Mesmerizing turquoise waters bordered with silken white sand and coconut trees is not an image normally associated with Myanmar, but this is exactly what visitors are greeted with at Ngapali Beach. This beautiful beach paradise is located in Rakhine State on the western coast of Myanmar and is nothing but stunning. Only 45 minutes by plane or over 16 hours on a rough, tough and bouncy road from Yangon, Ngapali Beach is the place for wealthy tourists and locals to relax and enjoy beach life. Rakhine State is a unique and diverse part of Myanmar that borders with neighboring Bangladesh. It is also a very interesting region due to the increasing attention it is receiving thanks to natural resource booms in Myanmar.