Cricket is fun.....when you have luxury box seats.

One of the things I wanted to do while I was down here was go see a cricket match. Don't ask me why, I guess to blend in with South African culture or something like that. Anyway, I went to the limited overs Domestic Championship between our hometown Cobras v. the Warriors. As confusing as Americans think cricket is, it's much easier to understand than baseball - without question. After watching it for 2 months down here, it's not hard to follow at all. It's just not real exciting, because even a one-day limited overs match lasts 7 hours. So how do you beat the boring parts of a match? Run into someone who you work with whose brother has a luxury box complete with free food and drinks - that's how.

I'm not sure how many Americans have gotten to sit in luxury box seats at a South African cricket match, but I'm one of them now. By the way, the Cobras won in what was actually a really exciting match, at least at the finish. And the guy I work with got incredibly drunk and started hitting on an 18-year old. He's 60. That was probably even better than watching the Cobras win.