operational challenges

Stayed up at the border last night, a small little hotel, with great rooftop bar.  Awoken early by the roar of their generator and the room light coming on super bright.  I think nothing of it, until arriving at my hotel in Juba and try to charge my phone.  I try a different socket, and then in the lobby.  Nada.  It begins to dawn on me, so I try my laptop, same result.  That bright light this morning was a power surge, killed my chargers. 

No big deal, I can borrow a laptop charger and easily buy a phone charger.  But on top of my secondary glasses losing both arms a couple of weeks back, and my primary spectacles with a broken frame into which I have to refit the lens every time I need to wear them, it’s clearly time to go home.  Less than 3 weeks, but long enough with such equipment failures.