…or not?
The freighter âGeorgiaâ
should have arrived on 7th at noon, then midnight, last information:
maybe even later.
I wonder why this is so unsure, because on the route Dubai to Kuala Lumpur, the
crew knew days before the exact hour of arrival, and the auto-pilot of the ship
controlled the optimal speed of the engine to be there at the time given.
Now, the situation is like this:
Originally I should have arrived at the port authority on 7th at
noon and 12 hours later, the ship would leave. Then I had been told I should be
there ad midnight, according to the new schedule. But then learned that the
port authoritiesâ office (of course) is closed at that time and I should come
to Kaohsiung overnight to wait there.
But why should I wait there?
I could arrive in Kaohsiung when the office opens, it is 2 hours cycling from Markâs
homeâŠ.
I will get more information on the next day, but the communication with the
agent is a bit exhausting:
Dear Sirs,
on ~7th of March,
“Georgia” will leave from Kaohsiung to Australia.
I have been told to establish contact 3-4 days before departure to get further
information.
I stay with a friend in Neipu Township (~28km = 2 hours by bike) and would arrive
by bike at any given location at the port at any given time.
Kind regards,
Martin Ebenhöh
Dear,Martin
-PLS URGENTLY ADV KAOHSIUNG HOTEL FULL DETAILS TO US
FOR ARRANGE TO ONBOARDS AFTER CHECKING BY KAO PORT AUTHORITY
Dear Sirs,
thank you for
this fast reply!
But I am a bit confused now.
I am not in a hotel in Kaohsiung. (I stay at a friend’s home in Pingtung)
But I would come to Kaohsiung port.
Please tell me the address where we can meet or where I should go.
Please tell me the date (still 7th of March?) and the daytime for meeting.
Thank you!
Dear,Martin
-PLS SENT COPIES OF PASSPORT TO US.
Here are the passports!
I needed two, one has the Chinese Visa and I
used it for entering Taiwan
one has Australian Visa, so I will need it for disembarking
U24265320 for entering Taiwan
U2884790 for entering Australia
Dear,Martin
-BEFORE JOIN VSL.WL ARRANGE TO PORT AUTHORITY
FOR DISEMBARKING.
PLS ADV YR FULL DETAILS AT KHH FOR ARRANGE PERSON
MEETING TO YOU BEFORE VESSEL ARRIVING.
Dear,Martin
-FYI,UPDATE THE VSL SCHEDULE FOR YR REF.
Based on latest below expected KHH schedule.
| KHH | etb | Thu | 07-Mar | 12:00 |
| etd | Fri | 08-Mar | 0:05 |
Dear Sirs,
I hope I could understand the message, (please, would you mind writing the full
words, because I am unfamiliar with these abbreviations – thank you very much!)
1) Is it enough to come on to Kaoshiung on 7th of March around 12:00?
(I can come earlier or later – no problem
2) shall we meet at the port authority?
3)is port authority here:
No. 62 Linhai 2nd Road. Gushan
District, Kaohsiung ?
https://goo.gl/maps/mm3YCzTqKAy
4) which details
do you need now? I can send what you need!
I will bring all documents and papers when I come to the port.
kind regards,
martin
| Martin Ebenhöh <mrt.eben@gmail.com> | Di., 5. MÀrz, 15:45 (vor 1 Tag) | |
| an YANG; Vicky; PAO; bko.vesselops |
Hello again!
For better planning I would like to know where I should arrive in Kaohsiung on
7th of March and at which time.
For the time being, I try to be in No. 62 Linhai 2nd Rd at the port authority’s office at 11:30.
I will arrive their with my bike and luggage and all documents.
Then, I can cycle to the port.
Please tell me, if this ok that way or what else to do.
Thank you!
Dear,Martin
-RYMAIL WITH NOTED.
-THE VSL WL ETA KHH BETWEEN 07TH/1200-1400LT AND RVTG BERTHING SCHEDULE.
-KINDLY PLS TO OUR KAOHSIUNG OFFICE FOR WAITING VESSEL AND
ATTACHED ENGLISG/CHINESE FULL DETAILS FILR FOR YR REF.
