We recently returned home from another fabulous trip to the Lily beach resort in the Maldives, and I can not say enough about the resort. For starters, they have staff who meet you at the airport in Male and guide you to the seaplane terminal for your flight to the resort. The same is true on the return trip - a staff member guides you thru the airport for your return home. We were celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary, and the staff had several surprises planned for us. The resort is beautiful. The house reef is incredible, and if you stay in an overwater bungalow, you can enter the lagoon directly from your deck. We spent the bulk of our time in the water amazed at the variety of reef life. One of the outstanding things at the resort is the staff. From the buggy drivers (who took you around if you wanted to skip the trek to your room on foot) to the reception staff to the dive shop staff to the food servers who quickly learned what we liked and to anyone who was working anywhere on the property - they were always cheerful and helpful. I especially wanted to recognize some of our favorites: Waheed who maintained our room and was always waving whenever he saw us, Silvan and Ayesh in the Spirit bar who shared stories about their home countries, Jaleel on the wait staff who decorated our table with flowers and had my iced tea ready once he knew what I liked, and especially Hassan who shared information on his life in the Maldives and some history of the resort.