International Mathematical Olympiad 2006 Pictures

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I (UNK6) look good in my new sunglasses and Panama hat Jack (UNK5) in his Panama hat looking rather surprised Tom (UNK1) reading a solution to our first geometry problem in Bled Saul (UNK2) pretends to be a teapot
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Ceri looking whimsical The UK team strolling down to Lake Bled Lake Bled before a thunderstorm The castle overlooking Lake Bled
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The church on the island in the middle of Lake Bled Lake Bled before a thunderstorm again The camera was pointing too high in this picture A better shot of me beside Lake Bled
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The UK team on a bike ride A break to do some mathematics Or in some cases, to skim stones Ceri giving us some problems to mull over
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Spot the stone Jack skimmed A swan swimming happily on Lake Bled The swan joins in to add his ideas to the problem solving session The swan biting some poor kid who tried to feed it
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The swan very close up, waddling back to the lake The UK team in their Panama hats Everyone's looking the right way this time A picture of my lodgings at the IMO
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Daniel (UNK4) looking into the camera Yufei (CAN6) and the unforgettable Farzin (CAN1) The Americans playing bridge More Canadians, Peng (CAN5) and David (CAN4)
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Charles (ZAF6) and my Panama hat in front of him The Chinese perfect scorer (CHN6) using the computer next to mine Jonathan (UNK3) not posing for the camera The Americans playing free billiards
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Walking to the Opening Ceremony in the heat wearing the wrong clothes Still a long, long way to go and the sun is still shining The expression on their faces says it all Tina, guide to the UK team
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What's an air stewardess doing at the Opening Ceremony? The UK Team and our guide Tina Official UK Team Photo Sandor with the air stewardess
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Geoff and Joseph are so far away that this picture got pixelated Looking good in our Panama hats at the Opening Ceremony Yes, I'm British The leaders at the Opening Ceremony were a long way up
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Our camera crew doing what they do best The Australians throwling toy koala bears into the crowd The Canadians with their moose The Hungarians in the spotlight
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Apparentally the Italians just won some major sport competition My batteries ran out after this photo of the Japanese team How many mathematicians does it take to close one window? Jack after a workout in the gym
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Urban (SVN3), Matjaz (SVN1) and Spela (SVN6) posing on the stairs Yi (USA3) chilling in his room The closest we ever got to stealing the Canadian moose Close up of the moose in a Panama hat
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Charles in front of Rupert (NZL1) and Ralf (ZAF5) Daniel in front of the Chinese team Richard (CAN3) with a very cheesy grin The Americans by the sea
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David and Peng by the sea There's a huge drop behind Farzin A shot of me above the city of Piran View over Piran
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Jack, Saul and Jonathan riding the train in Postojna cave One of the few good photos I took inside Postojna cave Jonathan has no retinas Stalactites in Postojna cave
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A shot of me in Postojna cave The UK team with Daniel, Jack and Saul saluting The Australian team Everyone's pointing at something but look at Graham (AUS6)
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The Hungarian team in Postojna cave Matjaz and Primoz (SVN4) on the cave train Saul beats everyone in the best red eye contest David (SVN2) walking just beside me during the excursion to Gorenjska
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The river running through Vintgar gorge Geoff looking very jolly One of the many mountains in Slovenia Another view of the Alps, this time from a coach window
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The UK team and Newton waiting before the Closing Ceremony The Canadian and Swedish teams Tom with Newton receiving his medal Jonathan receiving his medal
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Jack receiving his medal Saul receiving his medal The South Africans at the banquet The Australian, Austrian, New Zealand, South African and UK teams
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South Africans with their mascot Every IMO photo album needs one picture of Konrad (AUS5) in it The Austrian team Yimin (AUT1) taking a photo of me taking a photo of him
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Primoz and Matjaz after the final banquet Norman with Ceri with drinks in hand Mathlinks convention (and doesn't Valetin look good in my hat) South Africans with my hat and bandana
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These guys were totally prepared for the trip to Venice St. Mark's Church in Venice A glowing column in St. Mark's Square Joseph looking philosophical
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The Venice group on a boat Peter (SVN5) wishing us a safe journey home Derek (IRL4) about to blow a huge bubble The UK and Irish teams waiting for the coach to the airport
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This picture could be passed of as modern art Jack plays the King of Hearts After a gruelling IMO, Jack dies doing mathematics with a pen in his hand One last photo of the UK and Irish teams for posterity