The Andaman Sea, glimpsed at from the sandy shores of Phuket and southern Thailand is traversed only by the most intrepid of yachtsman.
Burma's Mergui Archipelago has the most extraordinary ethnographic mix, not to mention biodiversity and marine life. The sea is very beautiful with many an uninhabited island ringed by dazzling white sands.
Only until recently has this area been closed by government and such an expedition would have been unimaginable.