Here we show you a quick photo of the original Green Point Stadium. This one was taken by Charlie V last year while I was stuck down in the stadium waiting for Metallica to play! Some of you might even remember reading about THAT! Then we have the stadium at the moment, where it no longer exists. That’s quite hectic!

If you look at the latest photo, you will notice the old stadium is the smaller circle above it, where no cranes are working. You will be able to recognise where it lies by looking at the grass traffic circle. So the new one is clearly quite a bit bigger.

You can see me down there…somewhere…

Like David Copperfield…it disappeared before our eyes

Sean Lloyd 

Editor

I can actually say that no one else has these photos- Because I took them! The things I do to entertain the masses are astounding.

I also hope you enjoyed what I did with the previous few posts. Those readers familiar with the movie Anchorman: The legend of Ron Burgundy, might have noticed the Anchorman theme I have been going with. That is because I received my copy of Anchorman the other day and I have been watching it all day for a few days in a row now. It really is great. Anyway I also hope you like it how I interviewed myself, I thought that was extremely clever. I promote myself and my website on my own website, which is quite stupid. But I enjoyed it. Anyway, back to this post:

While I was happy with the other photos I took of the stadium, something was missing. I have the entire of Cape Town at my disposal and I was not being excessive enough. The very thought of me not doing things to the maximum excess left me a little worried that my readers would leave me.

All of this made me nervous and I needed a pilot to get me into the sky, fast. Obviously I don’t have all day to make phone calls, and so Charlie V gave Terry Redman a call, to see if we could be airborne before the week closed. Terry obliged(As people do when the SLXS phone call is made) and before I knew it I was at Cape Town International! While all the regular people come into the airport and take a left turn to go the the aeroplanes, we took a right turn to go to the hangers where all the choppers are kept.

While most phone calls are mundane, this one actually got us into the air which was spectacular.

We were met by Terry and I was expecting a white T-shirt, Aviators and a leather jacket. Then I realised we were there to fly a helicopter and not a jet like Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Terry was dressed like an ordinary person. We quickly jumped in the yellow Bell Jetranger. I’m sure we could have flown in a regular coloured helicopter, but I think Terry might have known that we were the home of excess and we would only settle for something completely crazy and loud. Yellow as a colour is LOUD. There were other regular coloured helicopters, but yellow is quite excessive and quite suits me actually.

Flying in a chopper around Cape Town suited me fine, and I was happy that this would be counting as work. We took off and flew over my house, then we just cruised from there. We went over Cavendish shopping centre, past Newlands rugby stadium, over UCT (University of Cape Town) and from there it was into the centre of town, over The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. Then from there we sped along past Clifton, Camps Bay, Llandudno, Dungeons and into Hout Bay. Then through Tokai, Constantia and eventually we made our way back to the airport.

It was also interesting because to chat to the people in the chopper, you wear a headset(Like a real pilot!) and then through there you can hear everyone, including the air traffic people. It’s fascinating to hear how they talk and their warnings of other planes in the area that you should watch out for. Quite an intense job, way too intense for me! Imagine having the lives of thousands of people in your hands everyday? That is stressful.

It is the most fun you can have in Cape Town! There is nothing like seeing the city of excess from up where the birds fly. Flying over Clifton I was wishing that it was summer and I had some binoculars. The sight of the beaches had me longing for summer, and it will be here soon enough! It’s quite crazy that we will then go from helicopters to yachts and sailing boats and other watercraft. SLXS are going to play so hard this summer in Cape Town, even I can’t believe it. It’s actually way too much to even consider right now, so I won’t consider it just yet.
I’m not going into too much detail in this post, but I hope you enjoy the photos. More to come over the next few weeks from all the places we visited.

Thanks to Terry Redman for piloting us safely around our city, I had a fantastic time. We will definitely do it again, it’s quite a worthwhile endeavour to see this city from up top. It will blow your mind. I can’t believe I live in Cape Town!

