Matti(the driver)tells me that he appreciates my help but I should leave before it gets dark and not get stuck with him, I feel bad leaving him in the middle of nowhere and after all he got into this situation because he tried to help me .

After forty odd minutes of standing in the rain and waving down passing cars, we were finally successful and get the engine started, by this time it looked like there was only an hours worth of daylight left, so I agree when he offers me a ride as I would have ended up having to find a place to camp in the dark if I kept on riding, I load up the bike in the van and get into the passenger seat in the front and was in the process of buckling my seatbelt when he put the van into gear and it jerks to a halt and dies on us , after letting out few explicits we sigh and get out and start all over again.

The second time it takes us way more than a hour to find another car which could help us, as the number of cars passing by had reduced dramatically as the day light faded, having learnt our lesson earlier, this time we rev up the engine for a good thirty seconds before putting it into gear, both of us are quite relieved when we start moving but Murphy’s law was in full effect today and our relief is very short lived when we find out that the lights wouldn’t turn on, we look at each other and burst out into a crazy laugh, by this time it was totally dark outside so we decide to spend the night there and look for help in the morning.

After sharing the food we had with us(well it was more like me eating his food as I was very hungry after a long day)and in the process of preparing to go to sleep by changing into dry clothes, a pickup truck stops by to check why we have stopped in this odd place and after listening to our situation, the driver tells us he will tow us to the top of the pass where there is a large rest area and would be safe to sleep there.