Mozilla Summit 2013 – p1

summit2013-230x200This’s year I had a chance to attend Mozilla Summit at Santa Clara – USA.
Long flight from Jakarta not making me tired at all, the sessions that we will have in the morning is like pushing my adrenalin. So exciting.

After a long complicated flight, we savely arrived at San Jose Mineta Airport.
Why complicated?
Well, first me, @rara79 and @eriskatp had Jakarta-Singapore-Japan flight with only 1 hour time between the flight. If we have to run from Changi T3 to make a transfer at T2, we wont make it. Thank God ANA Airlines staff has waited for us at the gate and take us to T2 right away using a buggy car.

Saved.

Second, we had 8 hours transit at Narita, Japan. But that’s fine. We spent the time by visiting Naritasan Shinsoji Temple, an amazing heritage of Japan. We met other team from Indonesia (Benny Chandra, Dwi, Aditya, Aji) in here along with fellow Mozillian from Japan (Takeshi kun and team), India and Myanmar.

So now here I am.
Far far away from home in the heart of Silicon Valley and cant wait the summit to begin.

I’m making documentation for this Mozilla Summit. You can see it in my instagram, facebook or flickr account. Just search for tags #MozSummit #MozSummit2013

Arrive at San Jose Airport @rara79 at San Jose Airport
@cengakarux, @rara79 and @eriskatp at San Jose Airport @cengakarux, @rara79 and @eriskatp at San Jose Airport
me & @eriskatp at San Jose Airport me & rara79 at at San Jose Airport
mozsummit_sanjose_20131004030736_007 waiting for the bus to Mariott
waiting for the bus to Mariott With Alex Lakatos

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Paris dalam 3-4 Hari

courtesy: www.travelstart.co.za

Buat Yofie yang rencananya mo 3-4 hari di Paris.
Rute ini subjective ke gw yah. Kamu bisa modif-modif ndiri tergantung sukanya venue yang kaya gimana, seberapa kuat kaki elo jalan, or rute metro mana ajah yang mo lo ambil :P

Kalo ngomongin Paris -IMO- defaultnya yang ada di bayangan kita pasti Menara Eiffel, lalu Museum Louvre dan mungkin Katedral Notre-Dame. But believe me Paris is way more than that. Even if you spent full 3-4×24 hours is till not enough to explore The City of Lights. Kasarnya yang tadi itu baru Paris ring-1 :)

Mo mengingatkan, karena Eiffel dan Louvre adalah tujuan utama turis, hati-hati dengan antriannya. Get there as early as you can! Kalo lagi sial bisa-bisa buang waktu 2 jam cuman buat ngantri Eiffel doang. You can see more within 2 hours.

Some says 3 days are not enough to explore Louvre itself :) Yah aku ga yakin elo demen maen-maen ke museum sih, but it’s awsome!!! *bah, jadi pingin balik sana lagi*

Pas landing di bandara gw saranin elo ambil tourist/travel map berbagai versi tapi yang bahasa Inggris yah :P Ah iya, peta metro juga. Elo bisa beli tiket metro terusan juga sih di sini.

Karena elo nyebut Rue Vicq d’Azir, Paris, asumsiku elo nginap di daerah sana. Rute yang bisa gue saranin sih

 

Arc de Triomphe courtesy: time.com

Day #1,
Istirahat bentar langsung ajah ke Arc de Triomphe (naik metro yang turun di Charles de gaulle kalo ndak salah :P)
Dari AdT tinggal lurus ajah nyusurin Champs-Elysees. Nah udah deh, elo jalan ujung ke ujung bolak-balik juga pasti lom akan puas.
Banyak venue menarik di sini. Selain toko-toko modern yang eksotis, situs-situs sejarah juga banyak.
Misalnya ada Place de la concorde, Obelisk (jangan mikir yang di komik Asterix yah) plus air mancurnya,
Sampai buntutnya di Louvre. Di sini elo liat situasi ajah, paling tidak elo bisa foto di piramida depan gerbang Louvre situ :)

