Funny looking beach

Sister studying some interesting red sea weed.

Portugal-Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast played well but Portugal was closest to score. Have watched two games now and still not seen any goal. The game was really fun to watch live as there was a great atmosphere. After game we sneaked in to one of the launches and enjoyed some good food and drinks. Now of to the fan park to watch Bafana Bafana beating Uruguay (Hopefully).

France-uruguay

Amazing stadium and 30 min to kick of. Debbie trying to convince us to support France for some odd reason.

Feel the atmosphere!

World cup is here

Now warming up for France-Uruguay and south Africa just scored and the sound level where we are 'watching' the game is LOUD. We had to struggle to find a place around Water front in Cape Town that was not over crowded to at least be able to catch a glimpse of the match

Birthday Celebrations

Johan was visiting Cape Town and celebrated my birthday. We went to the revolving restaurant in Cape Town with a fabulous view over the town, harbor and Table mountain.

Getting ready for World Cup 2010

On picture you can see me somewhere between Robben Island and Green Point Stadium in the picture taken from Signal Hill. On top you find the new stadium in Durban and again Green Point stadium from a different angle. At bottom of picture you find our World Cup tickets but only four of them are however dedicated to my use. Can't wait for World Cup to start, only too bad Sweden did not make it but will cheer for the African teams especially those coached by Svennis and Lagerbäck together with Bafana Bafana.

Nice day in Cape Town

On Saturday me and Heidi went in to Cape Town where we had a lovely day enjoying the nice weather. Otherwise it is getting a bit cold as it is now winter here but when sun is shining and it is not too much wind it is really lovely.

Durban

In Durban for IST Africa conference and this is the view from my hotel room. Met up with a colleague from Meraka on plane who took me for a small city tour before checking in at hotel. Durban seem to have a nice city pulse with a nice beach front. At arrival my bag did not arrive with same plane but hope to get it soon.

Albino day

Prime minister was in town for a big albino event. After all the albino killings in the country where body parts been used for medicin there is a need for people to integrate the albino community into the society and take a strong stand against these horrifying actions. Was nice to see all the Albinos performing in the eyes of thousands of people. Joensuu student Jussi was on podium with minister showing the limited difference in appearance between a Finnish person and an albino :-)

Bachelor party

Walid who recently got married in India did not get a bachelor party, so prior to his reception in Iringa I got involved to make sure it happened. One of the new things that was invented to spice up the occasion was shooting eggs at him with sling shots. Most of the eggs broke before reaching the target and only few hit the target but everyone had fun in the process :-)