Before we get to anything else, gotta say GO USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We pulled it out at the last second, won the group, finished ahead of England and avoided a tie with the Germans. But most importantly, we will be at the USA-Ghana game on Saturday. Pretty amazing stuff, its gonna be mental on Saturday, I fully expect a ton of Americans to be there, gonna be a great atmosphere.
So we traveled up from Durban to Bloemfontein a few days ago, and that was an adventure in and of itself, considering that I was the primary driver and I hadn't driven a stick shift for four years and had never driven on the left side of the road. I thought Adam and Paul were going to have heart attacks as we pulled out of the rental car place and then got lost, but we eventually righted ourselves and our mighty chariot, the Chevrolet Spark. Traffic on the highways in South Africa is a bit hectic anyway but going uphill while watching the spark slowly lose speed despite the fact that the pedal was on the floor was frightening. The trip took longer than expected, and we ended up making quite a sketchy stop in Senekal, where Adam and Paul were eyed up by some suspicious characters while attempting to use a payphone. We legged it out of Senekal and ended up at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein.
We stayed in J.B.M. Herzog house at the university and were there with around 10 other students who were staying in that residence during the mid-year break. They treated us to a great time and cooked us a Braai, and despite the best efforts of a hand grenade, we survived the night. The next day we drove down to the Free State Stadium for Paraguay-Slovakia, which was actually quite a treat. We parked within 5 blocks of the stadium and walked to the stadium for the game. Paraguay look a really good side and we expect them to go far in this tournament. They're probably the best team we've seen in live action so far, totally solid at the back with a mean streak going forward, they took the game 2-0.
We had a bit of a quiet night on Sunday, with a visit to Spur on the agenda (they don't do Tequila Thursday anywhere outside of Grahamstown). The next day was our drive up to JoBurg, which was pretty nice...until we got to JoBurg. African traffic is a bit dodgy by any other standards, but when you get into urban Joburg, everything goes out the window. It's almost as if everyone is late for some extremely important event and at the same time has no regard for traffic laws. Luckily our hired car made it to the drop off point without a scratch, and we made it to Brown Sugar backpackers, which is a pretty legit place. It's entirely self-contained, even sporting its own ATM, something I've never seen before, and they serve amazing dinners.
Yesterday we watched the USA game, which was an amazing affair, and everyone went mental when we pulled it out at the last second. From there Adam and I made the trek to Soccer City, and by the time we got back we had taken 1 shuttle, 1 taxi, and 2 bus rides. Going to Soccer City is a lot like going to Rustenburg: you have to plan the whole day around it. Australia and Serbia were playing at the same time so we needed a Ghana win and an Australian win to guarantee a USA-Australia matchup, a game we knew we would have tickets for. Ghana pressed for a goal but once Oezil scored for Germany and the Ghanaians knew the score of the Serbia game they set up camp in front of goal and were happy to take the 1-0 loss. The stadium itself was quite impressive, and a near-capacity crowd of 83,000 ensured a good atmosphere. Ghana is now the only African team left in the tournament, so I fully expect a lot of avid supporters of Ghana and the USA in Rustenburg.
Today we're leaving Brown Sugars to go to the garden flat and we'll probably do some tourist type stuff tomorrow, which may include Bunjee jumping. So we'll check back in after the USA-Ghana game. Until then, go USA!!!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
It's been a while....
Sorry about the gap between updates this time, this is literally the first time I've sat down in front of a computer for an extended time for about a week.
Where were we last time? Oh yeah, Port Elizabeth, just about to watch our second game at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. This time it was Ivory Coast v. Portugal, and while the atmosphere was electric, the football wasn't fantastic. When Ronaldo hit the post from about 35 yards right in front of us we were ready for a corker, but it did get exciting towards the end when the Ivorians were pushing for a winner. The place would have erupted had they scored a goal, it was a crazy atmosphere. There were a lot of portugese supporters there but virtually all the neutrals were on the side of the Ivorians, and we were led by this amazing 100 person band of Ivorians who were essentially banging two sticks together to create music and atmospher at the match. They were in perfect synch for the whole time and played for the entire 90 minutes, which was impressive. We arrived back at the hostel and had a pretty early flight to Durban, so we called it an early one, even though Adam did his best to disturb the extremely ill German who appeared in our room.
