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World Cruise 2010
14-44 nights‘Sailaway’fare from £2,399 to £50,539
9 March to 22 April
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£5,299 to £50,539
SouthamptonortheArabianPeninsula.ArriveineitherportfromSingapore,pausingtoadmiretheintriguing 9 Mar Depart UK
Overnight Flight from
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UK to Hong Kong
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10 Mar Hong Kong
Transfer to hotel for overnight stay
thenmarvelattherosesandstoneofPetra,thecolumnsofAthens’Parthenonandtheabundanceofirresistible
11 Mar Hong Kong
Embark Queen Victoria
treasures,whichgraceRome.
Depart 16:00
22 Apr Southampton
Arrive 06:30
Month Date* Day Port Arrive Depart
Mar 11 H Hong Kong 16:00
13 S Shanghai,China 08:00 20:00
17 W Hanoi
MA
(fromHalongBay),Vietnam 07:00 19:00
19 F HoChiMinhCity
M
(fromPhuMy),Vietnam 08:00 19:30
21 Su Bangkok
(fromLaemChabang),Thailand 07:00 19:00
22 M KoSamui,Thailand
A
09:00 17:00
24 W Singapore 08:00 19:00
25 Th KualaLumpur
(fromPortKelang),Malaysia 08:00 17:00
26 F Phuket,Thailand 09:30 18:00
30 T Cochin,India
M
08:00 18:00
Apr 1 Th Mumbai,India 08:00 18:00
3 S Muscat,Oman
MA
09:00 17:00
4 Su Dubai,U.A.E. 09:00
5MDubai 17:00
7 W Salalah,Oman 12:30 18:00
11 Su Aqaba,Jordan 07:00 19:00
12 M SharmElSheikh,Egypt
MA
07:00 16:00
13 T TransittheSuezCanal
PortSaid 17:00 19:00
15 Th Athens(fromPiraeus),Greece 08:00 18:00
17 S Rome(fromCivitavecchia),Italy 07:30 19:00
22 Th Southampton 06:30
M
MaidenCall
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Kuala Lumpur
Highlights
Cochin
Cruise Kerala’s famed backwaters,a network of rivers,
lakes,canals and lagoons swathed in palms and foliage
weighed down with papaya and mango.You’ll pass
fluorescent paddies and coir factories,keepingwatch for Southampton
the electric blue flash of a swoopingkingfisher.
Aqaba Southampton
Rome
Venture into the undulatingdesert on a four-wheel drive
Athens
Shanghai
safari toWadi Rum,which provided the strikingsettingfor
Rome
Athens
‘Lawrence of Arabia’,and admire the stunningrock
Port Said
Aqaba
Dubai HongShanghaiKong
formations such as the Seven Pillars ofWisdom Mountain.
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Meet some graceful giants at
Muscat
Mumbai BangkHanoiok
Salalah
Bangk
Ko Sam
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the ElephantVillage.Watch Salalah
Cochin
KoPhukSamuiet Ho Chi Minh City
them bathingand see them
Cochin
Phuket
Ho Chi Minh City
demonstrate their immense
Kuala
Kuala
Lumpur
Lumpur
strength as they carry huge
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teak logs – you may even be
treated to a short ride on one
of these magnificent creatures.
42 THE MOST FAMOUS OCEAN LINERS IN THE WORLD
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