The trips, which begin in September, use the newly built Sri Lanka Aggressor, a 44-metre yacht that has air-conditioned cabins, a dive-deck lounge, barbecue area and swim deck.
A more affordable path to tranquillity is an adults-only sun deck or lounge.
On the northern edge of the property is another beach, accessed via a wooden beach deck with lounge chairs and a Jacuzzi.
AMENITIES The hotel is crowned by a blue mosaic rooftop pool, lined with planted palms and surrounded by a sprawling deck with lounge areas, tables and a bar with several seating areas.
"Inside the Hindenburg" gives you even more, with its elaborate views of the airship's interior: the airy dining room and promenade deck; the lounge, with its aluminum baby grand piano; the spidery catwalks beneath the immense hydrogen cells, which crew members checked obsessively for leaks.
When night falls over Sin City, the poolside scene is transformed into that of a nightclub, as crowds from the famed Tao Nightclub downstairs migrate to the pool deck to lounge and drink.
A circular staircase led to a lower-deck cocktail lounge, and flight attendants prepared hot meals for the 52 to 54 people on board.
The yacht offers conclusive proof that evolution extends beyond living creatures and includes ships: HMS Beagle, Darwin's vessel, was 28m long and was among a class of ship nicknamed 'coffin brigs' because of their tendency to sink; by contrast, La Pinta is a gleaming beauty, 60m long, with three decks, panoramic lounge bar, library, gym and hot tub.
They are army green, hunkered into the hillside among rubbery banana plants, with outside decking for lounging, chunky wooden beds and pretty pebbled showers at the back.
There were 130 hostelers among the 700 passengers on our ship, the Universe Explorer, which has eight decks, five lounges, a 200-seat theater, a computer center and a very small exercise room.
