GALA Night!

On the last night of the conference as is usual there was a Gala night! Part of it was a boat ride down the Vaal river on the "Liquid Lounge" others took a game ride to a park...

It was an amazing sunset and the temparture was perfect....

There was some amazing sites, and houses that were located just on the banks!

I even saw someone that had made a make shift home out of a tarp and some garbage cans!

While traveling down the river it was brought to my attention that at one point in history this river separatedwo nations, the british and the Boers! Hard to imagine all the battles that must of occured along these river banks.

We stopped at the game park/casino to pick up the others and headed back for the hotel. they did not see much, a few Booke but that was about it!

As the sun started to come down the colors that appeared were simply amazing, not sure if this picture does it justice!
As we pulled up there was this huge bonfire in the backdrop and chorus singing some traditional songs!


Obviously I ran to the fire first as I had never seen anything this big in my life! The heat it generated was unreal....I wanted to cook over it :)


Then I made my way back to the singers & dancers!! They were having a blast!

Not sure what they were singing about but it was very festive and with the dance moves you see I assume it to be a rather interesting topic!

There sure could move....


I wanted to get close but was fearful of being pulled in and having to display my old school dance moves...luckily I was not picked :)

They wrapped up with this other dance again not sure what it was but it sounded great!

Overall the night was fun and enjoyed the conference and meeting a bunch of talented people!