Two of the distinctive joys of the Maldives are (1) “no shoes, no news” barefoot walking in soft sand everywhere, and (b) getting intimately close to the tranquil seas surrounding you made closest by their iconic water villas. But one first world problem is combining the two when tender bare feet step on the water villa jetties that have been baking in the tropical sun (ouch!). Joy Island has directly combined these two joys in a way that eliminates the first world problem – sand on the jetties!
