South Africa is the stage and The World Cup is the game show. In Cape Town, a giant vuvuzela has been erected on the unfinished high way at Green Point and The Wheel of Excellence is up and in good spinning order at the nearby Waterfront. A poor man’s London Eye if ever there was, but it is rather sparkling and exciting all the same. ..
If by any chance you’ve been living in a cave for the last few years and don’t yet know what a vuvuzela is, well the (not really a joke) joke goes something like this, “What’s plastic, a metre long, brightly coloured and sounds like an elephant? A vuvuzela of course.” It’s the noise-making trumpet of South African football fans and trust me, if you don’t want to go insane then you‘ll need to adopt the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” approach. The giant vuvuzela will be blown every time a goal is scored much to the delight of local residents. Listen to it’s sound on the video below.
The desperately named Wheel of Excellence meanwhile is a fully illuminated giant Ferris wheel with 36 fully enclosed, luxury cabins which will treat visitors to a unique sightseeing opportunity – providing an eagle eye view of the V&A Waterfront, Green Point Stadium, Robben Island, Table Mountain, the City and the Paarl mountains.
Excitement across South Africa is reaching fever pitch as we welcome the World (apart from Theo Walcott)…