Amazing cruise to Myanmar
With so many photographers and experienced divers on this trip, there was no other way than macro, macro, macro !!!
Thanks to an international team one more time: Jeff and Alice from Hong Kong; Julie and Fredrik from Sweden; Piotr and Justyna from Poland; David from Great Britain; Enmarie from South Africa; and Audrey, Jean-Luc, Thierry and Raymonde from France.
Before getting further, here they are ... the highlight of the week that Julien had been chasing for 5 monthes ... finally, harlequin shrimps are back :)
Beautiful aren't they?
But let's start from the beginning!
Beautiful scenaries as always outside ...
And inside the water ...
Plenty of colours everywhere ...
And fishes all around ...
Ready for a portrait session ?
Our regulars were here also ;)
Octopusses ...
Cuttlefishes ...
Moray eels ...
Frogfishes ...
Manti shrimps ...
Seahorses ...
Ghost pipefishes ... can you find them all ?
All kinds of shrimps ...
All kind of crabs ...
Most of all, it has been a nudibranches festival ! Check it out ...
Let's not forget beautiful shells !
Besides diving, several transports are available to discover new islands ...
New people ...
And have fun with them :)
And let's not forget the splendid sunsets ...
Especially to Audrey and Alice for sharing their pictures with us.
Congratulations to Julie who started with only 9 dives and finished with a lot more confidence and fun!
And let's continue for the another adventure with the french and polish teams who follow with the thai trip !
Discover the best dive spots around Mergui Archiplago...
The Mergui Archipelago
Scattered like pearls on a blue velvet bed sheet are a bunch of 800 islands scattered over the Andaman sea just off the eastern coast of Myanmar. This is Burma's tropical paradise of Mergui Archipelago. The British colonial name of "Mergui" still remains as opposed to the Burmese "Myeik".
Myanmar has got turquoise waters, palm-fringed white sand beaches, amazing dive sites, rich wildlife, mangrove forest, but despite the fact that there are only a few islands in Thailand, comparatively, Mergui Archipelago, is far less famous than its Andaman Sea neighbor, the surin and similan islands.
In fact, Myeik Archipelago is one of the world’s best-kept secrets due to the fact that it was only opened to tourism in 1997 and is still under quite a strict regulation.