A visit from Angela and my first durian

I was working hard on some conference when Angela texted me.  Angela was the girl I met in Guiyang railway station when I first arrived.  We had swapped WeChat and kept in touch.  She had also taken me to KTV in Tongren when I was there.  Now by a quirk if fate, she was my 'boss' as conference coordinator.  She said she was coming over to Jiangkou and would meet me outside the school.
I met her outside the school and we took a taxi to a tiny restaurant to eat tofu.  After that we went to a nearby fruit shop and she ordered a Durian!  Never heard of or even seen one of those  before!  It was the size of a crown green bowling ball, brown and spikey.  The greengrocer broke it open and took the issues out and put them in a plastic box.  He then photographed it.  I asked him why , and he said publicity.  I asked him, through Angela if he wanted a shot of me with it.  He jumped at the chance and took a photo of me with it in front of his shop sign.  My brain was a bit frazzled from all the work and I didn't take any photos but below is one from the net.

Next we went to the supermarket bought a few things and got a taxi back to mine.  We ate durian and chatted for a good few hours.  The taste of durian and the texture us like nothing I know.  But it tastes nice and I ate a lot.  Angela's English is very good and I realised that it was the first proper conversation I'd had in English for three months!  Excellent.  We said goodbye, and she left.  What a nice distraction that was!  Thanks Angela.