There I was sat in my Spanish class, learning the Irregular verbs in the future tense - fun eh? - when Amanda calls me to tell me there are 3 men in our house disconnecting our electricity! Hmmm... They had come round to say the bill had not been paid so they were disconnecting us. Amanda pointed out we had not had a bill - so first he cut the cable and then he gave it to her!! He then cut several houses in our block - including our landlady opposite. It is very unlikely that they hadn't paid. These men were quite unpleasant to Amanda and me thinks they wanted the money from the re-connection fee.
So after my Spanish class I went on a candle hunt to get more candles to see us through the evening. When back home (and had met up with Amanda by this point) we spoke to Dona Irma next door - she couldn't even get her car into her drive because her gate is electric!
Anyway...this is Honduras isn't it? When they disconnect you they don't just flick a switch to turn off your power, they come and actually cut the cable - so she simply called her handyman friend Geovany and he just wired the cables back together again for us...thus electricity!!! Who needs to pay a reconnection fee or the company?? She's going to talk to the electricity people for us tomorrow!!
Only in Honduras....
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