India cruises roughly fall into three patterns. The shortest visit the India Peninsula, and by adding a few days, you can include the Falklands and Port Stanley, the capital, with its British stock living in such a remote place, pastoral settings and possibly an out island for birds and penguins, including the rock hopper.
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THEODORE W. SCULLI have traveled between all continents by sea and cruised along three dozen rivers. Ships and travel are in my blood, and so is writing. My journeys have translated into many books and many hundreds of articles.
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