It’s a fact: It’s the most beautiful city in the world!

Robben Island in the background to the left

A few cranes at work

It’s a pity the golf course(Bottom of photo) also has to go

How cool are SLXS to get these photos?

Signal Hill in the front is the spot from where our previous photos were taken. How we get around.

Sean Lloyd

Editor

I received an e-mail from a reader, Rashiq F, concerning the 8 games that I said Cape Town were to host. Rashiq corrects me, saying we are hosting 9. Currently, my information still says we are hosting 8, which comes from this |source|.

Either way, I think it’s cool that Cape Town are hosting parts of the World Cup!

Rashiq also directs us to the City of Cape Town website, where you can click on the 2010 link in the left hand bar to get some photos of the stadium.

SLXS will keep on top of this whole situation!

Sean Lloyd

Editor 

It’s quite well known that there is a World Cup of the soccer type happening in South Africa in 2010. It is also well known that Cape Town(Yeah that’s us!) is hosting 8 matches for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. One of these will also be a semi-final. Awesome.

So I decided last week to take a little stroll around Cape Town, as I do, to take some photos. The VR3 was given a little warm up revving and the CD player was set to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”

Say your prayers, little one

Don’t forget, my son

To include everyone

What great lyrics! And it says that I must include everyone and that is why I took my camera, so I could include all of you! I am including you by showing you what I saw that day. My first stop off was just outside the Green Point Stadium where I was entertained for a while by some learner drivers. All the driving schools take the young kids for their parking lessons here. With amusing results! I am such a mean person, because I still get a laugh out of seeing learner drivers hitting every pole while parallel parking, and then panicking and letting the clutch out, and then the car jerks forward and stalls!And to think I did my driving licence at the traffic department in Green Point…ahhhh bad memories!

It never ceases to amaze me, and amuse me, these learner drivers. So after watching these guys for a while, I decided that I was looking like a stalker and decided to get back to work. I took a little walk around and ended up at the site office as I was keen to enter the stadium. You are not allowed to though. I should have brought my hard hat and just strolled in like I was an architect or something.

This normally works on most construction sites and it’s quite funny when no one stops you to ask who you are. If they ask you just start shouting, telling them that things are wrong and you ask them why they are not working. Keep this in mind…you know…if walking around on construction sites entertains you. I just thought I would mention that.

Once I had got a photo, I went up to The Rental house in Green Point where I was met by Jason. I let him know that I was looking for a vantage point for a photo. The photo was taken and we ended up watching a Red Hot Chill Peppers DVD which was awesome. That and a cooldrink, and then I thought I was done for the day. Then someone mentioned that a good spot for a photo would be up on Signal Hill. Yes, why had I not thought of that?!

So the VR3 was once again started, and I literally shot up the hill. Well shot…at about 40km/hr, after which I could actually not choose a lower gear. I parked in the parking lot(As you do) and took a lovely walk(Wow) over to a better spot. On the way I seemed to pass some kids hot boxing a car which I thought was very odd. Damn stoners.

I perched myself very nicely and just took everything in. Looking over Cape Town from Signal Hill is quite relaxing, and I could see myself falling asleep right there. I mean, there is a real possibility that those damn stoners had polluted the air so much that I was mildly high.

From what we counted, there were 13 cranes currently working on the stadium and so I suppose with that amount of work going on, they will be done on time. After all, Sepp Blatter has said everything is fine. Fantastic! So in a few years, I will be kicking back while a World Cup goes on in this city.

So here I present you with the photos of the stadium:

I watched learner drivers trying to alley dock into these for a while- And I laughed. Hysterically.

The Green Point Stadium Project- Spectacular

Not a bad place for a stadium! Look at that view behind the stadium(Well the hole) and you will know why Cape Town is the place to be

The Stadiums beginnings- A massive ditch that shall one day host The Soccer World cup

The view from Jason’s rental- Cranes dominating the skyline

Sean Lloyd

Editor