Durban back to Joburg to Pretoria

GOT OUT OF JOBURG AND CONTINUED MY MONTH LONG BENDER IN DURBAN FOR A FEW DAYS. ENJOYED THE SUN AND WARMER WEATHER AND CHILLED WITH SOME LOCALS. IT WAS A MORE RELAXING ATMOSPHERE AND CHEAPER TOO. FINALLY GOT TO SEE SPAIN PLAY AND WAS STUNNED ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CROWD WHEN THEY LOST. THE FIRST GAME RARELY MEANS ANYTHING THOUGH AND IM SURE THEYLL PULL IT TOGETHER. HAD TO CATCH A FLIGHT FROM DURBAN EARLY ON THE 17TH TO GET TO JOBURG IN TIME FOR THE ARGENTINA VS S KOREA GAME. THIS SERIES OF GAMES STARTED SOMETHING LIKE 8 GAMES IN 10 DAYS THAT I WAS GOING TO. I GOT MY BAG, GOT A CAB, AND MADE THE LAST TRAIN TO SOCCER CITY BY LITERALLY LESS THAN A MINUTE. SOCCER CITY WAS AWESOME AND THE GAME WAS A GOOD ONE TOO. AFTER THE GAME WE WENT TO A AFRICAN RESTAURANT WITH SOME LOCAL GIRLS AND SOME OTHER AMERICANS AND WENT OUT TO SOME BARS. AT THIS POINT IM AT THE 10 DAY MARK AND THERES MORE ALCOHOL THAN BLOOD IN MY SYSTEM. THE 18TH BROUGHT THE USA VSA SLOVENIA GAME AT ELLIS PARK STADIUM WHICH IS IN A SHITTY AREA OF JOBURG. WE GOT THERE SUPER EARLY WITH SOME AMERICANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS FROM MY HOSTEL AND FOUND A HOLE IN THE WALL BAR THAT HAD A GATE OVER THE COUNTER AND SOLD CHEAPASS 32 OZ HANSA BEERS. IT WAS GREAT. WE WERE PREGAMIN WITH SOME CRAZY DRUNK SLOVENIANS THAT WERE DANCIGN AND FALLING ALL OVER. THIS WAS ABOUT 4 HOURS BEFORE THE GAME. AND HOUR CLOSER TO GAME TIME WE HAD TURNED THE BAR IN TO AN ALL AMERICAN PARTY. DURING THE GAME WE WERE ROBBED BY THE REFEREE AND SHOULDVE WON. IT WAS DARK BY THEN END SO I WENT TO A BAR IN ROSEBANK AND WATCH THE ENGLAND GAME WITH SOME AUSSIES AND BRITS. I RAN IN TO THE NEW ZEALANDERS LATER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WENT BACK TO THE BAR AFTER THE GAME IN ELLIS PARK AND THE COPS CAME IN TO THE BAR AN HOUR LATER, PUT THEM IN THE CAR, AND DROVE THEM OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TOLD THEM, "WHEN THE COPS LEAVE, THE WHITE PEOPLE GOTTA LEAVE". I GOT A TICKET TO THE AUSTRAILIA VS GHANA GAME TO NEXT DAY AND DROVE UP EARLY WITH ABOUT 12 AUSSIES. AGAIN, WE GOT A GRILL, MEAT, AND A TON OF BEER AND WENT UP TO RUSTENBURG TO TAILGATE AND WATCH THE GAME. I WAS AN HONORARY AUSSIE FOR THE DAY AND IT WAS A GOOD TIME. AUSSIES SCORED FIRST AND I WAS SITTING IN CATEGORY 1 SEATS WITH ALL THE AUSSIES, IT WAS INSANE. I WAS GIVEN AN AUSSIE SHIRT SO I COULD FIT IN WITH THE SECTION. I GOT HOOKED UP CAUSE THEY HAD AN EXTRA TICKET IN CAT 1 AND I WAS IN CAT 3. SO I MY CAT 3 AND TOOK THEIR CAT 1 AND GAVE THEM WHAT I GOT FOR CAT 3. SO I BASICALLY PAID LIKE HALF PRICE FOR BETTER SEATS. I SOLD MY BRAZIL VS IVORY COAST TICKETS BECAUSE I NEEDED A DAY OFF AND SOCCER CITY WAS A PAIN IN THE ASS TO GET TO AND FROM. WE WENT OUT WITH THESE LOCAL GIRLS WE HAD BEEN CHILLIN WITH FREQUENTLY AND THEY TOOK US TO THE JOLLY ROGER WHICH WAS A BAR THAT WAS CHEAP ENOUGH FOR US BUDGET TRAVELERS. SEEMS LIKE ALL THESE SUBURB JOBURG LOCAL GIRLS ARE RICH. ONE HAD A SHIRT THAT READ, "COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, ME...SOME THINGS ARE BETTER RICH". I THOUGHT THAT WAS HILARIOUS. GOTTA RUN. TO BE CONTINUED.