











New Year’s Day 2024, Kollam, Kerala
























New Year’s Day 2024, Kollam, Kerala












New Year’s Eve. Kollam, Kerala.






From Madurai to Kollam








































A very long day out….3 hours each way to see Scott’s temple carved out of the same rock. Kalugumalai, Tamil Nadu






























Madurai, Southern India












2 buses from Pondicherry to Madurai. A long day but was super chilled about it all and succeeded in getting to Madurai.










Boxing Day. Totally chill day with curd / yoghurt and fruit for breakfast and fresh salad for lunch and dinner. Cravings for fruit and veg have been high so this was perfect. Then made sand paintings in the street and 2 local ladies joined in. Perfect.














Christmas Day 2023 in Pondicherry, India






Fresh salad for Christmas Eve
My first sand painting.
All at the Penthouse.














Shopping at the market and a trip to the dentist for a teeth clean.




























Chennai to Pondicherry by bus. Hello Pondicherry… love you already 🥰🪷






Lovely lazy morning in Kolkata followed by a taxi to the airport and a plane to Chennai. Back south…




















































Sculpture making area, flower market, a fun exploratory day out with Mouli.
























Kolkata. The Victoria Memorial.
Wandering the streets.


















Kolkata…. first day. First impression. I love it.














































Varanasi you have our hearts




















Varanasi uncovered. Live music by a legend on the ghats.






























































































































Varanasi in no particular order. As I believe it should be for here. A mesmerizing ancient city. Which reminds me of Venice, Italy






















Lucknow to Varanasi. The morning where we heard then saw then smelt the monkey get electrocuted on the roof of the train. He then slid off like a dead weight. And twitched. Monkeys came over. He was definitely dead. Then he came to…but was really wobbly. Unforgettable






































































Lucknow in one weird smelly day