relativelyLocal Trekking in Himalayas with Nikol (Nicole Jaquis) and Tara Giri

It had been more than two years with no guests visiting me at Taptkund. The pandemic / lockdown shut down tourist entry in India since mid March 2020 and only reopened in February 2022. During Navratri in October 2022, my friend Tara Giri brought his two Russian guests to stay with me, relativelyLocal style, staying in homestays. After a couple week of waiting out the end of the monsoon, we finally set out on our trek to Jhuni.

This was their first time in India. And their first time in any remote village.

They shot a lot of content, posted some on YouTube, then also deleted some of those videos… here’s another one I found still online.

Not understanding Russian, I am not even able to understand their commentary of their experience hanging out here. At least you can get glimpses into what life is like, for two Russians in their mid 20s, traveling in India for the first time. In this video you can see their impressions of their first time staying in homestays and camping in the Himalayas, during hemp harvest season.

Russians in India VLOG – Himalayas: Three charas for the whole village – in Himalayas with Nikol Giri (Nicole Jaquis) and Tara Giri.

Format: English / Hindi / Russian / Russian Subtitles