World Cup - what a fab first few days of action :-))

The excitement just keeps getting bigger and bigger by the day (if thats possible, cos i thought it was already at fever-pitch :-))))

Yes, ladies and gents South Africa is completely boiling over with football excitement

The first 3 days have been amazing and a huge carnival atmosphere has gripped the whole country - the opening music festival on the 10th June was enjoyed and attended by over 30,000 people, while being broadcast live on SA tv; the opening scenes and match have been very positively reported in the SA media (and I hope the same is true for the worlds media :-))

South Africa (Bafana Bafana) against Mexico was a rip roarer - with SA scoring the 1st goal after 59 minutes and what a screamingly excellent goal is was too; we thought we had it in the bag, with loads of JOY, but Mexico came back with an equaliser after about 79 minutes; the rest of the game was frantic, with each team trying to get another goal - but it ended up 1-1.

France vs. Uruguay game was a non-event and ended 0-0; which places both SA and Mexico TOP of this group - interesting.....Korea did a great job of beating Greece 2-0; Argentina gave Nigeria the run-around winning 1-0; meaning Korea are top of this group, Argentina are 2nd

England started very fast against USA but were unlucky to draw after a silly goaly fluffer 1-1.

Slovenia beat Algeria 1-0 in a good paced match; Ghana beat Serbia 1-0, meaning that Ghana are the only African country to have won their 1st match (Cameroon play against Japan on 14th June, so lets see what happens there) - and Germany gave Australia a right royal whopping, by winning 4-0.

FAMOUS people arriving in SA to watch the football grows by the minute - reportedly here already are - Roman Abramovich, Donald Trump, Prince Albert of Monaco, Naomi Campbell and John Travolta jetted here in his own 747 with wife Kelly Preston.

More World Cup info, when we have it - enjoy the games......we sure are :-))

Cheers - Percy and Ronel from Percy Tours - www.percytours.com - Designer Tours of Hermanus, Cape Town and the Western Cape province, South Africa.