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...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 7, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walks
Today is Day Seven, and the after one day up at the Valley of FLowers we take the right fork to hike up to Hemkund If you missed the beginning, go back and read. Extract Reaching for Heaven With one last pull and push on my trekking poles, the last switchback is...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 7, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Sticky, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking, Walks, Women
#ValleyofFlowers Day Six Aug 6th 2019 What it feels like to achieve a goal – whether reaching the valley 4 kms up in the sky , or publishing a bestseller about it at the height of a pandemic – brilliant. Never give up on a dream. EXTRACT Darshan It’s not a...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 3, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walks
Coming to the Himalaya and trekking has a true Russian doll effect – you keep unpacking more and more layers to your inner self and how it relates to you, your life and future. In this featured photo, its a literal image, Im taking the photo in the window, and...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 2, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Travel, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking, Women
How many decades will there be before the Indian woman is emancipated from the mental, moral and physical slavery she has endured for countless generations? Extracts from the book – The Valley of Flowers How many decades will there be before the Indian woman is...
by Susan Jagannath | Jul 28, 2021 | Adventures, Places, Self-publishing, Writing
Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter! Much of the Lakes District is packed with Potter Mania, and that’s not Harry Potter, but Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved Peter Rabbit and other stories set in idyllic countrysides that she both wrote and sketched in...
