I have left Africa after almost 5 months there. It has been more educational than any class I could have taken or book that I could have read (except, perhaps, Jared Diamond’s ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’… read it). Rather than dwell on what I’ll miss, and what I won’t, I’d rather just tell you my next step.
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011.
Dan Jenkins (round of applause ladies and gents) and I (louder round of applause, maybe some cheering) have been planning this trip for almost 18 months, and talking about it as a possibility for over two years. Here’s the low down:
It takes place in New Zealand from September 9th until October 23rd. Dan and I will be touring the country for its entirety. We will be on the North Island for the first 25-ish days during the ‘group stages’. In that time, we’re seeing eleven rugby matches. We picked the matches based on our team (WA-LES! WA-LES! WA-LES!) and on which parts of the island we wanted to visit. We’re touring around in a van. After the group matches, we’re heading to the South Island for three weeks before rocking back up to Auckland for the final.
And you get to read about it RIGHT HERE.
This blog will, for seven weeks, be known as:
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011.
Dan Jenkins (round of applause ladies and gents) and I (louder round of applause, maybe some cheering) have been planning this trip for almost 18 months, and talking about it as a possibility for over two years. Here’s the low down:
It takes place in New Zealand from September 9th until October 23rd. Dan and I will be touring the country for its entirety. We will be on the North Island for the first 25-ish days during the ‘group stages’. In that time, we’re seeing eleven rugby matches. We picked the matches based on our team (WA-LES! WA-LES! WA-LES!) and on which parts of the island we wanted to visit. We’re touring around in a van. After the group matches, we’re heading to the South Island for three weeks before rocking back up to Auckland for the final.
It’s going to be the most mind-boggling, fun-loving, liver-testing, nature-discovering, rugby-filled seven weeks, maybe of our lives.
And you get to read about it RIGHT HERE.
This blog will, for seven weeks, be known as:
DAN AND DAMO’S RIDICULOUS, RAUCOUS, RELATIVELY RISKY, RANT pRONE, RESISTANCE (is futile), WROUGHT iRON, RESPECTABLE, RAVING, ROTARY RUGBY BLOG!!
New Zealand’s 2011 Rugby World Cup through the eyes of two Welsh supporters on tour. Expect astute match analysis, unbiased predictions, fragmented recollections of nights out, rundowns on tourist attractions (and attractive tourists…hey hey!) and more for seven weeks of oh-my-god-it’s-really-finally-here Rugby World Cup fun.
Thanks for reading!
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