It’s 4.15 pm on Baros island. A breeze is rattling the palm leaves, sending the fruit bats flapping through the canopy. Alone on icing-sugar sand sit a couple working through a basket of fruit, their feet in a sea of brilliant peacock hues. Bar manager Vijay is by my side, waiting for me to read the menu. He’s the only one wearing a mask.
From my hammock, I can tell you that the new normal in the Maldives’ third oldest resort — built-in 1973, host to Hollywood royalty including Penélope Cruz — looks very much like the old normal. Appearances, though, can be deceptive.
The menu is read on your phone via a QR code.
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