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German| Date: 2006-03-11 23:54:01 |
| From: Colin Hills |
Subject: Re: AW: Greetings from Maldives |
| Bernd, good answer, I agree entirely! I like the Seycelles and Mauritius for my diving and drinking holidays! Colin On 3/11/06, Bernd Beckschwarte <b.beckschwarte@cityweb.de> wrote: > Abdulla, > Ladies and Gentlemen here, > > As Maldives is a strictly muslim governed country, some > facts and partly my humble opinion: > > There is maldivian law forbidding wine. There are probably > some exemptions or regulations for the tourists islands > which are strictly separated from the other islands. > > Refering to the deep islamic nature of the country the > hotels tell the tourists that beer and wine would be > regularly not allowed on the Maldives...., but they had done > "special arrangements" to be able to serve wine to the > tourists. So wine there is ("..we regret this..") a very > expensive thing.. In clear words: corruption. To break the > law and draw personal profit of this. Friends of mine were > there for great diving holidays. Their beer was extremely > high priced.... > > A foreign wine exporter to the Maldives would normally never > be able to put legal action on Maldives Islands to claim his > eventually unpaid bills. So IMO any wine exporter would be > consulted best to send wine to the Maldives after advanced > payment only. > > Regards > > Bernd Beckschwarte > > BTW disclaimer: I am no lawyer. I don´t know the Maldives´ > laws in detail. I pay respect to all other cultures. I am > christian, and I like to consume a little bit wine > sometimes. So I decide in advance whether I would like to > spend my holidays in a country where wine is forbidden. If I > would like to go there, I would drink no wine nor beer as > the local people don´t like this. A question of respect > IMHO. > > > > von abdullabishar@avasmail.com.mv > > Gesendet: Samstag, 11. März 2006 11:11 > > An: wineforum@wein-plus.de > > Betreff: [wineforum] Greetings from Maldives > > > > > > > > Dear ALL, > > I am from Maldives and would like to ask if any > > one is willing to > > export wines to Maldives, and willing to start a > > partner ship with > > me. As Maldives is a Touris destination and > > visitors from all over > > the world visit evrey day, and there is a great > > demand for wines and > > spirits from all over the world. > > > > My visitcard online: > > > www.wein-plus.com/karte/abdullabishar@avasmail.com.mv > > This message was created using the Web-based forum : > www.wein-plus.com/forum/ > > > More infos: www.wein-plus.com Unsubscribe: www.wein-plus.com/abmelden.htm |
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