Monday, April 7, 2014

Day 2 in Phuket, Thailand (7 April 2014)

Ya! the jet-lag woke me up at 4:30am, which is not that bad. The university car with three group of folks showed up to pick us up at 8:30am. At the unveristy we met our point of contact Dr
Chinnawat Surussavadee, who happens to be MIT graduate. He took us to the possible sites to pick the right location for our sensor. After a few search, we found a suitable site for the sensor. Well! there is always be one minor problem, this time the GPS cable is short to put the antenna at the four story building roof, thus we have to find a home for the computer on the second floor. Thanks to Dr

Chinnawat, we found one excellent room in the library building. The GPS cable from the roof barely made to the second floor room where we have the computers. 
On our way to the university
This is the building where Dr Chinnawat's group sit!
Searching for sensor site!
This is the room where we put our electronics!
Providing seminar!
Here is the team!
At the dinner!
After we setup the computer and laid down the magnetometer cable and seonsor outside, Dr Chinnawat and his team took us to one of the nearby restaurant. O! man the Thai food is so delicious, and I couldn't stop eating. We got back to the university and did about an hour and half seminar. We got to the computer room and successfully completed the internet configuration. Of course, I have to wake my man across the Atlantic, Matt Magoun, to check if he can see us from there. Sure! in deed he sees us and get connected without any problem. This is the first time that the IP configuration went through without any delay. We completed our work for the day at 6:00pm and Dr Chinnawat and his team took us to another restaurant for dinner. Again the food is so so nice. Finally, we got back to our hotel around 9:00pm. Let's see how far we go with the outside work! stay tune!

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