New Kenya entry: Mombasa!

Here's the new one:
Cheetah, Mombasa and its markets, and more

Here are the previous ones:
Wheels down in Nairobi
On the road to Tsavo
Notes for the second full day
First survey drives and the members of the team
Nature walk and survey drive
Lions and elephants
The lions, the land and the Maasai

I'm trying to figure out the karma...

...that gets me sick yesterday, then gets me a jammed ignition cylinder this morning.

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I got up this AM extra early to get to work to try to make up hours that I've missed this week. My key goes into the ignition, but it's jammed hard. I can't turn the key any which way no matter what I try. I call the dealership. They have to tow it in and fix it for an insane amount of money. In the meanwhile, I'm missing hours and hours of billable time. I can get to work via bus--one transfer with a drop off on a freeway entrance (which I hate with a fury of a thousand suns) to get there, one transfer on the way back--but I have to be in Lake City before 6 PM to get the car, which means leaving work early. At most, assuming absolutely nothing goes wrong, I'll get in 4 hours of time at the office and a lot of aggravation.

Hate. Hate. Hate.

I should have stayed in Africa.

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