Our flight to Durban was perfect and we arrived at Banana's, one of our old haunts, around 11 am. There we had a quick nap before taking a cab down to the casino with one of our new friends, Rob, from Manchester. There we met up with his other mate, Rob, from Liverpool, and they're probably two of the craziest people we've ever met. They made sure we got the drinks in before the Spain v. Switzerland game, and we walked over to the stadium around 3. Spain are the better side but they were far too patient against the Swiss and lacked a cutting edge, and the Swiss got lucky and punished them on the counterattack for a 1-0 win. The rest of that night is a bit of a blur but we went back to the hostel and Manc Rob ran the bar for a time while Paul had fun with the bartender.
The next day we headed down to the beachfront when we woke up and had a few overs of beach cricket to get us warmed up for the day. There were multiple children playing and Adam was quite chuffed when he removed a 12 year old for a duck. Typical Australian. My stunning average of 1 was only bettered by Paul's unbeaten knock of about 50, also against some children. After meeting up with the Robs again we watched a few more games, and ended up in the casino later that night. I lost 200 Rand, at which point I stopped, but Paul was 800 up at the Blackjack tables before blowing it all. The Robs lost their share as well, and Adam was the only winner, putting 100 on Black at the roulette table (the best odds in the casino, according to Rob), and walking away having doubled his money. Paul performed the great Dolphin Cup ritual when we got back to the hostel (more on the Dolphin Cup later) and Rob decided it would be a great time for a dip in the hotel's outdoor poor (it was about 40 degrees fahrenheit).
After we got up the next day, I was able to get in touch with my stepbrother, Drew, and after a few more overs of beach cricket, we met up with him and his four friends at the Durban fan's park, which is located directly on the beach. There we watched a crap USA performance in the first half, going down two goals, but we were robbed of a result late in the match when the referee blew for a foul during our winning goal. The place went mental when we scored, but it was not to be, and we got the 2-2 draw. It looks like we may be in position to win the group after England's draw with Algeria and their troubles, so we'll have to see. After that we chilled for a while at Drew's hostel (so much nicer than Banana's) and went back to watch the previously mentioned England game, which was terrible.
After that we went our respective ways(see you in July guys), and had another pretty big night back at the hostel. We were meant to pick up the car at 0730 and the Robs had a flight around 9, but nobody bothered to set an alarm so we didn't wake up until around 8:30. The Robs were freaking out and we woke up to a chorus of "If we leave now we can make it there in 50 minutes" versus "It can't be done," and the Robs dutifully went back to bed. We hauled ourselved out of bed and got the car by 11:30, driving what would eventually turn into about 8 hours to Bloemfontein.
Our bus for Rustenburg just got moved up to leave in about ten minutes, but more on our travels in Bloemfontein with the awesome guys at the University of the Free State tomorrow. We're also having camera troubles, with Paul's getting filled with wine on our opening weekend, mine unable to take a picture that's not completely blurry, and Adam forgetting his camera cable entirely. But we are taking plenty of pictures, trust us, and next week when we're in Grahamstown we may try to find a cable so we can upload some of what we've taken.
Where were we last time? Oh yeah, Port Elizabeth, just about to watch our second game at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. This time it was Ivory Coast v. Portugal, and while the atmosphere was electric, the football wasn't fantastic. When Ronaldo hit the post from about 35 yards right in front of us we were ready for a corker, but it did get exciting towards the end when the Ivorians were pushing for a winner. The place would have erupted had they scored a goal, it was a crazy atmosphere. There were a lot of portugese supporters there but virtually all the neutrals were on the side of the Ivorians, and we were led by this amazing 100 person band of Ivorians who were essentially banging two sticks together to create music and atmospher at the match. They were in perfect synch for the whole time and played for the entire 90 minutes, which was impressive. We arrived back at the hostel and had a pretty early flight to Durban, so we called it an early one, even though Adam did his best to disturb the extremely ill German who appeared in our room.
Our flight to Durban was perfect and we arrived at Banana's, one of our old haunts, around 11 am. There we had a quick nap before taking a cab down to the casino with one of our new friends, Rob, from Manchester. There we met up with his other mate, Rob, from Liverpool, and they're probably two of the craziest people we've ever met. They made sure we got the drinks in before the Spain v. Switzerland game, and we walked over to the stadium around 3. Spain are the better side but they were far too patient against the Swiss and lacked a cutting edge, and the Swiss got lucky and punished them on the counterattack for a 1-0 win. The rest of that night is a bit of a blur but we went back to the hostel and Manc Rob ran the bar for a time while Paul had fun with the bartender.
