well i cant wait for SA,f*** me the attitudes of some people on this thread would have you think they never go anywhere exciting,boring sods! iv been travelling in Aus,Thailand,Colombia,Peru,Brazil etc and iv still seen more violence in London,Birmingham etc
well i cant wait for SA,f*** me the attitudes of some people on this thread would have you think they never go anywhere exciting,boring sods! iv been travelling in Aus,Thailand,Colombia,Peru,Brazil etc and iv still seen more violence in London,Birmingham etc
23,000 murders in the year I was there. I think you should know where NOT to go thats all.
yeah i agree some places you just DO NOT GO TO! for instance i wouldnt strutt around hillbrow with 2 mates at 11pm but to see the world you have to go to/through some sketchy places,its part of the experience.
which is exactly why it shouldnt be held there in the first place, people want to go away and relax , not constantly having to take 'safety precautions'.I recommend going to SA but I would seriously recommend that you take care, lock your car doors at night and don't walk around after dark flashing money and/or expensive goods. It's safe if you exercise basic safety precautions but take some advice from those of us who actually know the place and either live there or visit regularly.
I was in SA at the start of december, and am going back in a week as it happens, and in the 2 weeks I was there there were 2 police chases involving shootouts within about 1/2 a mile of my fathers house.
The Joburg suberb he lives in probably the equivalent of Wilmslow or Altrincham, not some inner city ghetto.
I recommend going to SA but I would seriously recommend that you take care, lock your car doors at night and don't walk around after dark flashing money and/or expensive goods. It's safe if you exercise basic safety precautions but take some advice from those of us who actually know the place and either live there or visit regularly.
I would rather slam my cock in a fire door than visit south africa, world cup or no world cup.I am more than happy to pay for you to go over there drinking though. Just let me know where to send the cheque and I will post it today - promise.
which is exactly why it shouldnt be held there in the first place, people want to go away and relax , not constantly having to take 'safety precautions'.
Possibly for the first time ever you and I may ALMOST (but not totally) agree on something.
Lets both of us try not to let it happen again too often eh?
Are you Nelson Mandella ? Or do you work for the SA tourist board ?
I must admit I tend to agree. KNZ has used West Street at 1:00am as an example of somewhere it can be 'unsafe' to walk along and, yes, it can be an unpleasant experience and visitors should be warned not to do it. But even at its very worst you don't need to carry a gun to walk down West Street nor have a car equipped with a flame-thrower. Also no snipers will shoot at you, no one will put a blazing car tyre round your neck and no one will drop a fridge on you. (All things that have been nmentioned as potential hazards in S.A.) Yes there can be stabbings and deaths in Britain, but nothing like 23,000 murders a year.which is exactly why it shouldnt be held there in the first place, people want to go away and relax , not constantly having to take 'safety precautions'.
They will if you're palaceBut even at its very worst you don't need to carry a gun to walk down West Street nor have a car equipped with a flame-thrower. Also no snipers will shoot at you, no one will put a blazing car tyre round your neck and no one will drop a fridge on you.
I must admit I tend to agree. KNZ has used West Street at 1:00am as an example of somewhere it can be 'unsafe' to walk along and, yes, it can be an unpleasant experience and visitors should be warned not to do it. But even at its very worst you don't need to carry a gun to walk down West Street nor have a car equipped with a flame-thrower. Also no snipers will shoot at you, no one will put a blazing car tyre round your neck and no one will drop a fridge on you. (All things that have been nmentioned as potential hazards in S.A.) Yes there can be stabbings and deaths in Britain, but nothing like 23,000 murders a year.
As you say you've gone there for a football tournament, not to take part in some sort of extreme urban survival exercise.