If you've never heard of the Mergui Archipelago, you're not alone. This cluster of 800 islands floating in the northeast corner of the Indian Ocean has been off-limits, off the grid and nearly off the ...

In the southernmost reaches of Burma (Myanmar), along the border with Thailand, lies the Mergui Archipelago. The archipelago in the Andaman Sea is made up of more than 800 islands surrounded by ...

Where the Indian Ocean rolls toward Myanmar’s southwestern coast, a lacework of 800 islands rises, fringed with shimmering beaches of no footprints. Here in the islands of the Mergui archipelago, ...

A chic, back-to-nature resort. Awei Pila, has opened recently in the remote tropical Mergui archipelago, off the coast of southern Myanmar and Thailand, offering exclusive seclusion and barefoot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Feb. 12, 2014 photo, a Myanmarese illegal logger smokes a cigarette at one of the illegal logging camps on army-controlled ...

MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO, Myanmar (AP) — Where the Indian Ocean rolls toward Myanmar’s southwestern coast, a lacework of 800 islands rises, fringed with shimmering beaches of no footprints. Here hornbills ...

Victoria Cliff Resort, a new snorkeling and dive resort in the Mergui Archipelago is ‘thinking globally, acting locally’ to foster sustainable tourism in Myanmar, as Keith Lyons discovers. One of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For all of our evangelizing over pristine paradises and unspoiled beaches, we rarely, if ever, find ourselves in a position of ...

THE Mawken of the Mergui Archipelago, more generally known as the Selung, whose customs, beliefs, and modes of life are described in this volume, are literally nomads of the sea, as the greater part ...

MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO, Myanmar - Where the Indian Ocean rolls toward Myanmar's southwestern coast, a lacework of 800 islands rises, fringed with shimmering beaches of no footprints. Here hornbills break ...

MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO, Myanmar (AP) -- Where the Indian Ocean rolls toward Myanmar's southwestern coast, a lacework of 800 islands rises, fringed with shimmering beaches of no footprints. Here hornbills ...