Merry Christmas to Me: I'm staying in Nepal

Sort of. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Cara, Jamey, Anthony and I were all on our way out of Nepal, hoping to reach the far west border by Christmas Eve. Our friend, Cab, has been planning a short road trip for the four of us around Northern India. We were to let him know when we think we'll be crossing the border at which point we would figure out a meeting day and point. We had trouble getting in touch with Cab and when we finally spoke with him on the 24th, he mentioned a wedding on the 26th of December that he wanted to bring us to. We had a decision on our hands: leave immediately for Delhi and forfeit our Christmas plans of gluttony and laziness or stay in the border town until the 28th of December at which point Cab would maybe be able to pick us up. Indian weddings are supposed to be memorable experiences, so we decided to rush down for the wedding. We hopped on our bikes as the sun was setting, got stamped out of Nepal and reached the Indian crosspoint once the sun was down only to be told by the man patrolling the immigration office that the border was closed. Great.
When crossing into Nepal, we were also told the same thing, however, we were able to convince the border control to let us through. We spoke with the man on the India border for a minute and convinced him to let us through "past hours", which, for the record, we think is possibly a lie. We go and grab our passports for him to stamp BUT (drumroll...) Cara can't find hers. She looks through all her bags and notices that the pocket which she usually stores her passport in was open during the entire ride between borders. The road between borders, which stretches for at least a 1/4 mile, was gravel and full of ditches. With the help of several border police equipped with massive search lights, Cara unsuccessfully retraced her steps for the missing passport. Nothing.

Fast forward six days and I am sitting in Kathmandu with Cara. Since I needed to go to a U.S. Embassy to get extra pages put in my passport, I accompanied her on the 18 hour ride from the border to Kathmandu. We successfully got her a new temporary passport, were able to get her a new Nepal visa and now are awaiting her India visa which is supposed to be ready on January 2nd. Looks like the two of us will be spending New Year's in Kathmandu, while Anthony and Jamey are in the border town with our gear.