Originally Posted by
Thunderroad
Bumping this thread to ask a related question. If you arrive in the country early enough in the day, is it possible to go into Male to purchase a bottle(s) of alcohol? I assume that if they ban visitors bringing it into the country, they don't make it available for sale except via drinks at resorts. But thought I'd ask nonetheless.
To my knowledge, the only place alcohol is sold to the public in (actually near) Male is at the airport, where departing passengers can buy at fairly lousy duty-free prices.