of strong currents and unpredictability of sea inhabitants. To bathe in the high sea also it is not recommended.
