This is how the dream starts. Soaring over the sea, gaze down at rings of islands in circles of white and brilliant blue, piercing eyes like strings of Turkish amulets.

Touch down on the runway, your steel bird strutting like a runway model, its path the red carpet to your surreal Maldives getaway. Skip over the waves in your aquatic limousine. Relax on the resort’s own luxury speedboat for a quick jaunt to your island home, thirst sated with freshly pressed coconut water.

On shore, the waking dream becomes even more surreal. Float at infinity’s edge. Descend stairs for underground wine. Come out of your shell as you bathe in healing oils in the depths of an underwater spa room where fish glide past the floor-to-ceiling-windows that reveal the colours of the reef.