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One of the most sought-after "Instagram moments" is the "Coconut Palm Swing." Several resorts have tied rope swings to sturdy palms leaning out over the water. Swinging out over the lagoon with nothing but blue below you, holding onto rope tied to a palm that survived the 2004 tsunami—that is the essence of the keyword.

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When you finally sit in the shade of a Maldivian palm, looking out over a lagoon that was once the crater of a volcano, you realize you are touching three scales of time: the geological time of the atoll (60 million years), the biological time of the palm (50 years), and your own time (this single, perfect moment). One of the most sought-after "Instagram moments" is

The Maldives is home to several palm species, with the most common being: When you finally sit in the shade of