“There is no light pollution here, so I’ve seen the Milky Way and Jupiter hundreds of times,” says Srijith, Marketing Director at The Halcyon Private Isles Maldives. That feeling of isolation is something you can’t find anywhere else in the Maldives.” The Halcyon is the furthest island from Malé International Airport, and the closest resort is half an hour away. Elsewhere in the Maldives, the villas are just feet away from one another. But contrary to the Maldives’s reputation as a ‘drop and flop’ destination, there was plenty to keep us busy at The Halcyon.