The next day we headed down to the beachfront when we woke up and had a few overs of beach cricket to get us warmed up for the day. There were multiple children playing and Adam was quite chuffed when he removed a 12 year old for a duck. Typical Australian. My stunning average of 1 was only bettered by Paul's unbeaten knock of about 50, also against some children. After meeting up with the Robs again we watched a few more games, and ended up in the casino later that night. I lost 200 Rand, at which point I stopped, but Paul was 800 up at the Blackjack tables before blowing it all. The Robs lost their share as well, and Adam was the only winner, putting 100 on Black at the roulette table (the best odds in the casino, according to Rob), and walking away having doubled his money. Paul performed the great Dolphin Cup ritual when we got back to the hostel (more on the Dolphin Cup later) and Rob decided it would be a great time for a dip in the hotel's outdoor poor (it was about 40 degrees fahrenheit).
After we got up the next day, I was able to get in touch with my stepbrother, Drew, and after a few more overs of beach cricket, we met up with him and his four friends at the Durban fan's park, which is located directly on the beach. There we watched a crap USA performance in the first half, going down two goals, but we were robbed of a result late in the match when the referee blew for a foul during our winning goal. The place went mental when we scored, but it was not to be, and we got the 2-2 draw. It looks like we may be in position to win the group after England's draw with Algeria and their troubles, so we'll have to see. After that we chilled for a while at Drew's hostel (so much nicer than Banana's) and went back to watch the previously mentioned England game, which was terrible.
After that we went our respective ways(see you in July guys), and had another pretty big night back at the hostel. We were meant to pick up the car at 0730 and the Robs had a flight around 9, but nobody bothered to set an alarm so we didn't wake up until around 8:30. The Robs were freaking out and we woke up to a chorus of "If we leave now we can make it there in 50 minutes" versus "It can't be done," and the Robs dutifully went back to bed. We hauled ourselved out of bed and got the car by 11:30, driving what would eventually turn into about 8 hours to Bloemfontein.
Our bus for Rustenburg just got moved up to leave in about ten minutes, but more on our travels in Bloemfontein with the awesome guys at the University of the Free State tomorrow. We're also having camera troubles, with Paul's getting filled with wine on our opening weekend, mine unable to take a picture that's not completely blurry, and Adam forgetting his camera cable entirely. But we are taking plenty of pictures, trust us, and next week when we're in Grahamstown we may try to find a cable so we can upload some of what we've taken.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Time for another update. We're now in Port Elizabeth and preparing to go to the Ivory Coast v. Portugal game tomorrow.
After we left Drew's house in Cape Town on Tuesday, we arrived on Long Street at our hostel at Carnival Court. The first night was pretty chilled, but we did run into some old friends from our time at Rhodes, Lindy and Victoria, which was nice to see. We also picked up our tickets, which was surprisingly easy, considering all the bad stuff written in the press about the tournament. I have to say that the organization shown by the people who planned this tournament has been quite impressive, but more on that later.
Thursday was quite a busy day for us, as we rode the metrorail out to Simonstown, a seaside suburb of Cape Town. Tim and Caitlin were our tour guides, and showed us around. It's a really nice village and we visited several local sites. The Metrorail is a great way to get around in Cape Town, I wish we had public transport like that in more places in America.
By the time we met up with Xanthe later, the city was going absolutley mental with anticipation. When we got to the train station around 5:00, we heard that the fan park had already been full for 2 hours (It has like a 50,000 capacity) for the kickoff concert. There was also a parade and people were literally running through the streets, blowing vuvuzelas, cheering, chanting, and singing. We went to the parade and then went out on Long Street afterwards. We met our first group of Frenchmen on the balcony at the bar, and the whole place was doing the ole chant with people on the street at one point.
It got even more mental later, as we made our way back to the hostel, which was packed, and met another Frenchman, who had a live chicken. We got an amazing picture which will someday make an appearance on this blog, and the next day we saw that he had actually gotten the chicken into the France-Uruguay match. The party lasted late into the night, and Friday brought the first games and opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony was pretty stunning, I would have been extraordinarily proud to be a South African on Friday. Everyone knows South Africa has its issues, but everyone has pulled together and the tournament is now happening, and its pretty much gone off without a hitch. Hosting a world cup, especially the first one on the continent, means so much more for South Africans than it would for a lot of other people, and its just been fascinating to watch everything come together. Bafana Bafana did well to get a draw against Mexico, and while the bar we were in went mental when the satellite feed cut out right at kickoff, it was even more manic when South Africa scored. It was a good result, and I reckon they have a decent chance to advance.
