India 2018 

This was meant to be a trip for all 4 of us, but unfortunately due to the children’s Pakistani heritage, Jas didn’t get a visa and Tyler’s came after we got back so it ended up being just Kathryn and I.

We went to Calangute again in Goa, but this time staying at a hotel further North, the SoMy resort. It was just a few doors down from Uncles’ kitchen was very handy! La Maria was our beach shack this year. We flew to Varanasi to enjoy the madness of all the Ghats as well as the funeral fires and religious ceremonies and bathing in the Ganges. We managed to visit every Ghat there. We were based roughly in the middle near Munshi Ghat and made our way North as far as the railway bridge and south as far as Asi Ghat. We went of a sunrise boat trip along the Ganges and went to the big musical ceremony in the evening. Most of the time was spent strolling along the river bank, seeing the different ways people prayed, payed homage and took part in rituals.