Mystery surrounds abandoned Maldives resort left to rot with decaying villas, filthy pools & dust-covered massage tables
AN ABANDONED luxury resort rotting away in the Maldives with derelict villas and dirty pools has become shrouded in mystery.
A decaying island within the holiday hotspot - which is usually known for its picturesque sights and tropical landscapes - holds a string of villas which have been left for dead.
8
8
8
Once a promising paradise-to-be, the resort sits on one of the archipelago islands, situated southwest of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.
YouTube star Kale Brock revealed the mysterious area in a video posted to the social media site.
The Australian said his group spotted the eerie location in the distance while on holiday with a tour guide in the Maldives - and convinced him to take them there.
Extraordinary footage showed the group touring half-finished villas, as well as piles of debris and dilapidated bedrooms.
Broken toilets stood aside heaps of rubbish at the swanky hotel surrounded by swathes of tropical forest.
Unkempt pools overflowing with algae can also be seen alongside generators which haven't been powered in years.
Brock told that the island was supposedly owned by a prominent Maldivian politician.
And he said that construction on the resort reportedly started over a decade ago.
The surfer and YouTuber said: "They were building for two years then for 'political reasons'.
"We don't really know, ostensibly maybe they ran out of money."
Abandoned EFL stadium left to rot with pitch covered in weeds just five years after hosting final match
He explained: "They've literally abandoned the project … There's bathtubs in unopened but deteriorating boxes."
Shocking footage also showed unopened spa equipment and massage tables - which were never used to accommodate visitors.
A centrepiece pool filled with murky water and dead bits of plants is also seen on the resort.
The only bit of life that can be seen is the lush palm trees which tower over the forgotten construction.
In one eerie corner of the island, the group stumble across an old Mazda and Nissan — both caked in rust and clearly untouched for years.
8
8
8
They press on to a creepy generator room, lined with bizarre, old machines.
Explorer Brock said the scenes reminded him of films like Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park, and Lost.
Chilling footage showed the most harrowing part of the island, and its supposed crown jewels.
Luxury overwater bungalows that were meant to rake in $5,000 a night sit completely empty, now just crumbling skeletons of wood and steel.
Brock is also seen strolling along a half-destroyed concrete platform where a fancy boardwalk should have been if the project was finished.
Peering out at the sea, Brock said: 'World-class lives one kilometre away.'
8
8
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
NBC News
an hour ago
- NBC News
Who is the ‘Liver King'?
Brian Johnson, known as 'The Liver King' online for his raw 'ancestral-based' diet, made headlines this week for his beef with podcaster Joe Rogan. Johnson was arrested Tuesday after making a series of threats on Instagram against Rogan, one of the most popular podcasters in the world. Austin police arrested Johnson after he traveled to the city where Rogan lives. 'Joe Rogan, I'm calling you out. My name's Liver King. Man to man, I'm picking a fight with you,' Johnson said in a video he posted Monday. 'I have no training in jiu-jitsu; you're a black belt, you should dismantle me. But I'm picking a fight with you. Your rules. I'll come to you, whenever you're ready.' Johnson, who has never been a guest on Rogan's podcast, was charged with making terroristic threats, a class B misdemeanor. While Johnson has entered the mainstream since his arrest, his erratic and alternative lifestyle have long fascinated and disgusted followers as he consumed raw meat, including animal testicles. Who is 'The Liver King? Johnson, an influencer on YouTube and Instagram, rose to fame for his alternative diet, which he calls an 'ancestral lifestyle' — or living in the ways ancient civilizations may have survived. He earned the moniker 'The Liver King' because of his diet of raw organs and meat in an attempt to avoid processed food and eat like ancient humans. He also highlighted a strict exercise regimen, to which he once attributed his massive, muscular frame. Other 'ancestral' behaviors Johnson engaged in included sleeping on a bed of wooden slats. Johnson, who is often shirtless and sports a long, scraggly beard, has 1.21 million subscribers on YouTube, 3 million followers on Instagram, and 6.1 million followers on TikTok. It's not just his physique or his preaching about ancestral living that have captivated audiences, but the spectacle of watching Johnson consume foods like animal liver, fish and bull testicles. He also promoted walking barefoot outside and taking ice baths. Others have tried to emulate Johnson's lifestyle and purchased his 'supplement bar,' which is available on his website. He also offers recipes, and instructions on how to eat like a 'Liver King' on his site. He also owns two companies: Ancestral Supplements and The Fittest. Johnson's online presence became so popular, last month Netflix released a documentary called 'UNTOLD: The Liver King,' which documents Johnson's rise to fame and how he built his social media brand. Controversies and lawsuits Throughout his time as an influencer, Johnson preached that his muscular physique was all attributable to his raw diet and his intense exercise regimen. In December 2022, Johnson posted a video to YouTube admitting that he had been and was currently using steroids after leaked emails appeared to show he was spending approximately $11,000 a month on the performance-enhancing drugs. 