79 Hours to go…
Originally uploaded by Eran Kampf.

Tommorow is new years eve and I’ll be joining thousands at Times Squere atching the ball go down…
Happy new years everyone!

After a hectic, being stuck at Mumbai for a day, I came back to Israel a day later than I planned on Saturday.
Flying El-Al proved, again, to be a “fun” experience.

Anyway, I’m flying to Palo Alto in a few hours (On Lufthanza this time) for the SAP Developers Challenge and a short Duet workshop after which I plan to have a short vocation at New York (being at Times Squere on new years eve should be fun).

What is the SAP Developers Challenge?
Basically, SAP takes a bunch of developers from different groups all over the world and team them up with a mission to create something cool
which they later have to present to Shai Agassi and a panel of judges.
Its the second time ever SAP holds such an event and my first time as a participant so I dont really know what to expect but it sure does sounds exciting…

So, on to another month away from home…

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After a long week working at Bangalore we decided see the Taj Mahal on our weekend.
We took a 2 days trip through Delhi and Agra and got to see the Taj Mahal during sunrise which is pretty amazing…

(flickr pictures set is here)

We're planning to spend this weekend at Goa…

I’m currently at the Bombay domestic airport after a (very) long flight from Tel-Aviv.
I’ll be working with the Duet team at Bangalore for the next 10 days and it should be an interesting
expiriencebecause I’ve been workin with these guys for almost 2 years without meeting them in person.
It’s also my first time in India which also makes this a special expirience.

After Bangalore I have about a week in Israel before I go for a month to the US but thats a topic for another post…

I decided to move my entire photos archive to Flickr so I got a pro account account and started uploading.
After almost 3 days of continuous uploading I’ve got most of my stuff, including all the photos from my trip to New Zeland up there so check it out…

Woke up this morning and I didn’t find myself sharing a room with some european girls.
Looked up the window and could not see any mountains, not even a lake, just the building across the street.
The news headline were not about Tom taking Katie to a cruise, Paris’s latest boyfriend or whatever…
While going to work I got the wipers working everytime I tried to give a signal (need to get used to driving on the right again)

Yep, I’m back home….

Update: I’ve posted some pictures from the trip at my Flickr page and I’ll try to write a summary post soon…

I have a flight to catch on the 24th and so much stuff to do so I’m currently on a real tight schedule.

Yesterday I swam with Dolphins at Kaikora and due to the winds I got a real bad sea sickness so I’m lucky I have a lifter who

was able to takeover the driving role and get us to Nelson.

Today we’re going on a two days track on the Abel Tasman and on Sunday
morning I’m taking the fairy to the North Island where I have 3 days to
get to Auckland for my flight.

On those 3 days I plan to do the Tongariro day track and skydive at Taupo.

Hopefully the weather will not disturb these plans and I’ll get the Hubermans to join me…

See you all in a week!

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Muller’s Hut
Originally uploaded by Eran Kampf.

This is a photo taken during the climb to Muller’s Hut.
We had a great weather on the first day of the track. On the 2nd day it started raining and we had to get down of the mountain in rough conditions (rain, strong winds).

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The Road to Mt. Cook #2
Originally uploaded by Eran Kampf.

From lake Tekapo I drove to Mount Cook to meet Eran & Tamar and do the Muller’s Hut track which was pretty tough…

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After 5 years in which I’ve spent slaving for the army, finishing a CS degree (almost!) and working at SAP on Mendocino its time for me to take a break.

I am leaving for a month long vacation at New Zealand.

I’m going to try and use this blog as a travel log for my journey at New Zealand so if you’re only interested in tech related posts you can ignore this blog for a month or so

Anyway, this is New Zealand:

I’m landing a Christchurch on February 24th where I have to get a car, open a bank account and get some sleep after 2 days of traveling from airport to airport.
From there, the planned route is:

Banks Peninsula, Lake Tekapu, Wanaka, Queenstown, Te Anau and the Milford sounds, Matakate Forest, Westland National Park (and the two glaciers), Arthur’s Path (do the Devil’s Archball track), Kaikoura, Abel Tasman National Park, Wellington, Tongariro Crossing, Aukland.

Hope it will all go well…