[topcat83]

....Its only a game, and they didn't play good enough and they lost, get over it.

Oooh - don't say 'it's only a game' in NZ.

It is noticeable that the whole atmosphere of the country changes according to whether the National team won or lost! Doesn't matter which sport - they'd riot if we lost at tiddly winks!

 

[topcat83]

Topcat,
Rioting here is away of life or so it seems, two years ago I was downtown collecting my airline ticket and as I went to go out the door a huge crowd swept up the street the clerk pulled me back inside locked the door and we all rushed into the back of the shop, that had nothing to do with football it was the arrest of a well known man who opposes the government, then they set fire to a beautiful building. I was stuck in the office for 3 hours and the only way I got out was because my car has green number plates and the police would let the car through for me,

Very frightening.

I've been to Egypt about 10 times, but only as a tourist (on the Nile and the Red Sea), and I was always very aware of the 'tourist police'. In some ways having them around was comforting, but at the same time it was frightening that they were needed in the first place.

But my son lived in Na'ama Bay for a year when he was 18 - again, very different to where you are - more tourists and not many local women. But there were a couple of incidents when he was there, including one of the (very) local hotels being blown up.

It makes NZ tucked at the bottom of the world seem a very safe place...