G'day! Sorry about the lateness of these blogs, but internet access here is a little toight. Plus, after all the writing I have done on Chris's computer, this stupid blog won't accept my copied word document! So, I will do my best until I work it out. In the meantime, I will quickly do an annotation of each day!- Sunrise over Johannesburg as we fly in. Brilliant radiance of red bursts across the horizon. African sun at last!
- 2 degrees in Johannesburg. Airport. Tickets for games next to firearm checkins.
- Blue Honda Jazz - nicknamed Blue steel by David, Jellybean by Chris. Later referred by all of us as Winsdscreen Crack Prediction and Please No Hills or 4WD Roads.
- Like driving through Toowoomba or Darling Downs. Very flat with fog and smoke everywhere. Poluution. Africans every few miles crossing the roads, dodging cars,
- asking for lifts, walking along the highway with bags on heads and babies on back. Sometimes people give them lift. I suggest we pick up woman with big breasts. No response from others (Common theme this trip!)
- Mbombela Stadium and Nelspruit. Nelspruit reveals herself through jungle and cliffs. No massive skyscrapers, taffic lights galore, no road rules, but a certain quaitness. Our base for the next two weeks.
- Score goals through spotting animals first. Roy sees Zebras (GOAL!!!)
- Warning signs for Hippos!!!
- Watch Australia Ghana game at Fifa Fan Fest. About 30 whites and a few thousand black supporters in stadium field. Buy beers R15 and sit down on dusty field. At half time I play football with other people. I think I play superbly. Chris and Roy with cameras and videocameras shake their heads. Footage to come!!!
- 1-1 draw. After game party starts. We line up for vuvuzelas and take part in bizarre photos and dancing. Everyone is dancing and jumping up and down, vuvuzelas blaring away. We walk home in the cold African night.
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