i'm on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra and about to go to a very spiritual place, the islandest river islands in the world. now, there's 150,000 people on that island and only six ferries a day, so it's really crammed each one. just looking at the list of prices for all the different categories. passengers, 15 rupees. it's ok, it's reasonable. then you go down, past the vehicles, and animals have to pay. buffalo has to pay a5! bull, cow, 30. and then, the poor elephant has to fork out 907 rupees. perhaps fortunately, none of these creatures were travelling with us today. and incredibly, after a few last—minute panics... ..we�*re set to go. i climb onto the corrugated aluminium roof tojoin men who do this trip day in, day out. starting in tibet, the brahmaputra river is nearly 2,000 miles long. it's second only to the amazon in the volume of water that rushes through it. so, an interesting game of cards going on here. i think they're playing whist. ifeel like i should join in, but it may be a private game with high stakes. we arrive at majuli, and it's turmoil again trying to

i'm on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra and about to go to a very spiritual place, the islandn, past the vehicles, and animals have to pay. buffalo has to pay a5! bull, cow, 30. and then, the poor elephant has to fork out 907 rupees. perhaps fortunately, none of these creatures were travelling with us today. and incredibly, after a few last—minute panics... ..we're set to go. i climb onto the corrugated aluminium roof tojoin men who do this trip day in, day out. starting in tibet, the brahmaputra river is nearly 2,000 miles long. it's second only to the amazon in the volume of water that rushes through it. so, an interesting game of cards going on here. i think they're playing whist. ifeel like i should join in, but it may be a private game with high stakes. we arrive at majuli, and it's turmoil again trying to get off the boat. he laughs to avoid the queue, there is a sneaky way out, which basically involves climbing onto another boat and going down the steps that way. do you know what? i think i'm going to take that one. well, here we are on land. it doesn't look quite as sp

i'm on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra and about to go to a very spiritual place. that prides itself on its traditions... he makes it look so easy, and it's incredibly difficult. ..but it's also looking forward and embracing progress. so now, i'm on my way to go and see assam's very own eco—warrior. it's going to be an incredible adventure.