Trips to Brisbane, Seattle, Madrid, and Shanghai (2018)
2024-06-14
In 2018 I went to Brisbane, Seattle, Madrid, and Shanghai.
1 2018-05: Brisbane, Australia
I went to Brisbane for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). I was very impressed with how clean and modern the city was, and the fact that housing is very affordable compared to San Francisco thanks to the construction of numerous high rise buildings.
FIGURE 1 A covered small plaza of some sort.
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FIGURE 2 Rainbow lorikeet at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
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FIGURE 3 Skyline of Brisbane at sunset.
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FIGURE 4 Skyline of Brisbane at blue hour.
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FIGURE 5 Brisbane City Hall.
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FIGURE 6 Albert Street Uniting Church nestled betwixt the modern buildings.
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1.1 Day trip to the Gold Coast
I didn’t have time to go scuba diving. The Great Barrier Reef will have to wait until next time! Hopefully it will still exist by then…
2 2018-09: Seattle, WA, USA
I went to Seattle to visit my friend.
FIGURE 7 Space Needle viewed from the Dimension condominium rooftop.
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FIGURE 8 The Ballard Bridge, a bascule bridge that spans the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
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FIGURE 9 Skyline of Seattle from Dr. Jose Rizal Bridge.
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3 2018-09 to 2018-10: Madrid, Spain
I went to Madrid for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics Systems (IROS).
FIGURE 10 The Palacio de Cristal del Retiro at dawn.
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FIGURE 11 Sol.
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FIGURE 12 Cathedral of the Royal Palace.
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FIGURE 13 View from the rooftop of the Circulo de Bellas Artes. I got yelled by a security guard when taking the photo since I had climbed over a railing.
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FIGURE 14 Some kind of delicious food.
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4 2018-10: Shanghai, China
I went to Shanghai to visit my parents! My dad was working there at the time.
FIGURE 15 Pudong viewed from the Bund.
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FIGURE 16 Beautiful bridge in Zuibaichi.
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FIGURE 17 Porsche 356C at the Auto Museum.
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FIGURE 18 The Bund viewed from the Financial Center.
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FIGURE 19 The Nanpu Bridge.
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FIGURE 20 A big flower thing.
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FIGURE 21 The Bund at dusk.
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FIGURE 22 The Transrapid to the airport.