Gatecrashing Paradise

Non-fiction. 2014. Outsiders used to be banned from the islands not officially endorsed as travel resorts, but now a thousand sandy shores can be visited in this remote nation deep in the Indian Ocean. Away from the five-star hotels and luxury hideaways, a travel journalist visits the real, unexplored Maldives, skirting around the archipelago’s periphery, staying at simple guesthouses, and using cargo ships and ferries, discovering a country brimming with life.