Today started special right from the start. Not only did I
over sleep and missed my lift to town, I got a body that's hurting like it's
been beaten with a bicycle seat. To top it all off, I did not get time to
gently wake up and ponder the start if life before getting up...
I jumped up in startle from an earthquake... an actual
earthquake... For a moment I was wondering if I had enough time to get out the
back of the building before the building meets the valley below, but it stopped
just as abruptly as it started.
Naturally I was pretty awake now, sore body or not. I walked
off to the balcony to look at Apia
in the distance by the coast, wondering if there were an impending tsunami and
whether anyone down there would have any chance... Luckily nothing happened.(I
later heard the only effect on Apia
was that the schools all closed early after the earthquake and there were many
happy children celebrating their early weekend.)
I did end up making to town via another slightly later lift than
the intended one, so it all worked out just fine. (here they call in still
"in time", Samoan time that is... as far as I understand Samoan time
is like normal time, but + or - 1 hour)
Today I also met the free spirited Japanese lady I was told
about on my second day here. Her name is Sayaka or in short "Saya"
and she's been on and off Samoa for the last 6 years.
I only briefly got introduced as she was actually busy
hosting and sending off a small group she was showing around, but I got a good
feeling and could feel the "free spirit" vibes emanating from her.
I was thinking "I'd like to talk to her more",
just not sure how to go about it without looking like a freak. Towards the end
of the night when her "guests had left I braved up and made some conversation,
only to find out she's leaving again early the next morning to go to Manono
Island (a small coastal island between the two Samoan main islands). I'm still
not sure how exactly it happened, (maybe I was scared she'd disappear from my
grasp), but out of the blue I asked her whether I can go to Manono with her. Luckily
for me she did not think I'm a plain weirdo and invited me to join her and her
friends.
Tomorrow morning we're driving off to the Northern end of
the island to get the boat to the island, I hope it will not be an awkward
trip.
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