Singapore to Dubai

Say goodbye to the showstopping sights of Singapore, we’re off to Malaysia to see more of the biggest and best. At Kuala Lumpur, our next stop, we’ll spy the Petronas Towers, once the world’s tallest, and in George Town, Penang, stroll along Kek Chuan Street, an exquisite showcase of colonial architecture. Next, the divine golden sands of Phuket, Thailand, command our attention before a relaxing day at sea leads into the Bay of Bengal and Port Blair, to discover the dark history of the Andaman Islands’ role as a British jail for political prisoners and the vibrant underwater world of the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park. Two more carefree sea days follow, before we take two views of Sri Lanka – Hambantota for wildlife safaris in the nearby Yala National Park, and the capital, Colombo, for a resurgent gallery and museum scene. Another day at sea heralds a sequence of four very different Indian ports: snap a shot of the giant Chinese fishing nets in the historic trading hub of Cochin, cruise the mangroves in Mangalore, inspect the centuries-old fort at Mormugao, and go on the trail of Bollywood in Mumbai. Two sea days bring us to the Persian Gulf, first to Khasab, Oman, land of deserts and souks, then the United Arab Emirates to see Abu Dhabi and Dubai, where our cruise concludes.