[antoman]

Hey boardies,

The Asian Cup Football is on in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam through July. And when I say football, I mean soccer, just for all the North Americans in the house (many Aussies use the term as well).

The Australian team, the Socceroos, has been drawn in a group with Thailand, Oman, and Iran. Games will be played in BKK at the Rajamangalah (sp?) national stadium. Whoever tops the group (most likely Australia) will then play a quarterfinal in BKK - then a prospective semi-final in Malaysia. The final is to be played in Jakarta at the end of July.

I bring this to your attention for two reasons. One, BKK will be over-run by drunken and lecherous Aussies for the middle part of the month so beware! I estimate up to 10,000 will go, maybe more, and on non-match days will no doubt be drinking and mongering with the best of you. And probably on match days as well.

Also, tickets to the games are still available and cheap - could be some good quality international football for all you pommies and other eurotrash to attend. Let me know if you are interested and I can fill you in with more details.

Anto