Went out with James (one of the Kenyans working with the project) in the morning but we got a little late of a start because we had to go to the base to stock up and get ready first. So rather than being on the road at 6:30 as we normally were, we didn’t get rolling until after 6:45. Consequently, 2 of the 3 slaughter slabs we were attempting to sample had already slaughtered their pig by the time we had gotten to them. Only the first one we visited still had a live pig there for us. But on the upside of things, the sample locations were in and around Port Victoria, a small shanty town on Lake Victoria. Got to take some good pictures at the fishing ‘docks’ after signing their visitor ledger. The first few boats that were out catching Nile Perch had returned and were off-loading their respective catch. They were separating out the smaller ones for local consumption while the larger ones were put on ice then in the back of a truck to be driven to the airport then flown to Nairobi and on to destinations in Europe.
After I got back I spent the day processing samples... Fecal samples... But it was alright, I knew when I signed up that microscopes and feces would be on my agenda.
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