Dont fly Egypt air (ever) Try not to sit in front of loud mouth Americans who claim they are an agent for the team but don't know the players names.
When on a bus in the urban slum that is central JoBurg try and find one where the driver knows where he is going. A bus doing a 3 point turn in a shanty town at midnight is a bit unnerving. Brazil are the Man Utd of international football, loads of fans who've never been to the place. (However Jermaine Beckford probably won't score against Brazil) Don't goto the apartheid museum on your last day. It's a touch depressing. English sh*t on the Dutch. Dutch take it out on Africans You have to go through about 5 security checks at Cairo airport. Each more inept than the last. They obviously trained the World Cup stewards where more than once I got through without anyone looking at my ticket. John Barnes has found another job - pundit for South African TV - he's nearly round now. My seat for Paraguay v Japan was nearer the moon than the pitch - didnt miss much though. FIFA are greedy idiots. Thousands of the best (VIP) seats in the grounds empty whilst the locals can't afford to go. Reports of carjacking at road junctions are exagerrated. People will however try to sell you flags, vuvazelas, radios, hubcaps etc everytime you stop. Matt --- On Mon, 28/6/10, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: From: Matt <[email protected]> Subject: 10 things I have learnt from the World Cup so far Date: Monday, 28 June, 2010, 10:56 Planes can land on motorways especially when that motorway is full of football fans. Don't sell Argentina v Mexico tickets to drive 400 miles to watch England get thrashed. There are thousands of volunteers who are all very friendly but have absolutely no useful info. Barbed wire sellers do very well in SA Vuvuzelas give you a headache or that might be the combination of sun and beer. Building a football ground in the middle of nowhere ie Rustenburg is a bit daft. Having one road in and one road out is even dafter. South Africa doesn't do road signs. Asamoah Gyan of Ghana is Tony Yeboah incarnate big a*se great goals. Fancy dress looks silly when your team have lost. Having the World Cup in Africa was a great idea. Matt _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
