November 23, 2005 Yesterday we traveled from Dakar to Tambacounda. We were warned to leave early because it can be a long journey, so we were up at 6 and ready to go. We had to wait for Saida, our busy-body landlady, so we could pay her our electricity bill. She came by just after 6:30, and told us that our bill was 48,000CFA, which is almost $100. For TWO weeks. We were under the impression that it was 60CFA per kilowatt hour, so we thought we were doing okay, but found out it was really 150CFA per kilowatt hour. Whoops. Well, we were mad. We couldn’t believe how much it cost, we were just happy that we were leaving early, because we wouldn’t have been able to afford another month and a half! So, grumpy
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