The Happy Yet Short Umbrella

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Tomorrow will be the start of a very interesting new experience for me, one that I've never had before so I will make this brief so as to not spoil the treat you'll be getting. Good-byes are a very strange thing. Binesh's sister didn't give me one, just said "you can go back to sleep" and I did. Binesh's mother invited me to come back any time and I thanked her. Binesh himself never said whether he wanted me to stay or not just said "this feels weird" and left with nothing more than a handshake. So I left today with Olivier for Pokhara sleeping most of the way - partially on his shoulder although it was not intentional. The three Chinese ont he bus were ever grateful for my being there in case a need may arise (which it didn't but they felt safer). I spent a lot of time with Olivier after dinner. He was looking for an umbrella that "makes me happy when I see it" - which I thought was great. He's a really awesome guy - wishing we'd bump into each other again soon when I departed.

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