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the horizon with one prevailing thought in my mind: I’ve never been a very good driver. Surprisingly, it doesn’t take me long to get to grips
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with the controls, and my nervous smile gives way to a childlike grin as our small group whizzes across the water in convoy.
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t’s just like driving a car,” I’m told reassuringly as I scramble onto the back of a jetski gently bobbing in the shallow waves. Unconvinced, I gingerly reach for the accelerator and, a OCVVGT QH UGEQPFU NCVGT ƂPF O[UGNH ENWOUKN[ jumping through the surf and out towards
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arrival pavilion at Kuda Villingili Resort. Traditional boduberu FTWO OWUKE ƂNNU VJG CKT CPF CU YGoTG whisked to our lodgings, the quiet sandy lanes,
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Beach Villa with Private Pool
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CREDITS: Kuda Villingili Resort
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