I had not realised before that trip to Gabon that there were two styles of Europlug - French and the others. The plug you see does not have the grounding hole to accept the French pin. If I hadn't been given a made-up lead (which happened to be of the French configuration) for the electronic equipment before I left - angst would have occurred. I have found though that, outside of the US, most hotels/accommodation units have some equipment in the room with a removable plug and a screwdriver works wonders on the adapter front!
