In the run up to the World Cup, the press was full of stories of :-
- the stadiums wont be ready
- SA is not safe
- the thugs will be there
- you will be ripped off
- the infrastructure cant cope
- England have a chance of winning the World Cup
My wife and I and 5 friends spent 3 weeks in South Africa and it was really great, none of the above applied and we should give great credit to South Africa, its people and the organisers.
Our first game was Chile v Houndures in Nelspruit, we had a shocker getting parked and the busses too a while, the game was good but getting back took ages. Apart from that and the girl at the Argentina v Greece game who asked for 2 rand [20p] to get me through security quicker (to buy a cup of tea!!) was the only hassle I had.
The stadiums were ready (although there were cows grazing 200 yards from the stadium), we felt safe (apart from when I got stopped for speeding on the way to the Ivory Coast v North Korea game), we saw no thugs, we never got ripped off, the infrastructure was great and England were rubbish!!
I am sorry it is finished, the best team won and we will be in Brazil.
Bring on the next World Cup
