PHUKET, Thailand -- The coral-rich waters of the Andaman and Similan Seas off the coast of Phuket have become a mecca for scuba divers: Here awaits a treasure of diverse marine species, some of which can be found in few other places on earth.
But how many diving aficionados know anything about what they're looking at?
Astonishingly few, according to Anne Miller and Robert Cogen of In Depth Adventures, a Phuket-based ecotourist outfit aiming to change how divers around the world view the underwater universe, through a course called Reef-World.
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