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Hithadhoo
Capital of
Addu Atoll
After driving
straight through Feydu and Maradu, two small islands
communities and several uninhabited islands on the
newly paved Link Road (Macadam highway) from Gan,
you come to the island capital of the atoll.
Homes in Hithadhoo
are built around Ghaazee Magu, the long central
avenue. The best places to go for a dip in the sea
is Kotte Beach in Hithadhoo at the northern shore of
the island where there is a break in the reef and
Hankede next to Maradu .
Near Kottey are the
ruins of a sultan's fort More than 13,590
inhabitants counting Hithadhoo one should explore in
any case more near. Because as the largest isle it
does not only accommodate the atoll administration,
but is with its historical Relate also the most
varied island in the Addu atoll.
The south up to the
principal place is closely existed with palms and
shrubs, while the entire northern region shows up as
partially stony, unreal shrub landscape, which can
be explored only on very close paths. Hithadhoo Town
shows up as a place with dusty roads, close lanes,
bent houses and close, green vegetation. On the
roads multicoloured driving prevails, particularly
if hundreds of children wait after school conclusion
in their different school uniforms for the bus.
At the northwest local end is the point of land of
Fen Muli with a stony beach. Behind it extend
directly some pittoreske brackish water lakes with a
bird world, unique umsaeumte by close green, for the
Maldives, which into the northeast of the island
until Koattey continue. Here, from the jungle
over-rampantly grown, still the foundation walls of
an old, small Forts, nearby the new beacon, are
which already 1922 the British archaeologist H.C.P.
because in inspection took.
The origins of the
Forts are not surely well-known. A legend means that
it was the base of Maldivian rebels under the
guidance of Bodu Thakurufaanu, which drove 1557 out
the Portuguese from the country.
But according to
modern estimate it is more probable that this tiny
was established away by „Lord the Maldives the
"Kunhaii Marakkar from Malabar, which operated
intensive business in the south of the Archipeis at
present the Portuguese rule. Kunhali possessed 200
ships with which it in the Indian Ocean acted, in
addition, lossegelte to the Pluendern.
The away with its
good anchor possibilities in the following protected
bay was for it and its ships a safe refuge and
basis. This solitaire situation also the British,
who established one of numerous coastal batteries
here, used of which concrete remainders in the water
to be however only seen, are.
About four kilometres of far south of Fen Muli on
the west side of Hithadhoo, are to lie still the
ruins of a further old fortress, which completely
disappeared however from the map and from the heads
of the Insulaner and for whose origin such as
meaning completely in the dark are appropriate.
In the principal
place is close of the mosque Thakurufaanu Miskiiy
the grave of Sultan Hassan X (1701), which 1765
after 60 years in the exile died, as direct beside
it, the gravestone of Sultan ah, which died 1700.
The small cemetery with the mosque fascinated with
its numerous, weathering gravestones from grey
Korallengestein and artful arranged Arab
inscriptions.
Also the eastern side of the island with view of the
expanded lagoon of the Addu Atolls is worth a short
stop. Because at the many landing places of the
fishing boats the visitor can throw a view of
driving to that Thunafi. Whole cargos are angelandet
here, divided locally and sold to the final
consumer. Informative it is also to hold with the
large Dhoni werft from Hithadhoo to in order to win
a view of the techniques of the traditional
Maldivian building of ships. | 
