8 days in Mergui's paradise!

29/1/2017

8 days diving around the undiscovered Mergui Archipelago

It has been a great trip one more time ;)
We were very happy to welcome on board: Jean-Pierre, Sylvie, Véro, Jean-Pierre, Wilfried, Alain and Simon from France; Eliane and Michel from Switzerland; Una and Jason from England, and Courtney from the USA.

Amazing underwater sceneries all along the way ...
Day and night...
Nice landscapes...

Under the sky or under water... hard to say...

Eagle and marbled rays, nurse sharks were back with our usual friends!

Huge schools of fishes...

Nudibranch...

And the little ones ...

Spanish dancers ;)

Frogfishes, can you find it on the second picture?!

Smiling seahorses...

Smiling faces ...

Smiling customers of the Smiling Seahorse

Happy times ...

Sporting time on Smiling Seahorse cruises

Nice sunsets and sunrises ...

Congratulations to Jean-Paul for his Open Water, and to Courtney for her Advanced and Nitrox certifications!

Bye bye, you again!

More informations about this 8 days dive cruise? Click here!

0 Comments

Dream diving in the Mergui Archipelago!

20/1/2017

0 Comments

Nice team, happy divers, The Smiling Seahorse

Hilarious times thanks to this funny team on the last trip!
With Jean-Pierre, Philippe, Thierry, Stéphane, Julie, Olivier, Luc, Laurence, Amaury and Virginie from France; and also Yew Choi from Malaysia and Leslie from the USA.
While some were studying ...

The others were resting in the sun ...

Under the water, we have been very grateful for awesome dives with thousands of fishes everywhere :)
An unforgettable night dive in Shark Cave with marbled rays, zebra moray eel, frog fish, seahorses, great barracudas, lobsters, anemone hermit crabs, decorator crabs and thousands of shrimps everywhere ...
And a fairytale one at Eagle Rock with huge schools of barracudas, yellow and blue-striped fusiliers, jacks ... swimming around us ;)
Turtles and a bamboo shark were also part of this incredible moments!

Happy people coming back to the surface !

The weather has been great giving us some astonishing scenaries during the day ...

And at night too ...

Hot hot hot !!! We need to refresh!

Thank you to our great cook Chui for a yummy yummy barbecue!

Smiling faces!

Love was in the air on this cruise! Especially with Julie and Olivier who were on honeymoon ...

Old friendships ...

And new ones ...

Congratulations to Julie and Olivier for their Advanced Open Water certifications, and also to Viriginie for her Adventure Deep Dive ;)

Our cruises in Myanmar...6D Burma: Mergui Archipelago
7D Burma: Black Rock in a week
8D/7N Burma: Undiscovered Mergui
5 D Thailand: Best of Surin/ Similans
Read more about Burma's best dive sites

0 Comments

First Thailand trip of 2017!

13/1/2017

0 Comments

Leaving Ranong under the rain, we didn't expect to have such a nice trip in the Similans and Surin islands!
On board, all nationalities again! Michèle, Sandrine and Ludivine from France; Janos and Deborah from Switzerland; Gun and Wille from Sweden; Christophe from Belgium; Maria from Bulgaria; Niels from Germany and Shiou Mei from USA.

From the first dive in Surin, we could see schools of fishes everywhere, and the first turtle and octopus of the trip!
The visibility has been amazing!
Koh Tachai, as always, answered all our prayers :)
And Richelieu Rock was full of marine life. Schools of trevallies, barracudas and batfishes all around ... Napoleon wrasses, turtles, cuttlefishes ... And the nudibranches were back ;)

Between the dives, time for chilling ...

Meditating ...

A cool customer on the Smiling Seahorse cruise

Looking at the beautiful sunsets ...

And eating ... of course!

Best food and best team on The Smiling Seahorse cruises!

Congratulations to Tof, Janos and Deborah for their Open Water certification, and also to Shiou Mei for her Advanced level!

And finally, we celebrated all together a delayed New Year's Eve in Thailand in a great atmosphere!

Best of Thailand Dive Cruise: Surin and Similan National parks...
For more details on the itinerary click here!

0 Comments

Happy New Year 2017

8/1/2017

0 Comments

Happy New Year on the Smiling Seahorse cruise...

The whole team of The Smiling Sea Horse wish you a great start of 2017 !
We spent an amazing time on the MV Thai Sea for this 8 days trip going to Black Rock! Full boat with 9 differents nationality to begin the new year with a lot of fun and great dives.

Warm atmosphere on board, nice dives with lot of small critters for the macro lovers, the nurse sharks were waiting for us, an eagle ray and some blotched stingrays.

Despite rough sea we had some great dives and gave us the opportunity to discover some new dive sites that we will come back. Big up to the team Korea for your liveliness and your smiles, you fit really well with the Smiling Sea Horse.

Great atmosphere on The Smiling Seahorse cruise...

Thanks to Maria for coming back again on our boat for the fifth time and to share your underwater pictures.

0 Comments

We wish you a Merry Christmas 2017!

3/1/2017

0 Comments

Christmas on the Smiling Seahorse cruise...

This trip has been a memorable experience! As well as the diving has been amazingly beautiful, the Christmas mood has been in the air the whole time (partly thanks to the non-stop X-mas songs played by Sofi and Tom :)
North America was in the place with Risa, Dan, Rob, Jo and Lindsay from Canada; Brandon, Sujin, Mira, Nick and Franck from the USA; and also Mickael, Bertrand and Lena from France; and Peter from Germany.

Father and daughter on the Smiling Seahorse cruise...

Congratulations to Bertrand and his daughter Lena who successfully got their Open Water, Advanced and Nitrox certifications!
Also to Brandon, Franck and Sujin for their Advanced Open Water; and Risa, Jo and Peter for their Deep Adventure Dive.
After the learning, it was time for some rest ...
What's better than snorkeling, laying in the sun, walking on lonely beaches, kayaking and enjoying the warm water!

And finally the 24th arrived and we were all so excited to spend it together on board ... The meal was fantastic and the atmosphere was homely!

The best team!

Best team always smiling on Smiling Seahorse cruises!

And the Seahorse crew was even more smiling than ever!

First the Danish dance on the front deck ...

And then, the famous box game! And the winners are ...

Finally, the party could start ;)

Christmas party on the Smiling Seahorse cruise

On the 25th, everything was slower ... Rest and refresh ...

Rest and blue sea on The Smiling Seahorse cruise...

But still ...

And life got back to normal :)

Thanks everybody for this amazing trip!

Amazing cruise with the Smiling Seahorse!

Our cruises in Myanmar...
6D Burma: Mergui Archipelago
7D Burma: Black Rock in a week
8D/7N Burma: Undiscovered Mergui
5 D Thailand: Best of Surin/ Similans
Read more about Burma's best dive sites

0 Comments

8 days in Mergui's paradise!

8 days diving around the undiscovered Mergui Archipelago

Dream diving in the Mergui Archipelago!

First Thailand trip of 2017!

Happy New Year 2017

We wish you a Merry Christmas 2017!

The Smiling Seahorse Diving Blog

Authors

Categories

Archives

See also...

Our dive cruises

More information

The Smiling Seahorse

TripAdvisor