Travel Chat Talk about travel in the club. Travel Forum Message Boards for Travellers. The Internet Caf Guide. The capital of the Maldives is too small to host an airport, so visitors will land on the nearby island of Hulhule. It takes about a quarter of an hour to reach Male by dhoni .
Speed boats are faster, take less people, and cost a little more.
Male is also linked by ship with Sri Lanka . The official language of Maldives is Divehi, an Indo-European language related to Sinhalese. Male was part of a British protectorate from 1887 to 1965, when it became the capital of the newly independent Maldive Islands, renamed Republic of Maldives in 1968. Find tour operators and request free brochures. Travel Notes include some photographs and select links for those who just want to look around or find out more about a surprise destination.