I started the day by climbing a huge hill, it went upslopes for at least 10 kilometers, probably 20. I biked on the west side of the Vltava, passing villages like Chotilsko, Celina and Obory, before I crossed the river at Kamyk nad Vltavou. At the castle Orlík nad Vltavou I crossed it again and biked the rest of the way to Písek on the west side.

There was something that troubled me the later it got: I couldn't get in touch with Libor's friends, with whom I was gonna spend the night. The mobile phone I was supposed to call must have been out of reach or something. I left a message and sent an sms and couldn't do anything but to wait.

But it's not too nice to wait for someone to call as the sun is going lower and lower on the sky and you don't have a Plan B. So as the sun was gonna set I decided to search for a camping. There was no one on the map, but outside Písek I eventually found one – what a relief. Fuck those friends anyway. (Sorry, but that was how I thought.)

This was a very rough camping. No formalities, no thorough writing down my passport number as at the other Czech campings, no commu-style stamps – the barman took my money (2 dollars) and told me to raise the tent where the hell I wanted.

I sort of like it here. I live in my tent just by the water, which I think is Otava, a little side creek to Vltava. It's already 10 pm and I think I'm gonna go to bed.