by Susan Jagannath | Sep 13, 2019 | Camino, Featured, Food, Spain
Yes, Spain has great food and drink, but you probably have some misconceptions and myths. Let’s look at the famous trinity of Sangria, Paella and Churros. Everyone knows all about those, right. Wrong. Time to bust some food myths. Sangria Spaniards drink sangria...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 28, 2019 | Adventures, Food, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking
Wet, Wild and Wonderful – Trekking the Valley of Flowers in the monsoon. As a hiker or a trekker, I usually plan my walks to coincide with fine weather. Except for the Valley of Flowers. Click To Tweet There is one place you must trek in the monsoon downpours...
by admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Adventures, Camino, Food, Spain, Sticky, Walking
I found some of the best foods for a pilgrim soul, via this hungry pilgrim’s body.In our day to day lives we rarely experience hunger, so it’s almost a new experience to feel the gnawing of real hunger pangs and experience the delicious viands that more...
by admin | May 2, 2019 | Adventures, Camino, Sticky
I’m looking for my third travel book and we’re having a bit of an adventure by literally going out to sea. You don’t write a bestseller by just looking – you have to have the experience, and the more experiences you have the better – so come along for a literal...
by admin | Dec 31, 2018 | Adventures, Featured, Himalayas, Singalilla Trek, trekking, Walking
Time is running out for all the adventures I’d planned to have as a child that were forbidden or forgotten.Sandakphu is the Himalayan dream I’ve been chasing all my life. I’m afraid that if this may be a dream too late. Forbidden when I was 16 – can I do it when...
by admin | May 15, 2018 | Adventures, Featured, Singalilla Trek, trekking, Walking
Chasing Himalayan Dreams is out and roaming the Amazon wilds, drawing readers and reviewers into its journey. There are so many reviews that rave about the book, that I am truly humbled and amazed..oh wow did I make you feel like that? Then there are the ones who are...
by admin | Apr 29, 2018 | Camino, Spain, Walking
Day Five is when you are suddenly hit by an existential conflict, you are nearing the end of the pilgrimage, and suddenly you are filled with both relief and a strange kind of sorrow. And because it’s a sort of in-between day, we go from the sublime to...
by admin | Apr 25, 2018 | Camino, Spain, Uncategorized, Walking
Day Four on the Camino Ingles was the hardest day, with a steep climb out of Betanzos, and then later in the day, the longest and steepest climb from Cafe Julia to Visono and then a long stretch into Bruma. But you are rewarded with great vistas and an eye-blindingly...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Camino, Uncategorized
The Camino Ingles is an authentic pilgrimage route for English and Northern European pilgrims in the middle ages, who came by sea from their homelands to La Coruña or Ferrol, and then walked to Santiago. Santiago de Compostela is roughly 60 km from La Coruña, and 120...
by admin | Apr 13, 2018 | Adventures, Singalilla Trek, trekking, Writing
If you want to be a writer, you better be a reader. Click To Tweet And as an adventure writer as I come close to writing my own book, I start reading fiercely and wildly! I must have read over 50 books on the Himalayas over the last 6 months, here are the ones that...