The Uruguay-France game that night wasn't the most exciting but the stadium was pretty stunning, and when we woke up at four AM to catch our 6:55 flight, the party was still going in the street. We had some trouble rolling out of bed since we stayed out until 2 am(especially Paul), but we did make it into PE. We're really going to miss the hospitality of our Cape Town guests, and we'd like to give a special shout out to Tim, Caitlin, Xanthe, Jared, Drew, and his parents for letting us stay with them and driving us around, but also to everyone else who we saw and was so great to us.
We arrived in Port Elizabeth and went to the Greece-Korea game. Adam and I ended up sitting with the Greeks and while we were loving it at first and really getting into their chants, they eventually proved to be second best and it was dissapointing to see them lose. That stadium is really nice as well. We met up with an old friend from Rhodes for a meal after the game at Adam's insistence, and only caught the last shuttle as it was heading back to the depot. We were assured by the bus driver that we could get a ride back from there, and while he came as close to killing a man with a bus as anyone I've ever seen, we made it there without any casualties. We then had to ride in his mate's van (I sat on the floor on a tire) back to our hostel, but Adam has still yet to actually contrive a way of getting me killed, despite several unsuccessful attempts(some of you will remember Durban '08).
After that game we went to the fan's park, which is located at the St. George's cricket ground, and it was incredibly impressive. The beer and food was cheap, there were enough people there to have an atmosphere but not enough to overcrowd things, and the screen to watch the game on was absolutely massive. There were a ton of American fans and we went mad when we got the draw against England, even though Adam was going for England all the way(bastard). There was also an extremely intense football match on the pitch afterwards, as well as an extremely intense encounter between Adam, an Irish lad, and the security team outside the ground.
We went back the next night for the Australia-Germany game(somehow Adam got in) and it was not as happy a time for our little group. In a shocker, there were no Aussie fans besides Adam and Paul, but a ton of German people. The game was not pretty, so we won't dwell on that, but the fanspark as a whole was massively impressive.
Today we had a late lie-in and didn't do much, but tomorrow we'll be off to the stadium for Ivory Coast-Portugal, which should be a cracking game. Hopefully Drogba will be able to play, but seeing two of the world's biggest stars, Drogba and Ronaldo, is a mouthwatering prospect. There's hardly a bad seat in the house, so we should have a great view.
Well we'll sign off for now, but we're really enjoying our stay at the Hippo hostel and have made a lot of good new mates, which has been good craic. We'll check in from our next stop, Durban, where we have a game between Spain and Switzerland and a potential meet-up with my stepbrother, Drew.
Peace.
After we left Drew's house in Cape Town on Tuesday, we arrived on Long Street at our hostel at Carnival Court. The first night was pretty chilled, but we did run into some old friends from our time at Rhodes, Lindy and Victoria, which was nice to see. We also picked up our tickets, which was surprisingly easy, considering all the bad stuff written in the press about the tournament. I have to say that the organization shown by the people who planned this tournament has been quite impressive, but more on that later.
Thursday was quite a busy day for us, as we rode the metrorail out to Simonstown, a seaside suburb of Cape Town. Tim and Caitlin were our tour guides, and showed us around. It's a really nice village and we visited several local sites. The Metrorail is a great way to get around in Cape Town, I wish we had public transport like that in more places in America.
By the time we met up with Xanthe later, the city was going absolutley mental with anticipation. When we got to the train station around 5:00, we heard that the fan park had already been full for 2 hours (It has like a 50,000 capacity) for the kickoff concert. There was also a parade and people were literally running through the streets, blowing vuvuzelas, cheering, chanting, and singing. We went to the parade and then went out on Long Street afterwards. We met our first group of Frenchmen on the balcony at the bar, and the whole place was doing the ole chant with people on the street at one point.
It got even more mental later, as we made our way back to the hostel, which was packed, and met another Frenchman, who had a live chicken. We got an amazing picture which will someday make an appearance on this blog, and the next day we saw that he had actually gotten the chicken into the France-Uruguay match. The party lasted late into the night, and Friday brought the first games and opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony was pretty stunning, I would have been extraordinarily proud to be a South African on Friday. Everyone knows South Africa has its issues, but everyone has pulled together and the tournament is now happening, and its pretty much gone off without a hitch. Hosting a world cup, especially the first one on the continent, means so much more for South Africans than it would for a lot of other people, and its just been fascinating to watch everything come together. Bafana Bafana did well to get a draw against Mexico, and while the bar we were in went mental when the satellite feed cut out right at kickoff, it was even more manic when South Africa scored. It was a good result, and I reckon they have a decent chance to advance.
