New Digs

This weekend we're in Ambre d'Hotes, a B&B right on the main road not too far from Pointe des Almadies. The hotel website falsely advertises a pool, but the place is charming. We've met some lovely ladies from Unicef Zimbabwe and Zambia who were here for an HR meeting, and there are pretty delicious evening 3-course dinners with wine, for a very reasonable price. The internet is fairly good depending on your room, and you can watch the World Cup games on one of the African channels (the Ivorian one seemed to have the best sound), but not CNN. Which is perhaps a relief.

During the week there have been power cuts, and on Wednesday evening the transformer caught on fire. The generator ran Thursday night and by Friday the electricity was back to normal. Mighty quick service in my experience!



Terrace where breakfast and dinner are served, behind the main building.


View of the main building, from the back garden. The things that look like giant wooden Q-tips are mortars. Or pestles. The thing you pound with, not the receptacle.


The back building. My room is the second floor.


Burned out transformer. I totally slept through the whole thing.