We flew down from Yangon to Myeik or Mergui from Yangon on one of Myanmar's many fancy new airlines to join our coastal expedition ship the Andaman Explorer. We spotted her moored some way out, glistening white against a gunmetal sea. My wife Roser and I were last in Myeik in 1994 and expected to find terrible change, as one does now in most Burmese cities. Surprisingly there was less change here than expected... read more