Myanmar (Burma): Janaury 2017: Day 4: 115 Island and Nyuang Wee Island

Myanmar (Burma): January 2017

Day 4: 115 Island

Shortly after sunrise off Thae Yae Island.

Potatoes, fresh bread, mango, papaya, pomelo, eggs...

Relaxing on the foredeck.

Sam and his camera.

Waves across the starboard bow.

Lunch... mmm baby corn, gai lan, and shrimp. Spicy too!

Plate full of mushrooms.

Taking the dingy from the Zoe III to shore.

Super short jungle trek on 115 Island.

For the beautiful beach on the other side.

Clear turquoise waters and a beautiful sky full of clouds.

Heading to the sea cave on the other shore of 115.

Getting closer.

Check out the colors. Would be even better on kayak!

Looking back outside from the inside.

Returning to Zoe III.

The other Intrepid Travel boat sailing Myanmar, the Similie.

Similie's captain.

Tofu, shrimp, veggies for dinner.

Shrimp for dinner!

As the two meals before and this breakfast made obvious, we were definitely going to be well fed on this trip! Sure, it's not a 5* star hotel, but it sure beat the hotel options from the day before-- and all this out of the modest kitchen on the boat!

After the morning's swim and breakfast, off to 115 Island, where we did a little tiny jungle hike to the opposite shore, and some beautiful, clear turqoise water. All of the water we'd seen so far in the Andaman Sea was shades of green, so to finally seem some blue was a pleasant sight. The crew then took us via dinghy into a sea cave on 115, which was also pretty cool-- and unexpected! I guess being land-lovers, we forget that the oceans and coasts have caves, too!

Afternoon sail to Nyaung Wee for the night, which was a pleasant stay-- and we unexpectedly ran into the other Intrepid boat that runs a very similar route-- another catamaran, the Similie. Very cool way to end the night, particularly when one looked around the whole horizon, and saw the green lights of squid boats across half of it.