'I've been on several podcasts and when asked if I've ever taken steroids, I've always said, 'No. I've never touched the stuff. I'm not going to touch the stuff,'' he said in the video. 'That was a lie.' Following this admission, a $25 million lawsuit was filed against Johnson in the state of New York, claiming he promoted his 'ancestral lifestyle' to elevate his business and sell products. In 2023 a settlement was reached and the lawsuit was dismissed. However, the revelation that Johnson was using steroids seemed to disillusion some who had attempted to follow his regime. So what's the beef with Rogan? The simple answer: It's unclear. In a statement to NBC News, a spokesperson for the Austin Police Department said detectives 'contacted Mr. Rogan, who stated he had never had any interaction with Johnson and considered the posts to be threatening. Based on this information, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Johnson on a charge of Terroristic Threat.' Johnson was arrested at a Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. Rogan lives in Texas.
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Man documents his dramatic body change after living on baby food
A San Diego man who ate nothing but food and drinks designed for babies has revealed the huge amount of weight he lost in the process. Michael Alves, a former college football player, tried the so-called 'baby food diet' in a self-imposed challenge posted to his YouTube channel, Killdozer. The video documents the 26-year-old surviving on pouches, purees and formula drinks for the best part of a week. Before starting, Alves lays out strict ground rules: everything he eats must be made for babies or toddlers. Drinks must come in child-sized bottles, and all meals must be consumed using baby utensils -including a novelty cow-shaped 'spork'. By the end of the experiment, Alves claims he dropped from 254lb to 248lb - almost half a stone - adding that the experience made him feel constantly hungry, demoralized, and at times physically unwell. 'This challenge sucks,' he says in the video at one point. 'I really don't want to eat any more baby food.' Alves, who has gained more than 500,000 subscribers for his humorous gaming and lifestyle content, appears shirtless at the start of the video for a weigh in and 'physique check'. He is optimistic, claiming baby food 'must have loads of protein because children need protein... I think.' His enthusiasm quickly dissipates: 'There's no protein in anything here,' he says in disbelief while shopping the baby aisle at Target. 'Do babies not need protein?' Alves samples everything from toddler snacks to infant formula and squeezable meat purees - with mixed and mostly negative results. Many of the meals left him visibly recoiling. The mashed carrots, he said, were 'diabolical,' adding: 'Zero flavor at all. And they almost melt immediately in your mouth.' The macaroni and cheese fared little better: 'The noodles immediately disintegrate... and the cheese? Not very flavorful.' Even the infant formula drink he chose proved unbearable. After one sip, he grimaced: 'What the hell are we giving our kids? This tastes like poison.' Only one dish - mashed potatoes with beef and gravy - earned faint praise. 'It still tastes like baby food, but it also does taste like beef. So it's a double whammy.' He added: 'These meals taste like they were made by aliens.' Alves did, however, enjoy toddler crisps, including a packet of garden salsa puffs which he awarded 9.2 out of 10, calling them the best thing he ate all week. To supplement the low-calorie meals, he also added regular exercise - taking part in hikes wearing a weighted vest, gym sessions and long walks, often with his wife Jessica, 27. Although the final weigh-in confirms he's 6lb lighter, Alves says he suspects much of the weight loss may be water rather than fat. He adds that the sheer lack of flavor in most of the products he consumed made it impossible to overeat. 'I'm starving,' he says at the end of day five. He gives the overall experience a score of 3/10, noting: 'If I didn't have the snacks or Pedialyte [baby formula rehydration drinks], it would've been a one.' Nutrition experts would be unlikely to recommend the plan. Baby food is designed for small children with developing digestive systems and contains limited salt, spices and fiber - not to mention little in the way of protein, unless fortified. Alves notes that even the baby yoghurts he tried were labelled as 'not containing live cultures,' meaning they were shelf-stable and lacked the gut-friendly bacteria found in regular yoghurt. 'I really thought this would be better,' he says. 'Even the formula tastes like poison. What are we giving our kids?' The challenge ends with Alves rewarding himself with a burrito, saying: 'We've got to start giving these to babies.' Alves has seen a rapid rise in fame over the past year, transitioning from sport to streaming. As a former offensive lineman for UCLA, he began posting gaming content and challenge videos under the name Killdozer in early 2025. His fanbase – known affectionately as 'Dozer Purists' – have praised the video's humor, but even die-hard supporters seem unlikely to replicate the diet themselves. 'Please do not do the baby food diet,' he says. 'I'm so glad I only did five days and not seven.'
