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Burmese reefs so alive :)

20/1/2019

This last trip as been a non-stop fish soup all around the Mergui Archipelago!
Schools of fishes worthy of world class diving ;)

Lucky ones on board: Emilie, Alexandre, Annick and Jean-Luc from France; Wouter and Aart from Netherlands; Janel and Oliver from the USA; Alex from the Philippines; and Bernhard and Martina from Austria.

Life on the reefs was unbelievable, you didn't know where to look at!

Incredible schools of jacks! Thousands ... hundreds ... who can tell?!

Barracudas ...

Rainbow runners, snappers, batfishes ...

Beautiful corals of all types ...

It has been macro photo week ;)
A bunch of photographers with huge cameras, happy with our great room just for them!

Spending hours exchanging tips, advices, infos, pictures ... and so much more!

Their objective = everything smaller than 1 centimeter!
Here are some of them!

And a little bit bigger ;)

Some awesome new creatures found this week!
A giant frogfish :)

And a pinecone one !!!

And among all these, our sweet sweet juveniles trying to hide!

Our favorite psychedelic nudis and flat worms ...

Manti shrimps with their crazy eyes!

The ones who are never never happy to see us!

And some other very nice encounters ...

Nurse shark again in our secret spot!

Spanish dancers ...

Seahorses and ghost pipefishes ...

A turtle ...

A gigantic lobster ... and so much more !!!

So much beauty in every little thing down there!

And also above the surface ...

All of this explains the smiles on everybody's face!

And let's finish with the wonders of Mother Nature ...

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New Year's reviews :)))

8/1/2019

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" Dive ... Eat ... Sleep: the best way! "

" What a good trip! Thank you so much to all the team ... "

" It was my second trip, but my first with the new boat. All was perfect .... "

" A really nice cruise on a great boat, with an amazing staff, and a very original New Year's Eve! "

" Great Celebration and fireworks at New Year's night & day. We will definitely comeback ... "

" ... many, many thanks to you for the wonderful week of diving in Burma. It went out so good and safe for us just because of you! "

" I can't say anything else than it's worth every penny and we need to come back. "

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Best New Year ever !!!

5/1/2019

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Happy New Year everyone!!!

The Smiling Seahorse team wishes you all the best for 2019 ...

We had a fantastic celebration for this New Year's eve with a funny group of people: Nina, Alexander and Ashley from USA; Serge, Anne-Claire, Conny and Kurt from Belgium; Ken, Dixon and Mick from Hong-Kong; Marianne, Claire, Bruno and Jean from France; Kamal from Germany and Sofia from Sweden.

We had a delicious barbecue cooked with love by our chef Chewi and his help Youb!

While the customers were enjoying the last 2018 sunset ...

... we were preparing the cocktails ...

... that satisfied all of the us ;)

It was just a warming up, everybody was already in the mood !!!

Even Sharky had a great party ;)

It was followed by amazing fireworks at midnight in the middle of the Mergui Archipelago, that were so astonishing that everybody was too busy watching, instead of taking pictures of it :) !!! Unforgettable experience ...

But let's go back to the beginning of the cruise !
Nice weather ...

Perfect to chill on the sun deck, relax in the hammocks, read or nap on the sofa ...

And down there, it was a delight ...
Life everywhere ...

So many schools of different fishes ...
Batfishes, jacks, barracudas, rainbow runners ...

Look at that ...

Corals, shells ... so much perfection and beauty!

From big ones ...

To the smaller ones ...

All kinds of flat worms, nudis and spanish dancers ...

A multitude of different shrimps ...

Tiny little crustaceans ...

Ghost pipefishes ...

Lovely frogfishes ...

And a lot of other stuff: cuttlefishes, cowries, stonefish ...

And our sweet little mascot ;)

Happy faces on the boat!

And under water ...

For our pleasure, some nice shots of the outside surroundings ...

And the breathtaking sunrises ...

As well as the 2019 first sunset!

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Christmas reviews :)

4/1/2019

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" Wonderful Burma diving trip on a lovely boat with lovely people for a couple of lovely days! "

My Finnish is not that good but I can guess they were happy from the " Thank you" and as it was their second time ;)

" The Smiling Seahorse impresses again!"
Sofi is already missing you Jeff and can't wait to dive with you again very very soon! (Evil laugh!!!)

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Sophie has been part of the Smiling Seahorse family since 2016.
Living in Thailand for nearly ten years now, she fell in love with the Burmese underwater sceneries and aquatic life.
Her hobbies: traveling and diving of course!
Instructor and dive guide on board, she creates a new blogpost after every trip, to share the magical moments and encounters they enjoyed.

Camille and Franck are the owners of the Smiling Seahorse since 2012.
Camille has been working all around the globe during seven years before creating this company.
Now mother of two little ones, she works at the office and she's the one who will answer all of your questions.
Her hobbies: horse riding, diving and traveling!

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