For two weeks in July 2004, 5 unique individuals from all across Canada embarked together, with some adult supervision, on a great adventure to the International Physics Olympiad in Korea. They were the members of the Canadian national team. Their story is told from two perspectives: a Photo Essay... and a collection of tall tales: Conversations With a Truck Driver Crazy Taxi Four Short Stories of Absurdity A Tale of Three Cities Tout's Disappearance The Story That Never Ends The cast features, from left to right: Andrzej Kotlicki, our leader from UBC, with his wife Guillaume Chabot-Couture, the deputy leader from Stanford Noemie Savard, team member from Montreal QC Peter Zhang, team member from Calgary AB Chak-Hee Son, our Korean guide Ali Reza Sharafat, team member from Ottawa ON Tout Wang, team member from Toronto ON Amirali Modir Shanechi, team member from Toronto ON Click below to play the official IPhO 2004 theme music, which the organizers borrowed very fittingly from another extremely important international competition: the FIFA World Cup 2002! (Disclaimer: this story is told from the perspective of the fifth smartest team member, who takes sole responsibility for any ruffled feathers that may result from the incisive commentary about the IPhO.)