Susan Jagannath's Blog, page 15

Thanksgiving’s an American holiday, but giving thanks is a good thing

Happy Thanksgiving

A happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. In some safe way, I hope you can connect with your family over this festival season.

We don’t have the day in Australia, or India, or other countries, but I’m sure all of us have lots to give thanks too.

What I’m Thankful for

1. If you’re reading this, we’re alive! I’m in the group they termed “vulnerable”, so I was afraid when this started. But I’m ...

Would you Travel if there was a Vaccine?

Of Caminos, Adventures and Stocks

Would you go?

It looks as if a vaccine for the world is increasingly likely – as a likely candidate emerged, with a viable testing regime, all kinds of unconnected things happened. Of course, nothing is really unconnected in our world, so the election, the vaccine and the stock market all made a difference. Yes, travel stocks are back in fashion with airline stocks climbing after the...

Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? It’s a Bot!

Of Caminos, Trees and Bots and finding the light in them all today.

What the Bot!

For me to keep in touch and spend less time marketing and more time writing, I tried to find a Virtual Assistant. Alas I was unsuccessful...

Its Prime Time – What it means for YOU!

It’s time to load up adventures on your Kindle or ereader

Today October 13, is the start of Amazon Prime day.

So, I’ve discounted my books to 99c, 99 Rs, or 99p across the Amazon stores. This is the chance for you to grab the books, or any books that you may have missed reading.

Bonuses

Do you know that all the books come with lots of bonuses like:

The Camino Ingles has lots of one-page printouts with details of acco...

Blooming miracles in the times of Covid

Why is the Sacred Lotus blooming out of season?
This years diminished tourist season might have kept the tourists, pilgrims and trekkers out, but that did not stop the flowers from blooming, and keeping on blooming late in the year. It made me think – what  good things come Covid times, what surprises have you have in the year of the Covid?
 
Last year at this time, we were all gearing up for the start of the ‘twenti...

How to travel to Uttarakhand during COVID times – real life experience

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 check before you plan to go.

How to get from Kerala to Uttarakhand

Here are the details as recounted by Rajani Muralidharan.

1) Get an RTPCR test done 72...

The Bells of Santiago – August 997 – Not a Typo

13th August 997 was a deadly day for Santiago de Compostela. On that day, the bells of Santiago were ripped out of the burnt and destroyed Cathedral and carted on over 800 kms on the backs of Christian prisoners to the Cordoba moque by Al mansur, who yearly attacked Christian towns and villages, razing the cathedrals, destroying the towns and enslaving the population. The bells and the doors of the cathedral were in...

Secret Saunterings around the Valley of Flowers – Listen to a short excerpt from the book

 

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 exciting things from the edges of the adventure.

I created the audio using “Polly”, an AI tool from Amazon. Let me know if you like  the voice. This one is created directl...

The Valley of Flowers – An Audio Snippet

 

6th August 2019 – Audio Snippet

“Is there any region of the Himalayas, or even of the world, to excel this region in beauty and grandeur? Where else are there to be found such narrow and precipitous valleys and gorges, such serene vistas of alp, forest, snow-field and peak? – Frank Smythe

I answered Frank Smythe’s question in my book – with a no!

Listen to the video  – I created the audio using “Polly”, an AI to...

The Next Best thing to trekking is remembering – 6th August Special

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6th August 2019 – Dream Fulfilled

“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?” -Frank Smythe

I answered Frank Smythe’s question – two generations. In 1937, when he wrote this book, my mother was a scrawny ten-year-old in a small town far in the south called Podanur, and on the trek, I stood in the exact...