Himachal - Indian Himalayas

I’m arriving to Delhi by a train

Me and my friends left the train at the railway “New Delhi”

Checked in at the hotel in Paharganj and chilled with old friend in the room 🥳

I really fell in love with this crazy vibe of the heart of Delhi. But it’s really difficult to walk around that area because of crazy traffic 😵‍💫 And you easily can find ANYTHING including a wedding on the middle of nowhere 😂

We were walking and shopping for a fer hrs wondering local lifestyle and loving cheap prices of everything at this area. Of course I bought something too 😂

We woke up early to get ready for the main reason of our Delhi visit. It’s friend’s wedding 😍 Started morning from European food on roof top in the middle of Pahangarj

As I said traffic in New Delhi is really crazy. The way to Gurugram (the wedding was there) took ~3 hrs. But that was so interesting by the way! We even met peacocks!

Arrived to the hotel and dived into the Indian wedding atmosphere. It’s really funny how massive they like to celebrate 🤪

Rest of the night we felt as if we were Indians ourselves and I even haven’t made photos enjoying this new specific experience 😍

We woke up and had breakfast. As most of traditional weddings this one was vegetarian one (Hinduism doesn’t allow animals meat), but anyway I felt like a pig overeating all the time 😂 And yeah! One more interesting fact - there was no alcohol also because of religion traditions! That’s why it was so easy to get up at the morning)))

Spending more than 5 hrs for waiting (Indian people don’t really follow schedules), I became really tired by the beginning of the second day’s wedding program. Going through all contrast and unusual traditions we continued to celebrate, but only for couple of hrs. We would like to stay more and even on the third day too, but already had planned to go further to our next location.

Took a taxi we went to bus station where our bus to Indian Himalayas starts from

We took the most comfortable seats and “the best” bus. The time of the trip must take 11 hrs. Let’s see :)

I was sleeping all night wake up only to buy some local weird food at the stations on the way 😂 I don’t know why I was so brief risking to try everything, but I was alright!

Our bus was going slower and the route took 14+ hrs. But views that opened coming closer to the distinction worth every single minute 100%

From Manali bus station we took a riksha (local “taxi”, carriage with a bike instead of a horse 😂) and arrived to our hotel in Vashist (town). Everything around is just a local village with a breathtaking views 💔

Our first sunset in Vashist and first tears due this beauty 💔😭

The most famous spot in Vashist is hot spring. It’s two separate pools for men and women with sulfar water that’s said have medicinal value.

One of my friendd rented a bike and we went to a trip around the valleys. That was something I can’t explain by words. Speechless places everywhere. Doesn’t matter which route you take, you will find something wonderful made by nature. As a distinction we chose Sissu, but then we just left the idea to follow map and trusted our inner spirit. Somehow even a big Buddha temple appeared as if from nowhere on the top of on of the Mountains. We came back home really tired and late, but incredibly happy and excited!

I moved to a new cozy place at the same village 😍 Now I have bedroom, own kitchen (!!! It’s something really rare to find) and a secret roof for meditations 🥹 P.S. this place is made for meditation inspiring with peace and love ❤️ P.S. you never know who your neighbors can be 😂

And one more bike trip with my friends to a close village named Kasol 😍

It’s around 75 of mountains road from Vashist to Kasol that usually takes 3-4 hrs. But we weren’t that lucky and our way was blocked by rockslides 😱 We made a stop chilling with friends while the road was being cleaned from stones.

It took around 2 hrs and the we could continue our journey. Not only stones or dangerous roads can make your trip difficult and slow. Look at these mountain animals 😂

Our first tourist attraction

Locals say that around 3k people die in this river every year!!!

We stayed at this hotel for a night

We arrived back to Vashist and just went to walk nearby fields took some food and blankets to make some rest points

A day of a picnic with friends in a secret hidden spot 🧺 We were going there for 1 hr and it was suuuper day with swimming in a freezing river, bonfire and endless talks 🥰

MY BDAY 🥳🥳🥳

With private SPA 🤤

I took some cakes in local bakery (there is no location on the map, it’s too local :) and had my morning breakfast

Local shopping in Old Manali is the best quality of cashmere, silk and wool in the world with the cheapest prices!!! P.S. it’s still India and her traffic features 😂

Amazing old forest in Old Manali 😍

Dinner time ✅