Josh Harkinson

An avid outdoorsman, Josh has led kids on trekking expeditions since 1993. He was part of a team that was the first in modern history to travel by canoe from downtown Houston to the Gulf of Mexico. While a student at Duke University he completed the Project Wild outdoor leadership program. He, along with his wife Purvi, co-founded Camp Cardamom, a sleep-away summer camp for children.

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Elephants, Dance Classes and Waterfalls: Tales from Summer Camp in Marayoor

by Josh Harkinson

About halfway between Pollachi and Munnar, in a remote mountain valley fringed by waterfalls, sits the little hamlet of Marayoor. The name, combining Mara…