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A Connemara Girl
A Connemara Girl

Re-membering my Irish Roots

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MEMOIR, TRAVELOGUES, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertyfamily pilgrimage ireland, travels in ireland, yamuna flaherty, yamuna flaherty travel writing, book of kells, library of trinity college dublin, ring of kerry, ring of kerry ireland, county galway, connemara gaeltacht, gaelic speakers, the flaherty family ireland, faery folklore, leprechauns ireland, o'flaherty, poulnabrone dolmen ireland, neolithic portal tomb, cliffs of moher, camus uachtair, camus oughter, st mary's chapel glasgow, robert the bruce, rajinikanth, o'flaherty's bar dingle, dingle county clare, ua flaitbeartaig, druids, celtic mysteries, mazz o'flaherty, dingle's smallest record shop, a connemara girl, famine memorial dublin, dublin city docklands, great starvation ireland, potato famine, ireland travel photography, irish ancestry, genealogy trip to irelandComment
The Warden of Waitabit
The Warden of Waitabit

A Retired Sawmill Worker Finds Peace in the Forest

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TRAVELOGUESYamuna Flahertywarden of waitabit, waitabit creek campground, backcountry camping bc, backcountry camping, camping canada, storytelling, yamuna flaherty, golden bc, camping in golden bc, canadian writer, canadian explorer, camping in canada, dan lavoie, sawmill accident stories, backcountry camping canada, backcountry camping BC, british columbia canada, louis real canada, canadian travelogue, pandemic travel canada, summer 2020, spiritual healing, nature heals, yamuna flaherty travel writing, travel memoir, travel writing canadaComment
Travelling Light
Travelling Light

Learning What’s Essential on the Road and in Life

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MEMOIR, TRAVELOGUESYamuna Flahertysouth east asia, backpacking life, backpacking south east asia, taiwan travel, taipei, dalat highlands, luang nam tha, backpackers life, travelling light, yamuna flaherty, travel memoir, travelogue, transformation, gypsy spirit, calgary author, calgary photographer, canadian explorer, canadian writer, what's essential in life, travel light, what to pack for a trip, ghoom west bengal, angkor wat, cambodia angor wat, nusa tenggar indonesia, vikrama shila buddhist institute, tibetan refugee, film photography, 35mm, machapuchare, annapurna, taipei taiwanComment
On the Way to Somewhere Else
On the Way to Somewhere Else

Appreciating beauty in the mundane

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TRAVELOGUESYamuna FlahertyMemoir, Travel, Brazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Boca do Acre, Ceú do Mapiá, Mapia, Santo Daime, ayahuasca, spirituality, street photography, purus river, acre river, confluence, friendship, journey, traveling, travelogue, writer, photo essay, travel memoir, travel photography, brazil, jungle, gratitude, explorer, storytelling, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, traveling in the Amazon, calgary photographer, canadian explorer, travel to brazil, adventure in the amazon, travel tips, backpacking life, canadian writer, slow travel brazil, amazon rainforest, ayahuasca amazon, where to travel in brazil Comments
The Holy Road Less Traveled
The Holy Road Less Traveled

A pilgrimage to Phugtal Monastery

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIA, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertyzanskar, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, india, himalayas, padum, leh, road trip, monastery, monks, portrait, portraiture, travel photography, street photography, buddhist monk, buddha, isolation, dalai lama, prayer, landscape, mountains, phugtal gompa, phugtal, prayer wheel, pilgrimage, trekking, suitcase mag, holy road, pilgrim, travelogue, travel memoir, traveler, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, sacred living Comments
Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth

Searching for Jesus in Ethiopia

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SPIRITUALITY, TRAVELOGUESYamuna Flahertyethiopia, abyssinia, travel, portrait, explorer, photo essay, street photography, documentary photographer, africa, christianity, fritata tree, tekeze river, nature, tree, survival, wag himra, sekota, amhara, highlands, rural life, simplicity, storytelling, humility, jesus christ, church, spirituality, pilgrimage, salt of the earth, jesus, aksum, history, horn of africa, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, sacred living Comments
If You Miss the Train
If You Miss the Train

An Ancestral Journey through the Nilgiris

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIA, MEMOIR, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertyindia, south india, mettupalayam, tamil nadu, ooty, nilgiris, travel, taxi, family vacation, portrait, portraiture, street photography, photo essay, silver lining, indian history, colonization, hill station, unesco, monkey, chai, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, ancestral threads, ancestral healingComment
Salaga Slave Market
Salaga Slave Market

Tracing the roots of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, ANCESTRAL HEALINGYamuna Flahertyghana, transatlantic slave trade, slave trade, gonja, dagomba, tourism, hausa, portrait, history, black history, africa, identity, salaga, northern region, portugeuse, black lives matter, black bodies, racism, intergenerational trauma, healing, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, ancestors, ancestral threads, blm, saidiya hartman, lose your mother, lose your mother saidya hartman, lose your mother slaveryComment
The Brokpa People of Dah
The Brokpa People of Dah

Where nature inspires beauty

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CULTURE, TRAVELOGUES, INDIAYamuna Flahertyindia, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, travel, tribal, beauty, traditions, brokpa, dah hanu, dah, costumes, flowers, portrait, portraiture, documentary photography, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, conscious living, brokpa culture, brokpa people, alexander the great lost army, aryan people, aryan india, brokpa people india, brokpa tribe india, brokpa himalaya, brokpa tribe ladakh, dah ladakh, alexander the greatComment
The High Life in Harar
The High Life in Harar

Slow travel in an ancient Islamic City

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TRAVELOGUES, CULTUREYamuna Flahertyethiopia, africa, harar, islam, chat, qat, narcotic, intoxicant, market, horn of africa, portrait, portraiture, black and white, street photography, documentary photography, slow living, slow travel, conscious living, slow down, intentional living, harar ethiopia, harar ethiopia jugol, harar ethiopia tourism, harar ethiopia information, harar ethiopia map, travel writing africa, photo essay africa, photo essay ethiopiaComment
The Walk About Love
The Walk About Love

Journey Across the Desert of Israel on Foot

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TRAVELOGUES, SPIRITUALITY, MEMOIRYamuna Flahertytravel, wanderlust, walk about love, israel, pilgrimage, tribe, community, desert, spirituality, photo essay, transformation, judea, yamuna flaherty, negev, slow travel, slow movement, slow living, slow down, hippy, conscious living, sacred living, desert walk israel, walk about love israel, hippy life israel, travel story israel, travel israel, walk about love reviews, walk about love festival Comments