| advert | Stay Free as a House Sitter. The Win Win for Pet Lovers That Travel
Every two years work on The Working Traveller slows down as I focus my attention on the festival of football playing out on the TV.
Watching two games a day puts a large dent in productivity so after a desperate hunt around for a half arsed idea to pass off as a well researched piece we came up with showing football’s popularity around the world.
Without trying or with any plan to do so we easily managed to capture in pictures the beautiful game on three continents.
Near Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Young Boys of Bolivia Vs Gringo XI
There’s Llamas on the pitch. They think it’s all over. It is now.
La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivian woman watching table football
Aqaba, Jordan
A kickabout in Aqaba
Diyarbakir, Turkey
There’s goats on the pitch… okay you know where I’m going with this
Boys playing football in the old city
Beirut, Lebanon
Football match at the University of Beirut
Mural of Pele on the wall of Nejmeh Sporting Club
Tripoli, Lebanon
Boys play football in the streets of Tripoli
Luxor, Egypt
Egyptian fans in Luxor celebrate winning the 2006 African Cup of Nations
Security guard with football scarf poses at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Football pitch in the Cameron Highlands
Hue, Vietnam
Retrieving the ball from the moat of the Hue Citadel
Sapa, Vietnam
A game on the football pitch in Sapa
Playing football in front of the Catholic Church
Savannakhet, Laos
Boy kicks a gold ball beside the church in Savannakhet, Laos
Yangon, Myanmar
Neighbours play in the street
Mandalay, Myanmar
Pagodas provide the backdrop to a casual game beside a Buddhist temple
Burmese boys interrupt their game for a photograph
Get Our Newsletter
