Fly, Drive, Eat, Shoot, Eat, Drive, Fly, Repeat

We brought the end of our first tour to an end with a BIG finish (read on). We departed Cape Town to head to Port Elizabeth to cover Portugal v Ivory Coast. After the match we had a pleasant surprise when we arrived at the King Edward Hotel and we were greeted by the concierge with the news that the pipes had burst and our rooms were flooded. They made the arrangements and provided transportation to The Radisson Blu. The contrast of the hotels defies description, the fact of the matter is that Ronaldo and the Portugal squad were staying there, it was nice. We made ourselves comfortable in the bar area, along with the help of our waiter who provided TV trays, and had dinner ‘living room style’ in front of the projection TV to watch the Brazil game.

A 5:30AM wake up call kicked off the day that would take us to the PE airport as we head to Durban for the Spain v Switzerland match. Upon arrival in Durban it was the observation of our Jamie McDonald that with a 4:00PM match we would be finished early enough to catch a late flight back to Cape Town instead of staying in Durban and flying back the next day which would give us an entire day off in Cape Town. Brilliant thinking and excellent follow through by Laurence and Carl who got us on a 9:00PM flight. After a surprise victory by Switzerland, which produced my best photo of the tournament so far, we headed off to the airport. As if the details of our travel isn't astonishing enough, todays voyage is staggering.

OUR DAY
5:30 Wake Up Call.
6:00 Car
6:30 Airport Arrival
7:00 Mugg and Bean Coffee and a BIG MUFFIN
7:50 Flight to Durban
9:00 Durban Arrival
9:30 Car
10:15 Breakfast on the beach at Joe Cool's
12:00 Durban Stadium Arrival
13:00 VISA VIP Photo Tour
16:00 Spain v Switzerland Kick Off
18:30 Car Pick Up
19:00 Airport Arrival
19:30 Rhapsody Restaurant Dinner
21:00 Departure
23:10 Arrival in Cape Town
23:30 Report stolen clothes to baggage services
23:45 Gas up the truck
00:30 Arrival at the Dunvegan Lodge
00:35 Haul all the gear up the four flights of stairs up the terrace to the patio entrance.
1:30 Drop Dead...a mere 20 hour day!!!