Cape Town Travel Blog

*During this world cup, the part of Nelson Mandela was played by the whole continent of Afrika. ‘The pressure’s on; you feel it; it’s time for Afrika’ – Shakira (you can’t help but love this song when you here 5 times a day for 3 weeks) I will waka waka with her all...

For the first time in my life I actually felt like I was on top of the world – Andrew J. Rhodes Jesus Christ Man, I saw the clouds and thought I had killed you all over again. – Paul D. Cosgrove So, back in Cape Town after the nice relaxing trip to PE, what’s a boy to do. Well, for the...

They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. – C.Dickens Cont…. The next two days consisted of exploring the coast around PE. Unfortunately I explored it a little too closely for my liking. The others guys on the trip were keen surfers, or keen to be keen surfers, so when they...

It could be Argentina vs South Africa Boys, how cool would that be! – Tom Corcoran (of the excellent excellent South Afrikan travel agency toescapeto.com The second part of my World Cup experience consisted of a road trip to Port Elizabeth with 4 guys I’d never met and 1 I had, for 5 days...

Portugal scored more than Ronaldo in a Brothel. Well the second part of my trip to South Africa started with a bang. 7 bangs to be more accurate as Portugal destroyed North Korea in the rain in Cape Town. Dave gets pissed wet through with some genuine North Korean fans (and discovers some Korean heritage...

Cape Town really is a wonderful place. A most for anyone who considers themselves a seasoned traveller. Table Mountain, wine country all rise to the top of the list of things to do, but what about what goes on the dark side of the mountain? This is what I set out to discover on my first weekend in Africa,...

‘the single best thing about the whole game was the Algeria fans, they were so loud, it was ace, I wish i could be Algerian’ – Paul P. Cosgrove.  Well that was a crock of poo really wasn’t it. Shame, because Friday was a great day, apart from the 92 mins I spent in the Green...

Caveat: Apologies readers. These first few days in CT have been crazy, full of the kind of incidents  (and a shocking England match) you would expect from me, and want to read about. You are about to read about Thursday and my initial impressions of SA. Tomorrow will be the weekend. Please bear with...

Biggest shout out possible by World Cup blogger to Michelle Browning of the British Airways Executive Club, who’s amazing efforts got me to London on time today, after her collegues delayed my original flight by…. 22 hours. Sir Morgan Freeman was pleased to hear I was on my way to RSA....

I really hope Sir Morgan Freeman recovers to hand over the trophy at the final. There’s some people on the pitch; they think it’s all over; it is now. That’s how the World Cup ended for England in 1966. With Victory. Dempsey takes a shot, Green makes an easy save….. oh my word it’s in the...