Diving Burma
Burma is an unforgettable paradise - if you stay 30 meters below the sea surrounding the Mergui Archipelago. Todd John enjoys exceptional scuba diving in a country otherwise indisposed
A s dusk begins to fade into night, the scuba boat Faah Yai (Big Sky) pulls away from the sleepy southern Burmese border port of Kawthaung en route to some of the most spectacular dive sites in Asia.
Ahead of me lies a week of diving in undersea caverns inhabited by huge sharks, tough but exhilarating sea currents and a staggering diversity of marine life. For a diver, this is about as good as it gets.
On board the well-appointed 25meter wooden vessel out of southern Thailand are six divers and a crew of seven. Our destination is the Mergui Archipelago, a chain of 800 islands about 300 kilometers north of Phuket.
A s dusk begins to fade into night, the scuba boat Faah Yai (Big Sky) pulls away from the sleepy southern Burmese border port of Kawthaung en route to some of the most spectacular dive sites in Asia.
Ahead of me lies a week of diving in undersea caverns inhabited by huge sharks, tough but exhilarating sea currents and a staggering diversity of marine life. For a diver, this is about as good as it gets.
On board the well-appointed 25meter wooden vessel out of southern Thailand are six divers and a crew of seven. Our destination is the Mergui Archipelago, a chain of 800 islands about 300 kilometers north of Phuket.
