Today we slept in taking today as our day off. We headed over to the Gateway "Theatre of Shopping" around 12pm and walked around the 400+ stores. Even buying some souvenirs (no not for YOU). We had lunch at the food court, then went outside to the Wave House - a double-point break standing wave where we watched people learning to surf or body board. Very entertaining, and with Paraguay-Slovakia in the background even better!
One other funny thing at stores in South Africa - the Joker seems to have had some influence on the mannequins here. No Batman in South Africa?
After the mall we headed back to Cowrie Cove to watch New Zealand stun Italy with a draw. New Zealand is the lowest ranked team in the field of 32 at the World Cup. Then we decided to head into Umhlanga center for dinner. We walked around a bit and settled on a Thai restaurant where we had some good Thai Fried Noodles with prawns. After our meal we walked over to Europa on the Rocks, a bar with outdoor seating where we had watched Brazil beat North Korea earlier in the week. This evening it was Brazil facing the Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) which Brazil handled fairly easily.
After the match had ended, we took a taxi back to Cowrie Cove guest house. Tomorrow we are headed to Cape Town!
