passage to sri lanka & india | singapore to delhi

S M A L L - S H I P C R U I S I N G A T I T S B E S T

SAIL FROM THE MYSTERIES OF MALAYSIA TO THE TREASURES OF INDIA’S GOLDEN TRIANGLE

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FEBRUARY 20, 2016

DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART

FEB 20 Depart UK

FEB 21 Arrive SINGAPORETransfer to hotel overnight hotel

FEB 22 SINGAPORE overnight hotel

FEB 23 SINGAPOREEmbark Aegean Odyssey 7.00pm

FEB 24 MALACCA Malaysia 8.00am 2.00pm

FEB 25 PENANG Malaysia 1.00pm 7.00pm

FEB 26-28 At Sea

FEB 29 COLOMBO Sri Lanka 2.00pm overnight

MAR 1 COLOMBO (Kandy) Sri Lanka midnight

MAR 2 At Sea

MAR 3 COCHIN Kerala, India 7.00am 8.00pm

MAR 4 MANGALORE India noon 6.00pm

MAR 5 MARMAGAO (Goa) India 7.00am 2.00pm

MAR 6 MUMBAI India 8.00am overnight

MAR 7 MUMBAI/JAIPUR IndiaDisembark Aegean Odyssey and fly to Jaipur overnight hotel

MAR 8 JAIPUR India overnight hotel

MAR 9 Drive from JAIPUR viaFATEHPUR SIKRI to AGRA (Taj Mahal) India overnight hotel

MAR 10 Drive from AGRA to DELHI India overnight hotel

MAR 11 DELHI India overnight hotel

MAR 12 DELHI India Transfer to Delhi Airport for flight home

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your itinerary

22-days departing february 20, 2016

Palace of the Winds, Jaipur

A voyage

IndianOcean Cochin

Singapore

MALAYSIAMalacca

Marmagao

Penang

India

MalaccaStraitColombo

Mangalore

Sri Lanka

Mumbai

AgraDelhi

Jaipur

Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast and India’s magnificent Golden Triangle – Jaipur, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra and Delhi.Sailing from Singapore, this voyage will take you to vibrant cities,

beautiful and exotic lands, and to the history and treasures of India. It is a journey you will never forget

Cruise features include:• Two-night hotel stay in Singapore

• Overnight on board in Colombo, Sri Lanka• Visit to Kandy and the Temple of the Tooth

• Sail to the historic cities of the Malabar Coast• Five-night land tour of India’s Golden Triangle

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Day 1 London to SingaporeOvernight flight to Singapore.

Day 2 SingaporeArrive Singapore Airport and transfer tohotel. Balance of the day at leisure.

Day 3 SingaporeSingapore could be said to be the city thatSir Stamford Raffles built. It was his visionthat identified Singapore as the perfect portfor British trade and in 1819 he persuadedSultan Hussein to cede it to the British.Singapore’s fortunes flourished until it fellto the Japanese in World War II but afterpost-war independence, the energy and dynamism of Singapore’s people created oneof the great modern cities of Asia. Discovermore of the city-state’s fascinating historyon a guided tour that includes the ThianHock Kheng Temple, the National OrchidGardens and the city’s colonial heritage.

Day 4 SingaporeMorning at leisure in Singapore. You also have the opportunity to join a tour exploring the multi-cultural heritage andculture of Singapore. Alternatively, youcould choose to discover Singapore’s amazing horticultural treasures on a

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Malaysia’s great cities

incredible murals. Built in the 1870s, the Asokaramaya temple may look rathercommonplace from the outside but its interiors are stunning.

Day 11 Colombo (Kandy)Today’s tour takes you out of the city on a drive through Sri Lanka’s stunning hillcountry to the town of Kandy and the Temple of the Tooth containing the famousdental relic of the Buddha. The entire temple complex covers a large area and you will visit the most important areasincluding the Alut Maligawa shrine, the Audience Hall and the World BuddhismMuseum.

Day 12 At seaTake it easy as Aegean Odyssey sails for the subcontinent.

Day 13 Cochin IndiaSituated in the State of Kerala, Cochin hasa remarkable history: here you will see theoldest church in India and palaces from thedays of the Raj. It was here in 1524 thatthe Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gamadied and his body was entombed in theChapel of Santo Antonio until it wasmoved to Portugal in 1538.

“Gardens of the Bay” trip. In the afternoon,board Aegean Odyssey and depart forMalacca, Malaysia.

Day 5 Malacca MalaysiaMalacca was the centre of the Malay worldin the 15th and 16th centuries. It fell to the hands of the Portuguese in 1511 andcenturies of colonisation by the Portuguese,Dutch and the British have influenced thearchitecture of the town. This rich historycomes to life as you tour the main colonialsites including the ruined Portuguese fort“A Famosa” and St Paul’s Church.

