Mantas... again!

19/2/2018

How lucky we have been again on this amazing trip to Burma!

You can see the smiling faces of our last trip customers: Roz and Dave from England; Nicole from Canada; Christelle, Eric, Thérèse, Laurent and Véronique from France; Christine, Olivier, Christophe, Julien and Michaël from Belgium; and Hélène from Switzerland.

To start this one, let's have a look at some breathtaking views of the Mergui Archipelago from above ...

Black Rock kept its promises ... it has been a manta festival again!

Not only mantas, eagle rays also!

Our fatty nurse sharks ...

Fishes all around ...

We have been more than blessed with the big ones on this last cruise, but the smaller ones were there too!
All different kind of morays and eels ...

And the little tiny ones, starting with the shrimps: Zanzibar, squat, durban, peacock tail ...

Cowries ...

A baby spanish dancer ...

Ghost pipefishes ...

Seahorses and relatives ...

And our beautiful pinecone fish!

We saw a lot of awesome creatures, let's not forget the incredible corals ...

The exciting places we dive through ...

And the outstanding night sceneries ...

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A kaleidoscope of colors!

10/2/2018

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It went fast but it was a good one!

We were very happy to welcome on board: Bjorn, Ole, Johan and David from Norway; Patrick, Thierry, Sylvie and Jean-Pierre from France; Simona and Anka from Slovenia; Eric from Germany, Fergus and Alexandra from England; and Kimberley from Australia.

Outside the water, the landscapes were breathtaking ...

And there we were in the middle of the beautiful Mergui Archipelago, having fun with a bunch of happy people!

Underwater, the sceneries were also magical!
Amazing corals everywhere ..

We paid a visit to our friends in the secret cave ...

And enjoyed going through other special ones!

Thousands of fishes everywhere made the ambiance extraordinary ...

As always, we met some amazing creatures ...

And among them, these cute little ones!

The ghost pipefish saga was still on ;)

The seahorses were winking at us!

During all the trip we were lucky to share some moments with the locals ...

And let's have a look to these unbelievable sunsets and sunrises!

Special message to Alexandra and Eric, our newly weds, who had a blast for their honey moon!
We wish them many years of love and happiness to come ;)

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And last trip's winner is ... the pineapple fish!

3/2/2018

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For a while now, we had been expecting these little one!
What a great discovery on our last trip!

Even if is the winner, we cannot forget these gorgeous mantas we met one more time in Black Rock, have a look ...

Lucky enough to witness a moon eclipse, we also enjoyed an amazing visibility as you can see with these last shots.

So how could this french charter not be delighted? ;)
We were very happy to welcome on board: Danièle, Sandrine, Jean, Alexandra, Thierry, Emmanuelle, Elodie, Olivier, Claudia, Christopher, Patrice and Laurence from the south of France.

The waters were densely populated with thousands of fishes: fusiliers, jacks, tunas, surgeon fishes, barracudas ...

Incredible colors everywhere ...

From the first day until the last, we've been diving with these beauties ...

In our secret cave, there were not one, not two, not three ... but four nurse sharks resting!!!

Moray eels all around, in all kind of shapes, colors and sizes!

Shrimps were also part of the party!

Awesome nudis ...

It has also been a festival of ghost pipefishes!

Still our favorite ones!

And a sample of the other amazing creatures that you can see in the Mergui waters ...

And the special prize for the best haircut goes to ...

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The Smiling Seahorse has been running dive cruises from Ranong since 2012.
Our team of instructors are reporting with a short blogpost after every trip.
Camille, Franck and some guest writers also contribute during the off season writing on various topics.
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