Blue Heaven bata bus aghi badhna kehi delay bhaeko ma xyama prarthi chu hai. Lau aba sunu tyaha bata hidesi ko katha. After a light breakfast, we were ready to continue. It was a clear day. At Benighat, where the Budhi Gandaki meets the Trisuli, we got a brief view of Ganesh Himal once again through the Budhi Gandaki Valley. Continuing via Charaundi, Majhimtar, the infamous Jogimara, and Fishling we reached Kurintar where we passed by the cable car to Manakamana. The bus briefly stopped at Mugling where M and J (who are husband and wife btw) decided to buy some oranges. They got off the bus, asked the price and must have felt that the vendor was trying to overcharge them, quoting Rs 40 for a kilo. I got off the bus, and asked her the price. She quoted me Rs 40 as well, but after some bargaining I managed to bring it down to Rs 25. Once in the bus, I asked a Nepali passenger sitting behind me how much he had paid for the oranges. “Das rupiya ma adhaa kilo leko” was his reply. Lau thagyo bhanya jasto lagyo. We crossed the Trisuli and started following the Marsyangdi. Marsyangdi ko kinarai kinar Satrasayaphant ra Bimalnagar hudai Dumre pugiyo. That porition of the road had finally been repaired since my last journey in 1997 but beyond that it still remained unrepaired. Negotiating the dusty road with potholes, we left Dumre through Ghasikuwa (remember Bhanu Bhakta ra Ghasi?) and descended to Damauli via Musekhola. Damauli pani pahila ko bhanda nikai thulo lagyo. After crossing the long bridge of Madi and passing Tharpu, we stopped at a store on the middle of nowhere, which seemed to be another popular stop for tourist buses. Once again, as we stopped there the chain smoker was about to board his bus, again with a cigarette. “There is your good friend again,” I remarked to M. “Hey whatever..his bus is better than this Lewinsky bus” was his remark. Snacks and beverages were sold at outrageous prices. After a brief halt, we continued to Pokhara via Khairenitar, Kotre and Sisuwa. Seeing the stone houses, I became more and more excited about reaching Pokhara.