Chronicles of Fly

With headlines like, "Long live Tiki Taka, Tika Taka is dead." Alongside, "Costa Rica have eliminated England without even playing them." The world cup has delivered, in more ways than one. Unlike most people I always spot moments during a world cup that speak volumes for how a sport can mean so much to people. I will let the pictures do the talking. Does everyone remember that touching moment when Steven Gerrad consoled Luis Suarez at Selhurst Park? Well the shoe was on the other foot recently. At Selhurst Park In Brazil Some people say that having hope is setting an alarm for the next morning, without any guarantee that you will be alive to hear it go off. I say that hope is supporting the English football team at the world cup. If only the English Defense had listened to this guy It's not easy being English Old Woy has some explaining to do Rooney is already thinking about his holiday in Thailand My favorite story of...

Unless you live under a rock, you'd know the Fifa World cup is on in Brazil. Friday night saw a rematch of the 2010 final ; Spain Vs The Netherlands, the first time it's happened. That nations that played the final, then go on to play each other in the group stage of the next world cup. For 40 minutes it was going to script, Spain scored from the penalty spot and threatened to pass the dutch to death. Then, it happened. I have no words, something truly encroyable! I will let the pictures tell the story Van Persie prepare to take flight RVP lobs Cassilas for the equaliser Goal and a half Spain 1 - 1 Netherlands Showing who is boss Spain 1 - 2 Netherlands. Robben puts the dutch in front. Spain 1 - 3 Netherlands. De Vrij extends the Dutch lead. Spain 1 - 4 Netherlands. RVP grabs a second after Cassilas blunders. Spain 1 - 4 Netherlands. RVP high fives LVG. Spain 1 - 5 Netherlands. Robben nets a second. Diego Costa is less than...

There are very few places that freak me out. I’ve survived the horrors of the Swakop River and the chameleons of the Namib Desert, but there is one place that just makes me uncomfortable. You must be curious to know right? Well, it’s an elevator, I am scared of elevators. I know it’s hard to believe that a descendent of beasts is scared of elevators, at least I’m not afraid of girls (Although the jury is still out on that). That being said there is one person that I would never want to be stuck in an elevator with, I know what you’re thinking. But, it’s not Solange Knowles. I have quick reflexes, so unlike Jay Z, I would probably would have seen it coming. Not to say that Jay Z’s reflexes are slow, I am just saying. I am an African man, we know not to stand so close to an angry woman, regardless of family ties. You give her space, lots of space.  Where was I? Oh, the elevator scenario. The one person that I wouldn’t want to be stuck in an elevator with is Kazembire Zem...

A mountain is nature's way of saying take the long way round (Scenic route) May 2012 (The following actually happened, I kid you not) My head was stuck so deep in the map that I was closely analyzing that I hardly noticed when the car stopped, I kept staring at it as though a road to our destination would magically appear. “Why have we stopped, we’re not even a quarter of the way there?” I asked myself. No roads existed to where we wanted to go, just a frighteningly deep valley beyond the rocky hill where we stopped. As I got out of the car all I could see was grass, huge hills and the shadow of three big mountains on the horizon. I glanced at the GPS as I was lacing up my boots while Patrisia grabbed our back packs, what I saw hardly pleased me. “Agreed,” she said as she went left with her technician, and I went right with mine. We agreed to meet at the exact spot where the car was parked at the end of the day.  “10.5 km’s to target,” my technician said with unres...