Day 15: Durban to East London

Mom and my brother Mighty Joe Young get into Cape Town on Saturday night, so we have three days to get down there.  Today we left Durban and headed to East London.  First we picked up the next set of match tickets for the quarterfinal in Jo'burg and semifinal in Cape Town.  It ended up working out perfectly as we will be in Jo'burg the day before the match as we will be getting back from our safari at that time.  Also, we fly out of Cape Town on the 8th, so we will spend our last couple of days in Cape Town including the semifinal on the 6th.  I can't wait for these big games!

Today our drive took us through Mthatha, the place where Nelson Mandela grew up.  We were actually driving through at the time of the USA game so we found a TV in a local shopping mall and enjoyed the last second heroics of Landon Donovan.  USA finishing first in the group means that if they reach the QF and SF we will be at the game!  I think they have a good chance against Ghana but I don't want to jinx them.  We also were driving through the part of the coast called the "Wild Coast."

We arrived at the White House Bed and Breakfast in Gonubie, just east of East London.  This place is wild.  It seems like an old beach side mansion that was turned into a B&B.  It actually has a helipad like the real White House in DC.  Word on the street is you can watch whales and dolphins from the breakfast room.  It is dark now, we shall see if this is true in the morning!  Check out the video of our day: