The trip to Vegas was very interesting. I have been there for conferences several times (in fact, most of them for the conference that me there this time too). What was noticeable this time though was just how much more confident I felt about getting around, etc. — I guess living in the U.S.A. for a year has had an effect on me!
The conference was good (actually, it is a little too big to be really good: 2000+ delegates is a massive crowd). My paper went well on Wednesday afternoon, and there was some nice discussion and questions about it afterwards.
One of the main highlights of the trip was the chance to do some geocaching and to add Nevada to my list of states that I have cached in. Many of the caches along "The Strip" are virtual caches (i.e. there is no physical cache container, you simply visit the spot and answer some question(s) to validate that you were there), due to the crowds of people that are ever-present. However, I did also get to visit my first Webcam cache. This requires some assistance from a friend. Essentially, the geocache coordinates take you to a spot where there is a pubic webcam. When you reach the spot, you phone someone (in my case Jared was very helpful) who can then go to the webcam's site and take a "photo" of you to prove that you were there. 
I'm not sure that the quality of the photo here proves much, but that really is me standing on the steps!The other HUGE highlight was attending a performance of The Lion King on Wednesday night. That was absolutely breath-taking — it is amazing how well they create the animals with puppets and actors. However, it did make me a little home-sick (I never thought I would get misty-eyed when hearing "Moloweni" as a greeting!). Maybe it's a good thing I'm going back within a week!
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