Santai ajah kalo berasa gempor, tinggal naek metro buat baliknya :) Ada 2 stasiun metro sputaran Louvre. Kombo peta turis + peta metro itu mantap :P

Kalo waktu cukup dan mo nerusin, kamu bisa nyusurin Rivoli trus nyebrang ke Seine. Gw ga tau nama “pulau”-nya tapi di sanalah berdiri Notre-Dame ama La Sainte Chapelle. Gw sih lebih suka motoin Notre-Dame saat rada-rada berkabut, jadi yah either pagi-pagi atau pas sunset sekalian dengan background sungai Seine :)

Day #2
Hmmm, kalo niatnya naek sampe pucuk Eiffel mending dilakukan hari ini. Ngantri sepagi mungkin.
Preferensi orang beda-beda sih, mo lihat view pagi apa view sore menjelang malam. Cuman ya itu tadi, antriannya.
Lagian di atas berangin banget. susah juga buat moto-moto yang bener kalo kamu ga spare waktu yang banyak.

Jangan sampe batre kelewat dingin yah, nanti malah ga bisa moto (pengalaman :( ). Jadi bawa spare batre yang disimpen dibalik baju. Buntelin apa kek biar tetap anget. Jaga-jaga kalo batre utama ngadat.

Selesai manjat Eiffel ma muterin tamannya elo bisa lanjut ikutan River Cruise.
Atau kalo mo maen ke museum kalo ga salah ada Musee D’Orsay ama Rodin. Ada juga Invalides, makam si Napoleon kalo ga salah di sini.

Musee D’Orsay courtesy: www.allkmc.com

Day #3

kita coba jump ke yang jauhan trus mundur ke arah tempat elo nginap pas pulangnya.
– Luxembourg Gardens (nah mestinya pagi-pagi neh)
– lanjut jalan kaki ke Pont Neuf Bridge
– ambil metro pont neuh turun di Royal palace, udah deh ubek-ubek di situ
– kelar di sini langsung lanjut ke Montmartre Sacre Coeur. Nah kalo mo nyari-nyari suvenir murah tempatnya di sini.
Paling keren nangkring depan sacre coeur sore-sore, liat paris menjelang sunset. Nah pas mulai masuk malam, bisa lihat merahnya Moulin Rouge di bawah :P

La Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre courtesy: overvacation.com

Day #4

trace back ajah venue mana yang elo mo datangin lagi. Rute Day #1 misalnya. langsung shortcut ajah via metro.

Nah gitu ajah sih. Rute day-1 itu aslinya buanyak banget, kamu ga akan bisa lama-lama di 1 tempat. Tapi gw emang paling suka nyusurin Champs-Elysees. Rasain ndiri ajah deh, Yof :)

*berhitung keras buat next travel destination: Nonton Liverpool di Anfield, balik ke Paris, pulau-pulau di Yunani yah paling ga Santorini deh*

Beijing

Leaving Nanjing this afternoon. Arrive at Beijing, -2 celcius outside the airport. Well still OK.
Go straight to A Fun Ti for dinner and watching show from Xinjiang people. It’s Friday, traffic jam is everywhere. No much different with Jakarta :P
Lucky got table in the restaurant and order some Xinjiang food. It’s crowded inside. Maybe because it’s Friday night, weekend. So ppl choose to spent the night in restaurant or other similar places along with their friends.
The food was so good, the show also. Start from traditional music, kungfu and very very pretty dancers :P Lucky me, i brought Decy’s handycam with me so i could take some shoots :P One of the pretty dancer try to put a big snake in my shoulder. HUaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, I hate any kind of reptils. Please.
So an old mand win the prize, going to the stage with the pretty snake dancer and got Xinjiang hat + tshirt :P
Went to hotel around 10pm. one hour later i went outside with Yuan Chen, Hu Sin and Aang for a walk. Getting colder and windy in the street … brrrrrrr, -6 in a sudden. Huaaaaaa, forgot to bring scarf but thanks to my ‘astronout’ jacket for keeping me alive :P
Brrrrr…..