洛杉矶 ~ 工作与旅游

隔了两个月，但还是决定写下来 ...... 我的LA之旅 。

我都不记得之前有没有坐过将久的飞机，但这次真的很累 ... 16个小时多，而且还没计算中途转机和停留的时间。飞机从KL去桃源，再去洛杉矶。然后，我们还要搭两个小时的车程去San Diego。

在那边，还好没有时差的问题，可能是一天都很忙吧，所以不怎么觉得。这是我第二次参加 International Sea Turtle Symposium，上次是在印度，这次在San Diego。遇见了之前认识的朋友，也认识了一些新朋友，最重要的是，我遇见了几个海龟基因的专家，我的研究问题解决了，耶！

这是我第一次去LA，对周遭的东西都觉得很好奇，所以相机真的闪个不停。那与我们相反的道路，那陌生的路牌，那不明的指示牌，那新奇的招牌，那收悉的品牌，那不曾看过的 ...... 一一的出现在这里。除了工作，当然也少不了到处走走咯！在还没工作前我们就去了San Diego Sea World, 真的打开眼界的一天。

在工作完了的时候，我们就去了Universal Studios，也是精彩的一天啊！我只能说他们的3D 效果真的很3D 啊！真的会让你身在其中。The Mummy，King Kong，Jurassic Park， Simpson，鬼屋 ... 都让我们惊叫连连啊！我觉得真的折回票价。我们从早上玩到他们关门，才把所有的游戏玩完，真的有点夸张，哈哈！此外，我们也有去Hollywood，走它们的星光大道，去Mexico的边界，疯狂购物。

India Conference Trip

Last week went off to India for "Sea Turtle Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation" for 11 days. I participated in the poster presentation. The symposium actually just took about 7 days, and the other days, we walked around Goa and Mumbai. Before going there, a lot people have some comments about India, but when we r there ... actually not that bad, i jz feel ok with it.

This is the symposium poster

We traveled around Panaji before the symposium, we walked around there, went to the river cruise place, the train station ... actually we want to go Delhi by train, but unluckily, the ticket is finished. so v cancel this plan and change another one ... we went to north Goa.

Here are some pictures that i took in difference places.

Beside travel around, sure we tried the local goan and indian foods. Almost everyday we ate roti, charpati, Naan, Puri .... with the indian style curry. I really like their curry, very special, and like the cheese naan and Puri the most. Beside the foods, Fruits Juice is very nice in India, cause the Juice is really Juice, they didn't add any water, jz the fruit.

Here are the building in panaji, quite nice.

After the symposium, we went to north Goa, visit 4 beaches ... Vagator, Ajuna, Baga and Cadolim. In Vagator, we went hiking through the dramatic red-stone sliffs to visit the Chapora Fort. The view up there really nice; Ajuna is jz a short beach but quite happening there; Baga is the beach that very "busy", first time i saw so many people in a beach, like inside the movie; Cadolim also the same. If compared to Redang, i still feel that Redang is more beautiful cause their sand not so nice, the water quite dirty ... Their is not suitable for snorking or diving but is for ... swimming, sun bathing, drinking and playing. After Goa we move to Mumbai to wait for the flight back KL. We have 5 hours there, so jz hv a little walked there then went back KL.

Church of Our Lady of the immanculate Conception

Basilica of Bom Jesus

Have to thanks ... my junior and also partner in India, Nel (left); Jovy and Jayesh to bring us around in the North Goa and Mumbai, really thanks u guys for everything.

Oh, one thing that i dislike India is ...... their airport, the system of the airport, is really bad. They r so straight in the airport ... until ONLY flight passenger can enter the airport; some more before u enter the airport, hv to show ur ticket (but normally we only get our ticket when we check in in the counter), so next time be4 u go there make sure u print ur e-ticket, if not will be very "mafan"; in the scanning system, after scan, u hv to make all ur luggages (hand carry one) hv the tag with the cop by the counter there, if not ... u can't get in ur plane and very "mafan" as well ... == (this is jz my own opinion) accept for this ...... India is GOOD.

p/s: Hope can go India again, go difference places there, like Delhi, Mumbai ...... wish can be there again :)