MERGUI ISLANDS, MYANMAR live-aboard diving in a remote archipelago


With white sands, coconut trees and 800 mostly uninhabited islands, the Mergui Archipelago on the southern coast of Myanmar has been tantalizing travelers for decades — sitting right there on the map but seemingly just out of reach. That’s changing as the country takes baby steps toward democracy and the region becomes more accessible to tourists with a budget for live-aboard boat trips. Only a handful of companies are running trips to the Mergui islands right now, so expect all the clichés: lazing on deserted islands
inhabited by a seminomadic population.
John Williams, of Siam Dive N Sail is an old hand in the region and books a small number of trips to the archipelago each season on boats of


Map of Mergui Islands, Myanmarvarious sizes. Another option is Sailing Yacht Asia, a private charter that can accommodate 10 people in a luxurious yacht  with five staterooms.


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