We had talked about going to the World Cup for about a year and in my mind I kept thinking of it in an abstract way....I'm mean we really weren't going to South Africa (SA)...right? In February we purchased our tickets and it became a reality, we were going. I was a bit nervous about the trip. Would it be all about the World Cup? Would we be safe? Will Kennedy be ok without us? Malaria and so on.
But my worries were for nothing (usually that's the case). We flew through Dubai which is most certainly the long way round. On our way to SA we had a 9 hour layover so to our surprise Emirates provides you with a hotel stay and with dinner and breakfast. We made the most of our time and took a night tour of the city. You can certainly see the money oozing from everywhere as they are not shy to show it off.
When we got to SA we had to deal with the fact that my luggage was still in Dubai...as many would know that to me was my worst nightmare and to say the least I was not happy at all. Of course Emilio tried endlessly to cheer me up and told me focus on the fact that its just clothes and we need to make the most of our trip.
Our trip was full of activities from attending the Honduras' games to safaris and sightseeing. SA was much more beautiful than I expected and the people were just lovely. Our hope is that more people will travel to SA. (We'll be sending pics later.)
