Steve Stables World Cup blog - entry 15

This my last blog for the World Cup, after taking a 8 hour flight from Johannesburg to Doha and having to wait 12 hours in Doha Airport before leaving for Heathrow, which took another 10 hours, I am completely knackered.

This my last blog for the World Cup, after taking a 8 hour flight from Johannesburg to Doha and having to wait 12... [more] (1 comment)

Steve Stables World Cup blog - entry 14

This is my penultimate blog. Today was my last full day in Johannesburg so I thought I should make the best of it.

I decided to visit the Skerkfontein Caves, these caves allegedly have the oldest found stone age skeleton in history.

I was given a lift to the caves by Lynette in a Mercedes SLK, which was pretty cool. We did have a... [more] (3 comments)

Steve Stables World Cup blog - entry 13

After waking up with a hangover and very depressed, I decided to book my flight home. I will be going home today (June 30), which in itself is disappointing.

Vic got a phone call at noon, asking if he knew anyone who wanted to go to the Brazil v Chile game. I jumped at the chance of seeing some good football after watching England play... [more]

Steve Stables World Cup blog - entry 12

Today was the big day. I got up at five had breakfast and were ready to leave an hour later. We were to travel in a people carrier with a full bus of eight people to Bloemfontein, it took about 4-5 hours to get there.

Everyone was speculating on the score and excited at the prospect of taking on Germany, this must be the time to put in... [more] (2 comments)

Steve Stables World Cup blog - entry 11

After a lucky escape from the group stage, I thought it would be a good idea to stay for the next game, which is against our arch enemies the Germans.

I took a flight to Johannesburg with absolutely no idea where I was going to stay, how to get tickets or how even to get to Bloemfontein. I went to chat with two guys at the airport... [more] (1 comment)