Now safely back in the US of A, jet lag fading slowly away, stories of the times we had just a week ago already getting old and worn with hyperbole, I’ve had time to reflect on our excursion, let what seemed like a hazy dream sink into reality. The trip had something for everyone, as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’
25 Jun
How We Learned Rugby Amidst World Cup Madness
And now, a lesser known fact about South Africa, and something that helps explain why FIFA has had difficulty selling World Cup tickets. As our Cape Town tour guide Gavin explained on the initial commute from the airport, most white South Africans place soccer as a distant second to rugby as their favorite sport. In [...]
21 Jun
An Introduction, 4 Days Late…
This was intended to be posted upon arrival in South Africa on Friday night, but as things worked out, we had no access to Internet until tonight. So here, late, is that intended post, with a vow to follow with further updates, more regularly, from here on, as we are supposed to be internet-capable from [...]
11 Jun
11 Languages Aren’t Enough To Describe It…
Later this morning, when most East Coast Americans are already through their first cuppa Joe and West Coasters are throwing punches at the annoying siren-like buzz of their alarm clock or default ringtone, six or nine time zones to the east, South Africans will be about to explode. Right now, at approximately 6 am South African [...]
6 Jun
A Global Look At World Cup Advertising
“So, when do you leave?” has been the most common question asked to me over the past week. With World Cup hype growing in the US, those normally oblivious to soccer are taking notice. ABC/ESPN, the network that coughed up $100 million for exclusive rights to broadcast the next two World Cups to anglophones in the US, has [...]
26 May
World Cup Buzz Is Louder Than You Think
One possible side effect of attending the 2010 World Cup live is unrecoverable hearing damage. Not from sold-out crowds of screaming hooligans, not from cranked up public address speakers, but from a one meter long thin piece of plastic that, when blown properly, exceeds 120 decibels of pure, off-key, animalistic din. To those subjected to the full-throttled [...]
3 Apr
Experimental Travel Part III: Lisdoonvarna and Pata Pata
As I continued to experiment with travel, I soon realized that I was making a fundamental error in my assumptions. The belief that one needs to step outside to be transported from one location is purely false. “Rainy day” travel can be accomplished by reading a book that quite literally “transports” you (not physically, but [...]
16 Mar
To The Edge of the World And Back With No Sign of Zakumi The Leopard
After nearly a month of deliberating, scouring the Internet for deals and info, petitioning the help of travel agents dubbed as “South African experts”, and conducting late night conference calls with our travel companions Mike and Regina to sift through the details, we finally, finally wrote our last check in anticipation of the trip. The [...]
