Hundreds of tropical islands in Myeik Archipelago - which one has caves?
Session code: OE8
Oral / Exploration, Main EuroSpeleo Conference
Dr Joerg Dreybrodt
Summary
The vast area of in the tropical Myeik archipelago with eighthundredfour islands is located in southern Myanmar, not far from Phuket. A British recon trip in 2003 confirmed karst on some of them. This is the story of a spontaneous caving trip struggeling to get on the islands. We got stranded on the road,walked to seashore villages, waited for the tide, got on a tiny boat and found caves. But not where we expected them.
Biography
Long term expedition caver with focus on Myanmar and Laos
Affiliations
Roman Hapka, Marc Boureau
(Myanmar Cave Documentation Project)
