Just a fan

It's so much hotter in Jeremie. My legs resemble a full case of the chicken pox, but it's really hot under my mosquito net. So I've spend the last two days trying to procure a fan (I have solar power in my apartment.). Today I asked my old hostel how much they had paid for the ones they bought two weeks ago. A large standing fan came out to 1750 Gourdes -- about $44US. I went to the same place, and the lady said they were out of the large ones, but she'd sell me a small one for 400 Haitian dollars. It took me a minute to realize that was 2000 Gourdes. I said I would be back. But that's not true. I'll have a friend go, without me, to get a reasonable price.

I hate feeling so dependent here!