Reporter Laura Spero lives in New York City, but she travels to Nepal every year. There, a single winding road connects Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, to the popular city of Pokhara.

Laura has made the seven hour bus trip between Kathmandu and Pokhara many times, and she always keeps a recorder on hand — because, as she tells us in this Reporter's Notebook, you never know when something surprising might occur.

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