-PLS ADV YR MOBILE PHONE TO US.
-PLS CFM RECEIPT.
Dear Sirs,
I hope I understood well (I have difficulties
with the abbreviations!)
and try to confirm:
I come to the office in
22F-2, No. 29, Haibian Road, Lingya District
https://goo.gl/maps/ekgAk9UwsPw
I suggest to arrive at 12:00, is this OK?
My number is 0937027744
Kind regards,
Martin Ebenhöh
__(call of agent: ship will arrive only at midnight)________________________
Dear Sirs,
if the authorities office is closed at the time
of meeting,
I suggest to meet near the entry of the
port,
maybe at this place:
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No. 42è, Yugangzhong 2nd Road,
Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City, 806
I can be there at any given time.
I suggest 23:00
please, Mr Pao, if you call me, could you call between 15:00 and 15:30?
a friend can talk with you an explain later to me.
Thank you,
Martin
Dear.Martin
-RYMAIL,PLS NOTE NOT COMPLETED JOIN VESSEL PERMISSION FM IMMIGRATION OFFICE
YOU CANNâT INTO HARBOUR.
-AFTER COMPLETED THE VSL BERTHING PROSPECTS.WL INFORM
MOVING TO KHH STANDBY FOR WAIT VESSEL.(EXPECT ON MARCH/08TH/2019 MORNING)
-PLS CFM RECEIPT
In the morning, as a small variant of our routine, Marc had bought the breakfast before I came down to his apartment, so we could go to the garden directly. We could finish the first part of preparation for new planting projects, that is removing the high grass and shrubbery carpet that had grown over the foils on the rows. And the second part, removing the foil and the staples for fixing the foil is done half.
Mark went home, and I wanted to go to the near-by post office. On the way, I found a little shop for âTaiwanese chewing gumâ. The man smiled uncertainly and asked me (only in Chinese) if I really want it. Then he gave me a package of 8 gums for 50T$ (I think, Mark had told me it should be much cheaper!) and when I was about to leave, he gave me a bottle of water for free.
I went on to the post office but after some minutes wondered where it is. I went on for a while, the next city was near and thought I will find it there. In the city I stopped and started the GPS on my phone and saw on the map that I had missed the first post office and was 20 meters in front of the next one (I would have missed that, too, because it was not directly on the road).
The lady at the counter needed a long time for the letter to Iran and a while for the wooden Taiwanese postcard that I had got in a school, but finally it was done and I went back.
Again, I didnât see the first post office and this is interesting, because only by seeing it a few days ago I thought that I easily could deliver the letters.
At home, I came back to the true routine of these days of homework interrupted by lunch and a chewing gum session.
This stuff is bitter and after a while I didnât feel well, first a kind of heat around the cheeks and then dizzy and a bit sick. But I was awake for the next few hours, the main reason why people chew that. It is in fact betel nut and it is a normal reaction of being poisoned by the alkaloids contained in that nut. Not sure what I will do with the other 7 pieces, but I know that some people chew up to 100 of them every day. When I had recovered we had a recording session with Betty, Markâs wife, Â now completing the 11th verse of the BĂŒrgschaft. In the evening Helen the teacher of the school in Pitou, sent me the recording of Betty, the student whoâs recording had failed or was gone! I wonder how Betty could do that without any help with German pronunciation and I am happy and grateful to both Helen and Betty, but even more I was embarrassed that I cannot use it, because the voice cannot be heard in the first part. I sent back a recording for studying and hope they can repeat it in some days.
My route to Sydney is now nearly completed, I looked for places to stay every 200km = for every second night, and I found so many willing and friendly hosts, one family offering their yard for camping and access to bath and kitchen although they possibly would not be at home.
Mark had a class in Herbal Medicine in the evening and I didnât go out for dinner, first, because I continued finishing my nuts that are forbidden to bring to Australia and second because it was raining.
When he came back (luckily the rain had stopped at that time) we talked about plants, what was sometimes difficult because we both didnât know the English names, but at least regarding mint we could compare th application in TMC and in traditional healthcare in Austria.