Day 5... Deepest darkest Africa...

South-Africa/Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport was buzzing... You could feel there was an event going on... Japanese, French, Korean, German, could all be heard clearly around the airport as the tour groups and World Cup travellers started to pour in. Got picked up by a family friend (Nicky, 10 minutes late) and the first thing I wanted to do was take a nap as I hadn't really slept for a couple of days.

Met up with some people and then had a quick 2 hour power(?) nap. Not sure if it was a power nap... I am guessing it wasn't on account of me feeling like shit for the next half-hour or so, but nevertheless, it made me feel a lot better in the long run.

After awakening and having a quick bite, I decided to immerse myself in the local culture by watching some international Rugby (Wales v. South-Africa) with my hosts and pretending to care about enormous men smashing their heads together while kissing their teammates' behinds (otherwise known as a scrum). Watching the torment on my hosts' faces as South-Africa almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory was pretty good, though...

The evening followed and we had a traditional Braai... A braai was described by one of my in-flight magazines as “Meat grilled over burning wood coals, like barbecue, only done right”. I am not sure that it is much better than regular barbecue, but I enjoyed some good meat (including ostrich) and some good South-African wine with some good South-African people. A good night overall.

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on June 5, 2010 from Johannesburg, South Africa

from the travel blog: World Cup

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