by Susan Jagannath | Nov 3, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Himalayan Challenge, Self-publishing, Singalilla Trek, Sticky, Walks
If it’s November, it has to be Divali, unless of course Divali came earlier and arrived in October. But this year it’s in November, soon after Halloween. I have to confess, I prefer the light of Divali over the darkness of Halloween. Divali is the Festival...
by Susan Jagannath | Sep 25, 2021 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Camino, Himalayan Challenge, Self-publishing, Sticky, Valley of the Flowers, Walks, Writing
Transcript Why Conferences are Great and not so great Hello and welcome to this replay of the talk which I gave at the Logan Writers Conference a couple of weeks ago. We had a few technical glitches preventing a livestream. And quite a few of you have asked for the...
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...