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 | Aug 17, 2020 | Adventures, Food, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Sticky, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking
The intrepid owner of Cafe Buransh in Sari village gives this account of reaching Sari Village from Kerala in August. This makes a succinct how-to of all the requirements to travel to Uttarakhand from within India.However, requirements change all the time, so please...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 10, 2020 | Adventures, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, trekking, Walking
8th August 2019 – An excerpt from the book Secrets that you discover when sauntering -when you need a holiday within a holiday – battling with a altitude sickness I decide to stay back in Ghangaria, and wander all around the village, discovering...