Buzios

Buzios is a small fishing town about 4 hours drive north of Rio. Whoever thought this was a good place for a conference needs their head read. Who would want to be cooped up in a lecture theatre when there's a beach and blue, blue sea within spitting distance? However, such is the fate of us poor geoanalysts.
The wi fi has been patchy and unreliable, and this is the first time I've been able to access it for more than 5 minutes since I arrived.
Yesterday  I spent the day in a workshop titled 'Representative Sampling' conducted by one of the sampling gurus, Kim Esbensen. It was really good, however I think it will cause me to assess some of the lab's sampling techniques.
This morning, we learned lots about CRMs and microanalysis techniques. Bill, I have taken notes!

Buzios
 

Networking opportunites were abundant.