Zhimin @ Silicon Valley

Monterey Bay

28th December 2002

My Saturday morning was spent at Monterey Bay, we went in 2 cars - Sohrab, Sohrab's sister, Sachin (Sohrab's friend), Edmund and myself, and - Yusuf, Karthik, Olivia and Olivia's parents.

We dropped Olivia's parents at the Poppy Hills golf course and we drove along the 17 Mile Drive and stopped at various scenic locations at Pebble Beach to take pictures.

Then we went on our way to the Monterey Bay Aquarium where the sunny weather turned rainy. But we went to visit the place nonetheless and met up with Kae Fong, Heng Wai and his friend at the aquarium.

The place was rather crowded despite the rain and it wasn't too bad inside... sea creatures to see and take pictures and a rainbow to end the evening...

Poppy Hills Golf Course	People golfing, but unfortunately, it started to rain later
First stop, the beach	Quite windy too
Me, Olivia, Sohrab, Yusuf, Sohrab's sister, Sachin and Edmund	The waves are nice to watch too
A surfer riding the waves	What's up, Edmund?

Yusuf, Sachin, Olivia, Sohrab & sis, Edmund, Karthik	Scenic view
Waves hitting the rocks	Sachin and Karthik
Sea birds on the rocks	Sachin, Edmund and myself... the wind is really strong here...
Edmund fighting his way against the wind	Sea gulls


Lone tree on the edge	Sohrab, Sachin, Yusuf and Karthik
Me vs. strong wind	Foamy water
	At the Monterey Bay Aquarium
It's dark around 6pm or so and snow is falling...	.... but there's still night skiing until 9pm.
Trash is home to some animals	Sea life through the looking glass
	Sea dollars (some sea creatures) on display
Skeleton of some fish that eats hard-shelled animals	Anchovies swimming round and round, each following its neighbour, with no one leading the way
Me with the stupid anchovies	Jellyfish
Penguins!	Penguin shop
Some specimens	Baby sharks in egg cases
	Big jellyfish swimming upside down
Giant tunas	Sleeping Karthik
Sleeping Sachin	One end of a rainbow...
... and the other end of it, a pot of gold???