Introducing Mindful Travel through storytelling with Postcard

Hey guys, I just launched my startup Postcard Travel on PH. We are a travel media startup that helps boutique travel companies connect with like-minded travellers through storytelling. Through Postcard Travel, you can: - Subscribe to Couch Travel weekly newsletter - Read 15-20 stories from the tour - Watch 2-min videos of memorable moments - Listen to a podcast with the founder - Speak with the company to book your trip. For more info on Postcard, please visit https://www.producthunt.com/posts/postcard-travel Here is an example of a tour we are promoting from Ladakh India by one of our partners Shoba George of The Extra Mile. Would love to have your thoughts on it :) Stay inspired about our world 🌎❤️ ———————- THE PASHMINA TRAIL IN LADAKH Legend has it that a Pashmina shawl that travelled from Kashmir to Iran reached the hands of the French Emperor Nepoleon Bonaparte during his campaign in Egypt. He gifted this to his wife Empress Josephine who thought it ugly at first and soon took a great liking to this delicate warm fabric that she soon owned over 400 pashmina shawls at a cost of over 20,000 gold francs. The Pashmina Shawl appeared in a French fashion 1790’s and was by now a fashion icon in Paris and soon to be the priced possession of the ladies of the high society in Europe. Well before Europe discovered Pashmina, the Mughal courts already flaunted it. It has been an important commodity in the Caravans on the Silk route trade and was known as the “Soft Gold”. Wars were fought and treaties signed to claim and control this pashmina trade routes. It still remained the most coveted fibre in the world and has its origin in this land of High Mountains. Changthang region in Ladakh is an extension of the Tibetan Plateau, and home to pastoral nomads known as the Changpa, or “people from the north” and their livestock includes the Pashmina goat or the Changra. Over centuries they have been following the same migration pattern and lifestyle. From time in memorial this fibre was sent to Kashmir where the weaving was done and sent out to the rest of the world. The Pashmina trail is a journey woven together by the stories told by Ladakhis, who are custodians of culture and heritage of their land. I invite you to join me on this carefully crafted tour that takes you diving beneath the surface and add another layer in your discovery of Ladakh. ——————- Read 15-20 local stories from the tour https://blog.postcard.travel/p/the-pashmina-trail-in-ladakh-624?s=r ——————-