Deutschland (22,000 gross tonnage) Deilmann Cruises, sails a 136-night world cruise from Las Palmas, Canary Islands December 18, 2002. This state-of-the-art ship sails across the Atlantic to South America, around Cape Horn to Valparaiso, Chile then heads across the Pacific to French Polynesia, Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia. Sailing west, Deutschland then calls at the Solomon Islands, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and China. From Hong Kong she sails back to Europe visiting Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Dubai, Egypt, Crete and Venice. Eight segments are available. The world cruise ends in Venice May 4, 2003.
