Fraser Island

Short trip to UNESCO World Heritage Fraser...

Kuala Lumpur

Hace un mes y pico que fuimos un par de semanitas a España y de camino paramos un par de días en Kuala Lumpur (Malasia). Como dicen las guias turísticas de las grandes metrópolis asíaticas, Kuala Lumpur es una "ciudad de contrastes"... vamos que lo normal es que a un lado de la calle te encuentres un rascacielos modernísimo y al otro una barriada de casas pobres llena de monos que rebuscan entre la basura. Una ciudad bastante caótica, sin apenas aceras por donde andar (pero con avenidas con 4 y 5 carriles para los coches!). Dos dias fueron suficientes para ver lo más emblemático de KL: el centro y sus jardines, las cuevas Batu y, como no, las Petronas. Ahí quedan las fotos:

Se acabó el campo... por ahora

Desde Septiembre del año pasado he estado trabajando en un proyecto que estudia el efecto del fuego en los bosques australianos. Durante este tiempo he aprendido mucho y he disfrutado aún mas!! De momento el trabajo de campo se ha terminado. Ahora toca encerrarse con el ordenador y ver qué podemos hacer con todos esos datos que hemos recogido. Con un poco de suerte habremos contribuido a entender un poquito mejor cómo funcionan los bosques aquí abajo :) Ahi van las fotos, Cómo me gusta darle fuego al bosque!!! . . . .

F1 2012 season start

so...this year I decided to watch the race from my couch ...but of course I did want to have a look at the new cars with their funny looking nose. So I went for Saturday FP3 and qualifying session withe a GA (general admission) pass and the upgrade to the Premium zone. This proved to be a very good choice since the area is on the hill before curve 14 and has a large TV screen just in front. So I was actually able to enjoy both seeing/hearing the cars under heavy breaking and the rest of the circuit on the big screen. All in all much better than last years` tickets in the Webber grandstand.

BTW ...I am really disappointed by the official F1 2012 application for smart phones ...not really helpful and it has a big bug... the display remains black when coming back from energy saving mode (turn off the screen light) ...so one has to restart the application every time ...what a BS ...and is only for the Android version, on iPhones this is not happening as I checked it with one of my friends.

and now some photos

Wilsons Prom

Last week-end we did a camping trip to one of the nicest places around Melbourne....when the whether is good. Superb beeches with mountains and forests in the background, rivers entering the sea and nice trekking paths. As downside ...the camping was packed...of course everybody goes there because is so beautiful.
The plan was to have a nice, quiet day on the beach on Saturday, followed by barbecue and relax time...until around 11 PM when they send us to sleep...of course all around everybody else was sleeping since 10 :(. On Sunday we did a short walk (around 8 km return) to Tongue point and of course we had a swim in a deserted place.

Below you have some photos taken by our friends.