@maletravelguide: Hulhumalé didn't exist thirty years ago. It's a lagoon that was pumped full of sand until it became land. Reclamation started in 1997. The first residents moved in in 2004. A second phase roughly doubled the island. The park, the roads, the tower blocks, all of it sits on dredged seabed. #Hulhumale #Maldives #Male #maletravelguide