by Susan Jagannath | Aug 31, 2021 | Bestsellers, Self-publishing, Travel, Writing
An update on August The end of August means a few things – typically, its the last month that you can pretend that the year has not rushed past in unseemly haste, leaving you scrambling to catch up, breathless in indignation that you didn’t really know...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 17, 2021 | Adventures, Himalayas, Places, Self-publishing, Travel, Writing
The Kabuliwallahs on the Pilgrim Path The trouble with travel and pilgrimage is that you meet people who challenge your stereotypical assumptions – and then the world changes and you worry again. This is the path to Hemkund, a Sikh pilgrimage hike high in the...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 13, 2021 | Adventures, Camino, Churches, Faith, Spain, Women
I’ve had complaints that my book, The Camino Ingles: 6 Days to Santiago has very little historical context, so in the latest version, I have added some cultural context. It has also been completely updated for 2021 with information on the route and the new...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 12, 2021 | Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Valley of the Flowers, Walking
Delicious Himalayan Food “Dhabas” or roadside food stalls serve generic Indian food on the Valley of Flowers route up to Ghangaria, and onto to Hemkund, and there’s simple free food at the gurudwaras, at guru ka langar.” One you are in the...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 8, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking, Women
Often, in dark winter days, I wandered in spirit to these flowerful pastures with their clear-running streams set against a frieze of silver birches and shining snow peaks. —Frank Smythe Extracts from the book – The Valley of Flowers Mountain Blooms High in the...
