HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY FOR A LESSON
When I was comming back to the collage from Pemba I got very expensive lesson. I payed for it but if you like you can grab it free.
I had to stop at Zanzibar Town for I had taken the reserve key for the room I stayed when I stopped on my way to Pemba for the season leave. It was Saturday and I wanted to reach at the hostel on Sunday morning so I decided to buy a ticket for night boat.
When I was near the booking office a your man approached me; 'You want a ticket to Dar at Night?' 'Oh Yes'. 'Give him This'. The ticket was taken from the office widow. 'This is for the top class. Pay 15,000/= for you'. I didnt look at the name because always we miss tickets at the offices and buy them from these drug addicted victims. I just payed and went away.
After eating something I slept heavily for almost I was sleeping very late at night. You know we are reserchers. No disserted. Oh any how... My uncle came to wake up me at about 7.30 pm. 'I was told you are going to Dar'. I just jumped out of the bed, collected my things and he took me on his motor cycle to the port. Good bye. byeeeee.
When I reached he entrance the checker jumped out 'This is the ticket'. After long discussion I found that the ticket belonged to a European guy and it was stolen. Lucky enough the case was not reported to the police. But I had only 1000/= in my pocket. (You know I use an INTERNATIONAL VISA CARD) but there was no nearby bank at the port and remember it was around 8.15 now.
I didnt regret for that because I believed I had got a lesson:
1. Our culture of buying tickets from these addicted young men is like watering there bad behaviour.
2. I never checked the name in the tickets which I buy through the same way.
3. I could escape this if consulted the gut at the window which was about only 1.5 metres from me.
I payed 15,000/= for this lesson, is it too much? How much would you pay?
Oh, excuse me. you want to know how I managed to travel to Dar then. I was very lucky. The guy who was guiding the Europeans payed 10,000/= to the man ant the boat gate man. (Dont ask me if it was legal) When I interred the boat some one shouted,Bring him to first class. I had no time to thank him or just to know him.
Ha! Well that truly was a very expensive lesson to learn. You know they usually say, "when the deal is too good, think twice!"
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