The engines pushed and pushed, churning great clouds of silt in the water, but we were stuck. The Brahmaputra River, a wide voluminous waterway, carries enormous amounts of water and silt all the way from Tibet on its journey to the Bay of Bengal, where it joins forces with the mighty Ganges just north of […]
ACTIVE TRAVEL, the Asia riverboat specialist, has announced a 20% discount across the board, effective immediately, on all its brochured cruises. The company offers 20 different riverboat journeys along the Mekong, Kwai, Ganges, Hooghly, Brahmaputra and Irawaddy rivers. Vessels are small, ranging from 11 to 46 cabins, and each offers an intimate on-board experience and […]
ACTIVE TRAVEL, the Asia riverboat specialist, has announced a 20% discount across the board, effective immediately, on all its brochured cruises. The company offers 20 different riverboat journeys along the Mekong, Kwai, Ganges, Hooghly, Brahmaputra and Irawaddy rivers. Vessels are small, ranging from 11 to 46 cabins, and each offers an intimate on-board experience and […]
Position: 26 deg 19′ N, 92 deg 08′ E Brahmaputra River, Assam, India Tea and Tigers on the Brahmaputra “Ship stuck in sand, foreigners taste the Orient” – The Telegraph (India) It wasn’t an auspicious start. We were on the front page of one of the national Indian dailies even before we’d boarded the vessel. […]
Position: 26 deg 19′ N, 92 deg 08′ E Brahmaputra River, Assam, India Tea and Tigers on the Brahmaputra “Ship stuck in sand, foreigners taste the Orient” – The Telegraph (India) It wasn’t an auspicious start. We were on the front page of one of the national Indian dailies even before we’d boarded the vessel. […]