Char in the Padma

We visited a large sandbank in the middle of the Padma (Ganges) with some friends.  For eight of us it cost about $1.40 each way.

I thought about the fact that I was standing on sand eroded from  the Himalayas.   It was a beautiful time and a sweet place to sit, visit and catch up (we hadn't visited them in a year!). We spent just over a day with them - far too short!  But this was a highlight.

The children ran off to play as a group.  In the distance I heard a few scraps of conversation:

"No, I'm Scottish!"

"The pirates are spies"

"Look out! get down so they don't see you!"

"Think we'll ever be rescued?"