Burma

Published May 2, 2004 12:00AM


The Trip-Finder, January 1998 Burma Sailing the Mergui Archipelago The Route: Five days of cruising a vast uninhabited island rainforest aboard a 55-foot sailing trimaran equipped with sea kayaks and scuba equipment. Includes daily shore excursions to white-sand beaches. When to go: Year-round Difficulty: Easy Travel advisory: Last year, Burma’s military dictatorship began heavily courting tourist dollars. Be forewarned that a percentage of your trip fee will go to support this regime. High/low points: Bartering for fresh albacore with families of sea gypsies, who live aboard the thatch-roofed boats that wander the islands. Watching a python flop from an overhanging branch into your boat. Copyright 1998, Outside magazine

The Trip-Finder, January 1998
Burma Sailing the Mergui Archipelago The Route: Five days of cruising a vast uninhabited island rainforest aboard a 55-foot sailing trimaran equipped with sea kayaks and scuba equipment. Includes daily shore excursions to white-sand beaches. When to go: Year-round Difficulty: Easy Travel advisory: Last year, Burma’s military dictatorship began heavily courting tourist dollars. Be forewarned that a percentage of your trip fee will go to support this regime. High/low points: Bartering for fresh albacore with families of sea gypsies, who live aboard the thatch-roofed boats that wander the islands. Watching a python flop from an overhanging branch into your boat. Copyright 1998, Outside magazine

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