Exploring the Mergui Archipelago of Myanmar
Tourists are visiting Myanmar in greater numbers each year but few visit the southern part of the country. The Mergui Archipelago with its 800 islands is one of those areas that remain almost totally unvisited by foreigners. Though now some live-a-board dive boats and yachts venture with special permission into the southern islands from their bases in Thailand, the bulk of the archipelago has remained unvisited since colonial times. During that period
