There are tons of people out. Crowds fill every sidewalk. Lines of traffic sound their horns, and the people on the sidewalk sound back with their vuvezas.
We've bought tickets for a spectator zone, which differs slightly from the other Fan Zones in that it has a chairs and tables, serves a meal if you buy a meal voucher, and isn't in a canvas tent. Instead, there are slightly more permanent plastic walls. It's also a little more expensive (200R) than some of the other zones (20R). There's a goal setup with a spedometer so that people can test the speed of their kicks, and it looks like Sony is setting up some LCDs to play FIFA10.
I hit the same ATM I've been using, and it gave me bills in 200R notes. However, South Africa recently re-issued their 200R notes, and most of the vendors are confused about whether they're allowed to accept 200R notes (even though mine are the new ones). Nedbank, who owned the ATM, was not very helpful in that they just said it's legal tender and the vendors have to accept them. I suspect there's a shortage of other notes in circulation at the moment, so I'm changing out the 200R notes whenever I find a vendor that knows what's going on.
The Blonde just read a flyer for a topless bus tour around Cape Town, but figured out on her own (after a few seconds) that it meant the double-decker buses without a top on them and not people without shirts.
We're off to the Spectator zone as the first game starts in three hours. If you read about another trampling, it probably isn't us.
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