In late 2006, an ice lounge was set up in Cape Town, South Africa. Pierre van Eck visited in January 2007 and generously gave permission to use his photos on ice carving secrets. Pierre retains copyright to the photos below. His Flickr.com gallery (with a couple more ice photos) is here. The blog entry that introduced this gallery is here. Thanks Pierre! *UPDATE 11/5/08* Julian Bayley of Iceculture contributed some more photos, some of which have been added to the gallery below, starting with the beaded curtain. These photos were taken by Greg Lumley on behalf of the event. Iceculture was responsible for creating most of the ice for this lounge. Thanks to Julian for the use of the photos.