Sail across the Indian Ocean via islands of unimaginable beauty. After two days at sea getting into the swing of cruise life, you’ll enter the dreamy world of the Seychelles: Mahé, for a f irst glimpse of the famous smooth granite boulders strewn like giant marbles across its beaches; then glamorous sister Praslin, one of only two places where the Coco de Mer fruit grows; and peaceful little La Digue for an authentic taste of Seychellois life. Another two sea days take us to the Maldives, an impossibly beautiful necklace of coral islands beloved by scuba divers, where we overnight at Malé, the capital. Onwards to Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, to browse its boutiques and galleries, then we arrive in India, at Mormugao, still guarded by its 17th-century fortress, and make for our final stop, the 24-hour city of Mumbai.