So I’m in Singapore a few days early, to get over the jet-lag (I’m a believer in Melatonin) and for some scientific meetings tomorrow. The Decade of the Mind Conference doesn’t begin until Sunday. In the meantime some observations: the non-stop from Newark to Singapore didn’t go over the Pole. Instead it took a route that led across the Atlantic, Northern Europe, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, The Bay of Bengal and on in to the Island State. We took the most interesting circuitous route across both Afghanistan and Pakistan with intricate direction turns–makes one think there might be some concerns about where commercial jets can safely go–or not. And there was some very exciting turbulence over the Indian Ocean as we got close. But all told, it was a great flight and definitely the fastest way to East Asia from the US east coast.
The food here–so far–is great. I had an amazing fish curry for breakfast.
Great news on the Chilean miners. We got the text messages of the successful rescue on the plane.
Discoverers and Discoveries 