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Cruises in South Asia

Fun in the sun ... around the pool on the Pacific Dawn. But cruises cater to all interests, from gastronomy to philanthropy.

Cruising

Serving up more

Joanna Hall To the uninitiated, cruising may appear a one-dimensional kind of holiday, floating on the seas somewhere exotic with many people, eating too much and sunbathing with a cocktail in hand.

India

Up the lazy, hazy Hooghly

India, boat on the Hooghly river.

Lee Atkinson takes a slow boat back to the days of empire while daily life unfolds all around.

Cruise

A passage to deepest India

River life ... on the banks of the Brahmaputra.

Steering a ship down one of the world's great rivers isn't all plain sailing, as Tim Pozzi discovers.

India

A banquet for the soul

On a houseboat in India, Carolyn Parfitt has little to do but talk, sleep and watch Kerala go by — in between feasts.

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World's top 10 river cruises

Mekong-River

Forget airport hassles and cramped tour buses - a relaxing river cruise is the way to see the world. Here are the top 10.

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Map of South Asia

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Travel News

The 'budget airline of hotels' set to open in Australia

Tune Hotel

ROBERT UPE 11:52am | The Tune hotel chain could offer some of the lowest room-rates in years.

Tourists are coming: Game of Thrones tours launched

NATALIE PARIS 10:44am | Fans of the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones can visit sites made famous by the television drama on one of two new walking tours around Dubrovnik and Northern Ireland.

Brisbane courthouses to become five-star hotel

9:31am | Lawyers and criminals have made way for luxury and concierges at a prime real estate spot in Brisbane's CBD.

Party at the festival without a ticket? Yes, you Cannes

5:23pm | Inside the Cannes temple of film-making, moguls meet movie stars and buyers and sellers wrangle over what we will be watching on the big screen a few months from now. But almost as compelling is the scene outside the Palais des Festivals.

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