I’ve lost my umbrella 7 months ago in Nepal. It was early October and the rainy season had ended from one day to the other. I haven’t missed the umbrella ever since.
One day it started raining, and it didn’t quit for four months.
(Forrest Gump)
That has changed in the last 2 weeks. Since early May, it rains almost every night and sometimes during the day. It is the beginning of the rainy season in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
Last rainy season in Kathmandu, September 2011
I’m not a big fan of seasons and have gladly welcomed the eternal summer on a world tour.
Es regnet nicht nur in der Regenzeit
es schüttet aus Kübeln nur so runter(2Raumwohnung – Nimm mich mit)
Eternal summer with perpetual rain, doesn’t rock my boat at the moment.
The bucket is full in Bangkok, May 2012
I do not want a new umbrella. It is about time to get away from the equator (-;
I just booked my trans pacific flight rikshaw, next week!
Bangkok, Thailand 
Starting off in LA and heading south?
Let me know if you need any help with anything while in the US, though my knowledge of astronomy observatories in SoCal is far better than that of the beaches I’ll admit. :)
Heading south from LA, yes. We’ll be running for Mexico and for the cheaper countries in Central America. But there’s 2 spots I really want to visit in LA. It’s not about beaches, it’s about heroes:
I want to drink a beer at the latter one and draw feynman diagrams at the 1st one. Or play the bongo drum? Or …? What’s your suggestion as a physicist?
I wouldn’t mind an astronomy observatory tour, but not everyone is as lucky to have a knowledgable aardvark to guide them.
Feynman diagrams is probably a good bet- I mean from what I hear from those who have met the man you’d engage in a lot of womanizing ;) tho if you’ve never seen this it prolly puts some of him in context- http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/i-love-my-wife-my-wife-is-dead.html (Tho warning, the postscript almost sent me bawling…)
Pretty much everyplace science-y out there runs public tours this time of year, but of course the question is more one of whether you’ll be renting a car or not. If not you should still get up to Griffith Observatory (especially towards the evening so you can look through the telescopes!) and you can maybe get out to JPL as well (just google “JPL tours,” tho note one needs to submit info in advance for security reasons), if you do have a car I’d recommend going up to Palomar Observatory as they do tours every few hours there. It’s on the way to San Diego, and an awesome drive.
Artie Aardvark btw is heading to the Dutch astronomers conference this week and Oxford in a few weeks more, and is excited to share what he does with his fans once he does! ;-)
Holy shit…
I can’t make up my mind, what to think of the Feynman letter to his dead wife. Why? What’s the purpose? Who’s the audience? Does this kind of writing help to let off some steam?
She must have been very special and it sure is a moving letter. The postscript is so witty and so sad…
I’m wishing Artie 2 nice conferences!