{"id":2110,"date":"2016-11-12T23:50:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T23:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2016-11-16T06:02:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T06:02:39","slug":"back-in-mombasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2110","title":{"rendered":"Back in Mombasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back in Mombasa again, and staying at Joe&#8217;s place in Majaoni where Meld and I stayed 3 years ago. It&#8217;s like coming home. though some things have changed.<\/p>\n<p>For example, some building work has been started, I think this is linked t the rescue centre that Joe is working on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0006_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2111\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0006_resize-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0006_resize\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0006_resize-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0006_resize-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0006_resize.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0006_resize-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lydia took me to her shop a short walk away, where these children had been keeping an eye on things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0020_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2112\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0020_resize-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0020_resize\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0020_resize-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0020_resize-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0020_resize.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0020_resize-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the shop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0021_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2113\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0021_resize-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0021_resize\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0021_resize-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0021_resize-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0021_resize.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0021_resize-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday I took Maggy, Beatrice, Dorine and little Aidan to the Serena Beach Hotel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0045_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2116\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0045_resize-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0045_resize\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0045_resize-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0045_resize-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0045_resize.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0045_resize-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0052_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2117\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0052_resize-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0052_resize\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0052_resize-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0052_resize-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0052_resize.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0052_resize-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aidan enjoyed his sun bed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0043_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2115\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0043_resize-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0043_resize\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0043_resize-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0043_resize-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0043_resize.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0043_resize-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alternative transport?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0038_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2114\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0038_resize-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0038_resize\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0038_resize-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0038_resize-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0038_resize.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_0038_resize-190x126.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back in Mombasa again, and staying at Joe&#8217;s place in Majaoni where Meld and I stayed 3 years ago. It&#8217;s like coming home. though some things have changed. For example, some building work has been started, I think this is linked t the rescue centre that Joe is working on. Lydia took me to&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2110\">Continue Reading Back in Mombasa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","radius"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43dbc-y2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2118,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions\/2118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}