"Wa Ale Resort in Myanmar’s remote Mergui Archipelago looks ahead to a year of environmentally sensitive expansion. When the owners of Wa Ale, Chris and Farina Kingsley, embarked on this island resort’s creation they first put in place a number of conservation and community initiatives. These were all brought together under one umbrella with the creation of the Lampi Foundation to ensure the eco resort could have a positive impact on the protected surroundings. Wa Ale lies within the remote Mergui, or Myeik as it’s also known, archipelago off southernmost Myanmar and Thailand’s Andaman Coast. This isolated island and its pristine surroundings area are all a part of Lampi Marine National Park. When the Kingsleys leased this island from Myanmar’s forestry department it was under the condition that they would be giving back to the local people and environment through eco-tourism..."