If there is one thing we can say about this last trip in the Mergui Archipelago... it is all said in the title ...
As an introduction to this new season, it gives us high hopes ;)

You can see the smiles in the faces of our happy customers! It was a great atmosphere on board thanks to: Claudio from Argentina, Ricardo from Spain, Ann-Marie from Ireland, Claes from Sweden,  Ghislaine and Alex from France!

We saw so many stuff that I don't even know what to start with ...
So we'll start huge!
That must have been the best unexpected encounter of the week ... on a night dive ... when you just see this biggy coming straight to you, that's an experience!

And then, to meet with two fatty nurse sharks in a narrow cave ...

​What was amazing first, was the number of fishes, everywhere on every dive site!

​Glass fish all around ...

 
​And second, there was big and small everywhere! That's what makes Burma different!
​Nurse and white tip sharks, rays ...

An incredible number of cuttlefishes and octopuses, even mating ;)

​Amazing patterns and colors... Guess from what?!

Fantastic corals ...

​We didn't need to beg the divers to do the four dives a day!

Underwater, it looked more like that:

Back to the boat, exhausted but happy! There was still enough energy for a drink ... After the last dive of course!

​Or a round of Yam's!

And the morning after, here we were going again in the middle of the fishes!

​Also in the sand, there were nice surprises!

​We were not the only curious ones, they were staring at us too!

The only one who didn't look very pleased to see us was our first stonefish of the season! But he never looks smily anyway ;)

Some juveniles around, made us even happier!

Last but not least, the world of the smally ones!
​Nudis ...

 
Shrimps of all kinds: durban dancing, squat, glass shrimp, zanzibar... and so much more!

And a spearing mantis shrimp!

​Our favourite ones:

And Franck's favourite, the spanish dancer!

This time, we had a special guest on board, Camille (the "office boss") was having a funny holiday cruise!

During the island hopping stops, always nice views of the local life:

​From above, it was as beautiful!

​Crazy skies ...

And an unforgettable sunset on Black Rock...

To finish, congratulations to our students: Claes who did his Open Water, Advanced and Nitrox course; and Ann-Marie for her Nitrox certification!
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Special thanks to Ghislaine and Alex, it was a pleasure to welcome you again on the MV Thai Sea; and see you next year ;) !!!

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

Our two first trips just ended and already we can see that the customers are more than happy!
Of course, the fight between the Dive and the Cook team is back on track to be number one ;)

"Merci à votre staff, en particulier aux cuistos pour tous ces succulents repas que l'on va regretter ... J'espère revenir un jour."
"Thanks to your staff, in particular to the cooks for all these delicious meals we're gonna regret... Hope to be back one day."

"Fantastic trip with some great diving ... Loved the food and the crew ... Will definitely be back for more!"

"Super croisière ... un service impeccable, une nourriture délicieuse et de belles plongées. Heureuse d'avoir vu un requin pointe blanche, des hyppocampes, un poisson crapaud, des langoustes ..."

"Great cruise ...an excellent service, delicious food and beautiful dives. Happy to have seen a white tip shark, seahorses, a frogfish, lobsters ..."

"Un grand merci pour l'organisation et la patience de Camille pour répondre à nos questions ..., puis un grand bravo au cuisto ... Un staff super souriant aux petits soins ..."

"A big thank for the organization and the patience of Camille to answer all our questions ..., and congratulations to the cook ... A great super smily staff very caring ..."

"What a trip we had! Remember you always ..."
"Special thanks to my guardian angel ..."

​"Thanks for all the advice and excellent photos!"

​"Loved it and you guys!"

For this first trip of the season, we were happy to welcome on board a whole Finnish team:
Marjaana, Uljas, Päivi, Tuija, Sauli, Iiro, Julius, Pertti, Jari, Juha, Juhani, Raili and Seija!
A group of funny people enjoying diving, long tanning sessions on the front deck, good food and gin tonic ;)

It was so good to see these beautiful wild islands again, improbable sceneries in the middle of magic waters...

The staff was on the alert, excited!
​Checking the weather conditions:

That everything was perfect on the boat: 

​Finding the best spots to relax between the dives:

Spotting at the surface:

And under water, to find the coolest things ever:

Preparing the best meals:

They gave all they had :)

And it worthed it! 
​Amazing dive sites ...

​And fishes everywhere, just magical!

Barracudas ...

Jacks ...

Tunas ...

Sometimes looking as they were playing hide and seek !

Allowing the divers to wonder at all the life and colors around them...
Having fun with them...

Or just observing them ...

Sometimes needing to focus a little bit more on these cuty little ones!

Can you find this one hiding? 

And of course, our favorite ones...

The atmosphere couldn't be more relax during the day!

And getting funky at night!

With our famous box game!

We can say for sure that these Finnish ladies were flexible!

When not diving we were just chilling in these amazing places you can find only in the Mergui Archipelago!

Lämmin Kiitos Kaikille ;)

​So enjoy, and see you soon for the next review!