As we sat huddled around a little bonfire, wrapping the shawl tightly over our sweatshirt, sharing stories with fellow campers, it didn't feel like we had met the cheery lot just a few hours ago. A bottle was opened using the might of our teeth, as we joked that the 25-year-old dentist, also present at the camp, would treat us if we lost a tooth. We also chided how a mushy couple who had signed up for the trip to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, ended up spending all their time with us. Four couples and a family had joined us at a quaint tent camp at Vasind, located right beside the calm Bhatsai River. While Vasind already has a cameroon set up by the Big Red Tent (BRT — a professional camping company), the location of the new site is its USP, with two tents set up right on the bank, a hanging tent, suspended from the branches of a tree and two more tents set up one level above the river bank. A couple had even brought their tent and pitched it on the site.

The campsite at Vasind. Pic courtesy/Big Red Tent