Wales Online
5 hours ago
- Wales Online
YouTube star visits Swansea and immediately has her motorbike stolen
YouTube star visits Swansea and immediately has her motorbike stolen Dutch YouTuber Noraly Schoenmaker had been in Swansea for a book signing, but found her bike stolen the next day A famous travel vlogger who has toured the world on her motorbike didn't get the best Welsh reception when she found out her motorbike had been stolen from a Swansea hotel car park. Dutch YouTuber and author Noraly Schoenmaker has travelled the world on different motorcycles, chronicling her journeys on her YouTube channel, Itchy Boots,. which has 2.8 million subscribes. She was in Swansea for a book signing event last week but when she woke up next day, she could not find her bike. 'You're not going to believe this, my bike is stolen, again! The bike is gone,' she said in her latest video documenting the ordeal. Noraly had parked her bike at the hotel car park. Fortunately, she had a tracker on the bike that led her to a blue van also parked nearby. Never miss a Swansea story by signing up to our newsletter here She told hotel reception, urging them to call the police while she rushed back to the blue van, convinced that her bike was there. 'It was parked. I had the lock around it, cover over it. It wasn't even – you know the bike's not visible but they must have just ridden the van next to it, and just immediately loaded it in," she claimed. 'I'm 100% sure that the chain lock is still there, for sure. It was right in front of the reception. I'd parked it as close as possible to reception.' Article continues below But then – in a stroke of luck, workers from the hotel found her bike hidden in the bushes. Noraly was quick to apologise to the blue van owners. She said: 'I was convinced it was in the blue van. I'm so sorry people from the blue van to accuse you. 'Cause I already looked in the bushes behind but I didn't see it because they hid it. I'm really curious if we're going to see something on the footage of the hotel.' With the help of the hotel staff, Noraly was able to get the bike back down from the bushes, however, it had been damaged. It's numberplate was broken, seat ripped out, damage to the rear view mirrors, and some scratches along with the bike being covered with bushes. Noraly was able to get a clearer view of what happened when the hotel checked their security footage. She explained: 'It turns out, 10 minutes after I parked here yesterday, a guy came on a motorbike, like a little moped…scouting. He rode a few very strange circles, missing all the cameras, so we can't see the plate of that moped nor his face. 'And the at 3.30am in the morning, two guys came and they pushed the bike but because the lock was on the rear wheel they dragged [it] across the pavement, so they left a whole trail of rubber there and then they pushed it around because on the back of those bushes is another parking lot and half an hour later later a van came there.' Noraly added: 'So, 4.00am in the morning, they came there with a van and then changes their mind for whatever reason, maybe they got spooked or something, and then kind of circled back and hid the bike in the bushes but because of the scaffolding that's in front of the hotel, you cant see the faces of the two guys that pushed the bike.' The thieves did manage to get away with the bike's cover, Noraly still had praise for the people of Wales who helped her. 'See, that's the thing right, one bad thing happens, and then you just meet the loveliest people helping you get back on track,' she said 'Like first in the hotel, they were so nice to me, and giving me water and everything, and then now, I got the new license plate for free. Article continues below 'They were like 'No, you don't have to pay we want you to have a good experience in wales', and the next shop where they drilled the holes in the plate and fitted it, they also didn't want to take any payment. So there you go.'
