Asia goes beyond your wildest dreams. It's the continent of contradictions, unspoilt landscapes and bustling urban centres, snow-capped summits and paradise islands, hundred-year-old temples and futuristic sky-scrapers, thousand-year-old customs and ultra-modern lifestyles.

The diverse influences crossing the continent also mean that each country is different from the next. What better way to discover the shorelines of India and China, Sri Lanka, the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia or Japan, than by sea? .