Day 6 Penang Penang was part of the Malay sultanateuntil 1786, when Captain Francis Light

built a fort at the site of present-dayGeorgetown and managed to get the islandceded to the British East India Company.You will spend the afternoon exploring the island, visiting the massive recliningBuddha and museum.

Days 7-9 At seaRelax as the ship makes its way toColombo.

Day 10 Colombo Sri LankaColombo is the commercial capital and,with a population of over 500,000, SriLanka’s largest city. This afternoon you will head into Colombo for a tour that includes the Pettah Bazaar and theAsokaramaya Buddhist temple with its

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Two nights in Singapore Sri Lanka

Day 14MangaloreWith its languid and tropical atmosphere,Mangalore is a delightful stop on your way up the west coast of India. Today, this mellow port thrives, exporting 75% ofIndia's coffee and the bulk of its cashews.Visit a local processing plant and learnabout this popular nut. Continue to thebeautiful Hindu temple dedicated toGokarnath, another name for Shiva. Finally, visit St Aloysius Chapel, with its remarkable biblical frescoes.

Day 15Marmagao (Goa)Old Goa, founded by the Portuguese, ishome to churches dating back to the mid-16th century. During your morning’s tour,you will visit the Basilica of Bom Jesus.Built in the 16th-century the Basilica ofBom Jesus is where St Francis Xavier, Goa'spatron saint, is entombed in a marble mausoleum. Continue your sightseeingwith a drive through Panjim, the relaxedstate capital, and a stroll along the narrowstreets past wonderful old villas to savourthe tranquil essence of Goa.

Day 16MumbaiImmerse yourself in the swirling contrastsof India's economic powerhouse. View the

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Taj Mahal, Agra

colonial heritage Victorian Gothic revivallandmarks such as Rajabhai Clock Tower,Mumbai University, High Court, CrawfordMarket and the marvellous Chatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus. Glimpse political Indiawhen you visit the charming residence ofMahatma Gandhi, Mani Bhawan, a museumto the leader's life and work. Capture theflavour of spiritual India at the ISKON Krishna Temple. Continue past the ParsiTower of Silence to explore India's ancientheritage at the Prince of Wales Museumwith its lovely gardens, grand loggias andfine collections of sculptures, miniaturesand Eastern art. On the return, enjoy aphoto stop before the 262-foot-high Gate-way of India, overlooking the Arabian Sea.

Days 17/18Mumbai – JaipurDisembark Aegean Odyssey and fly to Jaipurto begin your land tour of India’s GoldenTriangle. Founded in 1727 by MaharajaSawai Jai Singh II, Jaipur is a city of palacesbuilt from rose-coloured stone. You willvisit the Maharaja’s City Palace, and alsosee the magnificent Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds). Another highlight is the Amber Fort with its lavish interiors.

Day 19 Jaipur – Fatehpur Sikri – AgraLeave Jaipur by road and head for FatehpurSikri. Built in the sixteenth century byAkbar the Great in gratitude for receiving a male heir, the city was then abandoned14 years later when the water supply failed.The emperor personally supervised details

of the construction and the result is an epicpoem in red sandstone, briefly the capitalof the Mughal Empire. Because the city was deserted for most of its existence, thebuildings are well preserved. Today this majestic ghost town is a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site, a unified architectural ensemble blending Hindu, Persian andIndo-Muslim traditions. Continue by road to Agra and check in at your hotel.

Day 20 Agra – Delhi Agra was one of the most important citiesin India under the Mughals. Babar, thefounder of the Mughal dynasty, laid out thefirst formal Persian garden on the banks ofthe Yamuna River and his grandson Akbarraised the towering ramparts of the Great

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Amber Fort, JaipurMumbai, Gateway of India

Red Fort. Shah Jahan, known for his keeninterest in architecture, gave Agra its mostprized monument, the Taj Mahal. LeaveAgra by road and check in at hotel in Delhi.

Day 21 DelhiDelhi is India's sprawling, historic capitalwhere you can see New Delhi's British Raj buildings, visit the magnificent Indo-Muslim monument of Qutub Minar andsee Raj Ghat, where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. Begin your sightseeing with a tour of the victory tower known asQutub Minar, a UNESCO World HeritageSite. En route, admire the President's

Palace, Parliament House and India Gate designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

Later, you will visit Raj Ghat or Royal Steps.This tranquil site, marked by a simple blackmarble slab, is where Mahatma Gandhi wascremated following his 1948 assassinationby a Hindu fanatic. The area is now a parkand national shrine.

Day 22 Delhi to LondonTransfer to Delhi Airport for the flighthome.

