The Ganges, the holy river of India has 108 names, and while I will not list them in January we are to embark on a river journey journey from Kolkata to Varanasi followed by the hills and beaches of Kerala.
The inspiration for this journey has a number of origins - not having been to India for a while; a love of river cruises but perhaps most importantly Eric Newby's book - Slowly Down the Ganges. The story of a journey he and his wife made in the 1960s from source to sea.
Of course things have changed since then and we are not going down but up !