Blackout

Electricity blackouts are common in this region, the travel guidebook says. I can tell…

Yesterday I was back from Nebaj from trekking, and asked for a fruit shake. “Not possible” – there is no electricity. Nor in this café, nor anywhere else in the city.

The blackout lasted all day and night. At night, to call my sleep, I had to read with the help of a flashlight (good purchase!). Then, I left today around 7am to catch the chicken bus onwards: still no power. Nowhere.

25,000 people without electricity for (at least!) 19 hours. And it all seems routine. Can you imagine?

My resolution: no breakfast today in Nebaj. I’m not sure a lot of places are keeping their refrigerators connected to a power generator...