SUNDAY, July 11, 2010, and World Cup fever grips the globe. Football fans gather in front of TVs in houses and bars, and before large screens in parks and squares, to witness the final showdown between Spain and the Netherlands. Among them is Stacey-Anne Penny, a nurse from Suffolk who's been in Uganda as a VSO volunteer for a little over a year. Truth be told, she's not that keen on soccer, but the passion for football there runs deep. "Everyone said 'You're in Africa. You've got to come out to watch the World Cup Final," she remembers. Her friends make their plans to view the game on a huge screen at The Ethiopian Village, a restaurant/club in Kampala, the Ugandan capital. In the afternoon, however, there's a change of plan. The party includes some Dutch friends and, with the Iguana Bar across town being Dutch-owned, someone suggests congregating there instead, as the atmosphere will be rocking. The Iguana it is.
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