Red Fort, Delhi

India’s magnificent palaces

Adam Tanner is a fellow in the Department of Government at Harvard and the former bureau chieffor Reuters in the Balkans. He has

appeared on the BBC and National Public Radio,and has written for Forbes and Worth Magazines.Having spent most of his career as a foreign correspondent, he first reported from South and Southeast Asia in the mid 1980s. He hasstudied India for many years and speaks Hindi as well as some Urdu.

Lecture topicsGANDHI'S EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH –Mohandas Gandhi's vital role in India's independencemovement and his example to subsequent non-violent resistance movements worldwide. We'll look at his early experiences as a young lawyer in SouthAfrica and then his return to India to lead a civil disobedience campaign against the British in theearly 1920’s, leading to independence.

BOLLYWOOD – An introduction to the world's leading film industry by output and ticket sales. Fromthe "Golden Age" (1940s to 60s) to the slick-high production features of the present day. View clips fromclassics and learn about some of the greatest stars.

THE RICH TRADITION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC – A look at the vocal and instrumental music of India, its instruments, including the sitar, sarod, tampura and tabla and its best known 20th century musicians.

Jasleen Kandhari is an Old Roedeanian,Lecturer and Tutor of Asian art historyand textiles for Oxford University's department of Continuing Education,

and contributing editor of Indian textiles for theTextiles Asia Journal. She is an expert in the artistic heritage of South Asia and as well asworking in curatorial and research positions inleading museums, she has extensive lecturing experience at first-class institutes including Oxford's Ashmolean Museum and the BritishMuseum. Topics for her talks are:

Lecture topicsGODS TO MAHARAJAHS: THE MASTER-PIECES OF SOUTH ASIAN ART – Discover thevibrant world of Indian and Sri Lankan art throughits Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Sikh masterpieces inminiature paintings, sculpture, decorative arts andarchitecture.

THE ARTS OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE –The lavish arts of the Mughal Empire from the architectural marvel, the Taj Mahal, to exquisiteminiature paintings and scintillating jade daggers.

PORTRAYING THE DIVINE: Reflections ofSikhism In Visual Culture – Explore the relationship between art and religion in Sikhismthrough the representation of the Gurus of the Sikhfaith in fine miniature paintings, from traditional to contemporary art.

EXPERT GUEST SPEAKERSMeet our guest speakers who will be accompanying you on this voyage. Here is a taste of what to expect...

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Please note these lecturers and their chosen topics are subject to change.

Victoria Glendinning

RAFFLES ISBN: 9781846686047

Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the charismatic and persuasivefounder of Singapore and Governor of Java. An English adventurer, disobedient employee of the East India Company, utopian imperialist, linguist, zoologist and civil servant, he carved an extraordinary (thoughbrief) life for himself in Southeast Asia.

Abdul Sheriff

THE INDIAN OCEAN ISBN: 9781849044264

The Indian Ocean was the first venue of global trade, connecting the Mediterranean and South China. This book offers an anthropological andhistorical examination of the impact of maritime trade on wider society –as a conveyor of goods, but also of ideas and peoples.

Suqata Bose

A HUNDRED HORIZONS ISBN: 9780674032194

On December 26, 2004, giant tsunami waves destroyed communitiesaround the Indian Ocean, from Indonesia to Kenya. Beyond the horrific death toll, this wall of water brought a telling reminder of the interconnectedness of the many countries on the ocean rim, and the insignificance of national boundaries. "A Hundred Horizons" takes us tothese shores, in a brilliant reinterpretation of how culture developed andhistory was made at the height of the British Raj.

HOLIDAY READING IDEASThere’s nothing like a good book to accompany you on your travels.Our associates at Blackwell’s of Oxford have put together a selection of books that we feel would provide the perfect accompaniment for this magnificent voyage.

Rohini Mohan

THE SEASONS OF TROUBLE ISBN: 9781781686003

An unforgettable account of Sri Lanka’s long civil war and the mayhem of peace.

Vidya Dehejia

INDIAN ART ISBN: 9780714834962

In this comprehensive survey Vidya Dehejia, a leading authority on Indianart, explains and analyses not only such key early developments as the greatcities of the Indus civilisation, the serene Buddha image, the intriguing artof cave sites and sophisticated temple-building traditions, but also the luxury of the Mughal court, the palaces and pavilions of Rajasthan, thechurches of Portuguese Goa, art in the British Raj, and issues taking art into the twenty-first century.

Eliza Fay, E. M. Forster (Editor)

ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM INDIA ISBN: 9781590173367

Fay was a contemporary of Jane Austen,but her adventures are worthy of a Daniel Defoe heroine. Her letters unfiltered, forthright, and often hilarious bring the perils and excitements of an earlier age to life.

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• 14-DAY CRUISE aboard Aegean Odyssey

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• EXPERT guest speaker programme on board

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