SASBMB

for those ppl that dont know what SASBMB stand for... Shame on u .. (go to post" away from the madness"

Anywayz, my trip was such a blast. The conference was really very informative, with 15 plenary speakers (13 were international) and a total of 280 delegates .. (and i was one of them!!!) so, the talks were okay, some were really fascinating and some were so boring that i nodded off into bliss two mintues into the talk...
The food was edible, the B& B that we stayed at was really nice and the trip as a whole, was a wonderful bonding sessions for the 5 of us that went.

we spent the entire day of monday at the confernence, so on tuesday morn we decided to skip a few, n go out sightseeing around the Midlands of Kwazilu Natal... The pic of the waterfall( was taken from my cellphone), is the Howick falls, which is apparently the longest/tallest falls in Southern Africa. The tour groups there offer a package were u can hike (5 kms) to the base of the falls to have a picnic etc, and then hike back, but, due to time constraints, we were unable to do that!!!
so, after the falls, we went to the Natal Botanical Gradens.. and the 2nd pic is THE Plant Tree Avenue.. which is really awesome, and pretty cool to walk through...
After the gardens (and a walk in the forest) got back to the conference in time for one of us to give her talk, after which we took part in a volleyball tournament (we called ourselves Ubercool Jozi Chicks (UJ get it?) anywayz, we lost in the first round of the tournament, but i reckon that the coastal uni's have an unfair advantage, cos they play beach volleyball more often than us highvelders right?? but it was fun nontheless....