The good news for our English World Cup football team is
that Prince Harry will be touring Brazil and Chile in June at the same time as
the Cup is in its qualifying stages. He will be in the stands watching Roy’s
boys against Costa Rica, hopefully securing a place in the knock out rounds. He
is also going to the capital, Brasilia, to see the hosts play Cameroon. If he
wants to catch up with some more football when he visits Chile, he might take a
plane from Santiago and spend a day or two on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), where
the main settlement is Hanga Roa. I was lucky enough to include a game of
football in my itinerary when I took in the Chilean special territory in 2008.
With only 5700 in the population, the locals play amongst themselves, although
when I arrived at the airport to start my trip, I was surprised to see a large
crowd gathered; they were there to greet
a local who had just won the Chilean version of Big Brother! The other great
feature of the island apart from the mysterious heads and Bird Man artefacts, is a massive USA sponsored “plane” runway
designed to take the space shuttle should it need to land in the Pacific. The FA president, Harry's brother William, will be missing the jollyties; no doubt looking after the family back home.
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