The Uruguay-France game that night wasn't the most exciting but the stadium was pretty stunning, and when we woke up at four AM to catch our 6:55 flight, the party was still going in the street. We had some trouble rolling out of bed since we stayed out until 2 am(especially Paul), but we did make it into PE. We're really going to miss the hospitality of our Cape Town guests, and we'd like to give a special shout out to Tim, Caitlin, Xanthe, Jared, Drew, and his parents for letting us stay with them and driving us around, but also to everyone else who we saw and was so great to us.
We arrived in Port Elizabeth and went to the Greece-Korea game. Adam and I ended up sitting with the Greeks and while we were loving it at first and really getting into their chants, they eventually proved to be second best and it was dissapointing to see them lose. That stadium is really nice as well. We met up with an old friend from Rhodes for a meal after the game at Adam's insistence, and only caught the last shuttle as it was heading back to the depot. We were assured by the bus driver that we could get a ride back from there, and while he came as close to killing a man with a bus as anyone I've ever seen, we made it there without any casualties. We then had to ride in his mate's van (I sat on the floor on a tire) back to our hostel, but Adam has still yet to actually contrive a way of getting me killed, despite several unsuccessful attempts(some of you will remember Durban '08).
After that game we went to the fan's park, which is located at the St. George's cricket ground, and it was incredibly impressive. The beer and food was cheap, there were enough people there to have an atmosphere but not enough to overcrowd things, and the screen to watch the game on was absolutely massive. There were a ton of American fans and we went mad when we got the draw against England, even though Adam was going for England all the way(bastard). There was also an extremely intense football match on the pitch afterwards, as well as an extremely intense encounter between Adam, an Irish lad, and the security team outside the ground.
We went back the next night for the Australia-Germany game(somehow Adam got in) and it was not as happy a time for our little group. In a shocker, there were no Aussie fans besides Adam and Paul, but a ton of German people. The game was not pretty, so we won't dwell on that, but the fanspark as a whole was massively impressive.
Today we had a late lie-in and didn't do much, but tomorrow we'll be off to the stadium for Ivory Coast-Portugal, which should be a cracking game. Hopefully Drogba will be able to play, but seeing two of the world's biggest stars, Drogba and Ronaldo, is a mouthwatering prospect. There's hardly a bad seat in the house, so we should have a great view.
Well we'll sign off for now, but we're really enjoying our stay at the Hippo hostel and have made a lot of good new mates, which has been good craic. We'll check in from our next stop, Durban, where we have a game between Spain and Switzerland and a potential meet-up with my stepbrother, Drew.
Peace.
Friday, June 11, 2010
That Man Has a Live Chicken!!!!!
Morning from the continent, which made Cecil Rhodes rich!!! What a time we have been having in Cape Town and its surrounding areas. Yesterday we went to Simon's town and ate fish and chips and caught a train where a young boy was eating lard and putting on soccer boots at the same time. This place was amazing last night as Hundreds of Thousands of people crammed into the city centre and just went ape! The highlight of the night has to be the Frenchman who had bought a rooster and was sipping beers as the chaos ensued with this bloody bird on his arm! People rocking and jumping on cars and all the characteristics of a riot were present except that everyone just amazingly happy.
More to come......PE!!!!!!!!
More to come......PE!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Day 5 - Heading into Cape Town
Just another quick update here. After our adventures in Robertson at the Wacky Wine Weekend we're now back in Cape Town. Yesterday we stayed at Tim's house and last night we stayed at Drew's. One of the reasons we came back was the awesome South African hospitality and its been no different this time. Everyone's been extremely nice, letting us impose a little of our crazy trip on them (and cooking us some great meals too).
Yesterday we went into town for the first time and looked around at the waterfront. Today's plan is to grab the tickets and get checked into our hostel at Carnival Court. We have a few days to do some sightseeing and then on Friday, the tournament starts. It's going to be absolutely crazy. Our plan is to head to the fans park to hopefully watch Mexico lose on the big screen, and then walk to the stadium from there to see France v. Uruguay. Then we have a flight out of Cape Town on Saturday morning at 6:30 am, a game in PE at 1:30 pm, and then we're planning on watching South Africa v. France in the rugby in the afternoon and then the opening American game on Saturday night against England. Hopefully Sunday will be a little more chilled.
