Ever been to Tons valley? Interesting possibilities of riverside camping, rafting, chilling. About 400 km from Delhi towards Yamunotri and Har ki Dun. Mori is the village you should head towards and from there on, you'll see several pine meadow campsites along the river. There's a nice big bridge if you want to get to the other bank. You can also use the local transport to cross the river. Sit in a bucket seat and pull youself across the ropeway. If you camp higher, there are several streams, meadows with pine, oak and rhododendrons. I spottted some startlingly red wild strawberry . Oak forests offer shade and great resting views. Up at Ringali, you can see snow covered triangles in the distance. All along the trail, in summers you find what is locally known as 'jullus'' - tiny vicious little insects whose bites leave you scraching and and your ankles and arms stippled with angry red dots which remain for a week. Apparently, if you burn dung, the fumes act as an insecticide. It was interesting trying to collect a mound of dung and light it up. Several nomads bring their buffalo herds to this area in summer. You can see their colourful temporary camps dotted with intrepid, curious children, smiling, traditionally clad women, new born calves with their innocent eyes and worried looking bearded men. All of them tend to park themselves for a couple of days along a stream. Up at Ringali, dasies carpeted the earth and the landscape looked stunning in white. The trail back to Mori is an easy walk except for the slippery pine needles that takes you down to earth on a few occasions . Mori is a one street town and had rival political parties campaigning one behind another and being sensible about democaracy. The Tons Valley a good place to bring your own tent and chill for a weekend.