I have to spend where I can't connect to the internet

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I have to spend two days in a relative's house where I can't connect to the internet during Traditional Holiday.
I really hate to leave my place but wherever wifi flows I would adapt to that place to some extent.
But I have no choice this time except fitting myself into that place as best as I can.

How would you spend time when you face this suffer?

Standard Feyokien advice: Peaceful self meditation listening to music

Getting away and exploring / enjoying the solitude of nature, if possible. I'm...not a good traveler & don't like staying with relatives; everything is too different. Outside, however, even though the terrain, flora and fauna differ from place to place, nature with no people is fairly constant wherever you go. If that's not possible, reading a book or three.

i second the idea of taking a couple of books you've been wanting to read.

Read, listen to music or just go into my own little daydream world.
My dad said once that I can stare at a spot on the wall and be entertained for hours.

I wont lie, I've done that before and it can be entertaining. Especially if the wall is patterned, if I stare at it long enough weird things with my vision start happening.

lol lol My grandmother's walls have some good amount of hallucinative spacklings..And am I supposed to sit down or lie down when I am staring at the wall? And for how many hours do you stare at?

Either works, stare at it as long as you want I guess, never really timed myself, more of something I did when I got bored in school.

Story writing, my Nintendo 3DS, my Nook color. It's always good to get away from the internet.

If you are into meditation or just enjoy being really, really still...fully relax, to the point of no movement at all. Do so while staring at single easily focused on spot. Because our retinas & brains detect *changes* in light on and between our light sensitive cells, by being still enough your vision will simply...turn grey. Twitch your eyes ever so slightly and it'll look like a bas relief or edge detect filter in photoshop/gimp.

when i was on probation i wasn't allowed to have any computers or electronic devices, and i spent months without internet. it was horrible. i whiled away long nights of insomnia by sitting on the couch, listening to music on the tv and just spacing out. if that got boring i'd go out and walk around the neighborhood, look at the stars, climb a tree or a building or something.

it's pretty hard but it's doable

Try to continuously move throughout the house, and try to be in the least-populated rooms at all times. Bring a book or something else to read, or a portable game system if you can.

Do the relatives have pets? I know in the past I have found it can be entertaining and make time pass quicker if there is a cat or dog to interact with....but if they don't have any such pets that wont help so much for this trip of yours. Aside from that exploring the outside areas, watching movies/t.v, reading a book can all be helpful.....and of course if you do get on ok with the relatives it doesn't hurt to do a little socializing with them.

Yeah, or you could socialize with them. Depends on how many times a year you get together. Another thing to consider is finding other relatives and seeing what they like to do. Maybe someone there has the same interests as you?

Depending on which branch of the family it may be likely some of them are on the spectrum, too? If so they may understand that the need for quiet reading or other seclusion doesn't have to mean animosity if it is explained to them.

Also, any chance a neighbor has wifi, or a local coffee shop / library / etc? Would it be worth it to tether through your cell phone & use your data plan if you have one? Before my rural in-laws finally got Internet access, I used an antenna to siphon access from a place a ways down the road when we'd visit (the owners said it was okay).

Thank you for all responds. You all are so kind and warm heartened.

I literally heavily rely on internet for basically all things because of my unusual style of absorbing information. When I study a theory I need hundreds of images to understand a paragraph. Paper books rarely satisfy me.

My uncle built a new wooden house where he lives with his family and my grandmother. Other relatives are gathering there for this holiday and house warming party. I expect more than 10 family members.

No pets and I feel a bit afraid of wandering out door there. I don't like socializing with them at all. No family members would understand my need of solitary. They are usually noisy and want me to join them.
Usually I would go to the library but this specific holiday is the most major festival so libraries will be closed although they open on many other minor holidays.

I'm thinking I should stay up all night reading books or listening to music, watching movies..and day time I will sleep all day long…They would think I need so much sleep after hard workings.