Around 4:30 my system (is it my brain or my body) said it is time to wake up. But as there was nothing like a time or a need to wake up, I had turned off my phone and tried to continue sleeping, because I was sure it was too early. At 5:00, I turned on my phone to prove that I am right and then managed to sleep or snooze until 6:12. I felt better than yesterday but not ready to jump out of the bed (an uncomfortable one, if you sit on the mattress, you can feel your bones getting in touch with the wooden construction beneath it and the most unsensitive princess would find a pea under it), so I read something about Uganda in Wikipedia on my phone and got up at 7 for not committing another of the 7 deadly sins, sloth or inertia. In a classic dormitory, you have no space to sit than your bed, additionally it was cold in the room (15°C), so I went back there again, but in working mode, cutting videos without lust (I tell you that to move on in the list of the seven deadly sins!) and answering longer emails and shorter other messages. At noon, I decided to go out for lunch. The streets around are full of restaurants, partly (I guess) because of the nearby University and student’s homes. I was not that hungry (Gluttony would be the according sin otherwise) but I thought it is better to eat now before I get hungry later, because Tang Xie and I would meet for dinner.
In the restaurant there was a girl talking in fluent English and suggested a porridge to me. Her father told her she should talk with me and so we talked about travelling and her wishes to go to Africa and maybe Europe (which is expensive), so we connected on WeChat and later on couchsurfing in case she would come to Vienna. I was not allowed to pay for the porridge so I hope to be able to cook something for her in Vienna.
I combined this excursion with looking for a music store that should be nearby. My plan was to buy a Ukulele for the 3 ship passages that will be 57 days at sea all in all. But the shop was closed, (In the list, wrath would match the situation a bit), so I returned to the hostel on another way, through very narrow lanes and successfully guided by google.
At the hostel a young lad checked in to the dormitory. He is from Taiwan and came by bike and with the ferry from Kinmen.
in the evening, I met Tang Xie and her family. The whole family came about 30km to meet me! And not only meet, we went to a restaurant and they invited me and gave me some snacks for travellng and brought an equipment of tools if I would have a bike problem.
The parents had been travelling in Africa, including Uganda which is a remarkable coincidence for me. It seems that it had been adventurous, but they found smart ways to deal with problems, getting help by Chinese companies or shelter by churches.
For me, it was also interesting how the family acted in the hostel, where we went after dinner because it was so cold outside.
finally I got those ears, too the camera thought I am not a human and dont need them
I got the feeling they know the place better than me although I had been there one day longer. It was so natural and easy-going, I could learn something by that (maybe I will not… I could bring in the sin of envy now, but it doesn’t fit, so I only mention it and last but not least (?) greed, then all 7 deadly sins are mentioned. For those who want to fill a knowledge gap.