Monday, June 7, 2010
I've got my expensive wine & a three day growth
Another update from our amazing adventures in Africa. We have just come back from the Wacky Wine Weekend in Robertson and have now gained red pigment in our skin (NOT FROM THE SUN!). A great time was had by all, especially at the 'Wine Dive', where we got to slide into a baltic pool of Cabernet. (Our hair felt really nice afterwards, we are buying wine now). Also, someone deciding to have a sleep in the backyard of a worker, which was also a highlight. (Guess who?) Also, someone accusing a worker of stealing money from his wallet and then gave him an extra 20 rand on what he had already taken, to say sorry. Grits arrived late and therefore had to have a bottle of whisky, to enforce the late to the bar rule, after he was held up in the States.....and Jo'burg. The Sunday was a comparatively easy day as we calmly went to more wine farms and ate cheese, unfortunately there were no more wine pools.
We are back in Cape Town now and we are preparing to go to the Waterfront, to pick up our tickets and other amenities such as beer. Unfortunately, the weather is rather inclimate and has forced us into a bar for shelter from the rain. We will update this in a few days when we work out where we are and where we are going.
We are back in Cape Town now and we are preparing to go to the Waterfront, to pick up our tickets and other amenities such as beer. Unfortunately, the weather is rather inclimate and has forced us into a bar for shelter from the rain. We will update this in a few days when we work out where we are and where we are going.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
A little more detail on our plans
Thought I'd chime in with a post since Adam is getting so busy on here. We basically have 4 parts to our trip, which I'll detail below. But in case you haven't figured out, I'm William Jordan, I just graduated from Furman University in Greenville, SC, USA, and I'm heading to the 2010 World Cup with two mates from Australia, Paul Davies and Adam Simcoe, who both live and study at university in Canberra, A.C.T., Australia. Adam and I met in 2008 on a study abroad trip in South Africa, and we've been planning this trip virtually ever since. Here's how it's gonna go down:
A few notes about this blog. Hopefully we'll be able to post a few times a week, although internet access will be spotty in some areas, but we're gonna try. I'm already off to a better start than last time. We probably also won't be able to post a lot of pictures (although I promise some), but we will be taking them, so look forward to many, many pictures and maybe some video once we return.
Love,
Will
- Phase 1 - Cape Town
- We're staying in Cape Town for about a week when we first get to South Africa, first with friends Tim & Xanthe and then with another friend Drew. After that, we start our hostel adventure at Carnival Court.
- Phase 2 - Games
- We have 8 World Cup games, and we'll be travelling from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, then on to Durban, driving to Bloemfontein and then into Johannesburg where we have games at Soccer City and Rustenburg. Here's our full list of games(all times South African):
- Game 2 - Uruguay v. France - 20:30 on June 11 - Cape Town
- Game 4 - Korea v. Greece - 13:30 on June 12 - Port Elizabeth
- Game 13 - Ivory Coast v. Portugal on June 15 - 16:00 - Port Elizabeth
- Game 16 - Spain v. Switzerland on June 16 - 16:00 - Durban
- Game 27 - Slovakia v. Paraguay - 13:30 on June 20 - Bloemfontein
- Game 33 - Mexico v. Uruguay - 16:00 on June 22 - Rustenburg
- Game 39 - Ghana v. Germany - 20:30 on June 23 - Soccer City
- Game 50 - 1C v. 2D - 20:30 on June 26 - Rustenburg
- We will also be in Joburg for the day of the final, although I doubt we'll have tickets
- Phase 3 - Grahamstown
- Adam and I studied for 5 months at Rhodes University in Grahamstown during the latter half of 2008, so we'll be staying there for ten days during the first part of July. We'll be watching the crucial knockout round games down at the Rat & Parrot and hitting up all our old hangouts while meeting up with some old friends. The Grahamstown Arts Festival is also during this time.
- Phase 4 - Additional Travel
- We have two weeks at the end of the trip where we will do some further travelling around the southern part of Africa. Right now we're leaning towards Zambia and Livingstone, but we may also end up in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana or somewhere else in South Africa. We'll let you know when we know.
A few notes about this blog. Hopefully we'll be able to post a few times a week, although internet access will be spotty in some areas, but we're gonna try. I'm already off to a better start than last time. We probably also won't be able to post a lot of pictures (although I promise some), but we will be taking them, so look forward to many, many pictures and maybe some video once we return.
Love,
Will
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