Joburg World Cup 2010

Got to joburg on the 8th and it was already goin crazy. Got to my hostel late and went out with a large group of people to a couple bars. Its cold at night in joburg and I didn't have the right clothes. I was able to get some good cheapish stuff to keep warm and got a locker at the hostel for the month so I could keep my warm weather stuff there and not need to carry it around. I'd be in joburg before I go to croatia so I can get it then. On the 10th joburg really started to get crazy. There was a concert at soccer city to start it off. I went to nelson mandela square with a couple people and had a few drinks in the insane atmosphere. Mexico had a mariache band playing with a huge crowd of mexicans right around us. In the other area there were south africans gathered singing, dancing, and blowing those obnoxious vuvuzelas. The vuvuzelas are just loud and annoying. Originally I thought it was part of their tradition but its actually relatively new. They blow em all day and everywhere. On the 11th we went back to nelson mandela square to watch the opener. We thoguht there would be more tvs but it wasn't very organized along with a lot of the stuff in south africa. We found a nice spot and shared a table with a few south africans. The place was really buzzin. When tshabalala scored the goal the place was nutsss. After the game we called these local girls who picked us up and took us to a packed bar somewhere. There, I had an epiphany. Use the vuvuzela as a funnel. For beer. A much better use for it. Then next morning was a horrible hangover but we had to make moves early. I went over to the bakery to get some food before we went to pick up the rental car. I was crossing the street when so old lady literally ran me over. I have tire marks on my shoe. She rolls down the window and has the nerve to blame me. I give her some good old disgruntled new yorker shit and she drives away. Even the secruity guard was yellin at her. we scooped some meat and the rental car and were on our way. In the wrong direction. After about 20 minutes heading south we turned around and passed the netherlands team bus. We also found a liquor store and scooped 2 cases of castle. Now we were on our way. We headed up to rustenburg for the game in our mini hyundai 3 americans and 1 brit. We even got a cheap bbq so that our tailgate was complete. We arrived in rustenburg at around 330. 5 hrs before game time. The place was packed with english and american fans. We set up our grill and started the day. At 7ish we headed to the buses to get to the game. Our seats were 3 rows behind the net that the english scored on. At halftime I got some beers and while I was waiting in line. A big old english guy cut in front of my. So I tell him, hey I'm next. He pushes me and says no your not. I feel a grab on my hoodie and a younger englishman tells me not to mess with that guy and just let him go. So I jump back in line behind him and let it go. I'm guessing he was prob some hooligan I shouldn't fuck with. He apoligized after he got his beer for pushing me and I shrugged it off. A 1-1 draw was a good outcome and hopefully we can score more goals than them in the next 2 games. We got back to the car and tailgated some more. We were the last car left in the lot by 230ish. We still had to drive 2 hrs. So far joburg has been really expensive and disorganized. The public transport is not what it should be. They need atleast another year before they are ready. And sony fucked up nelson mandelsa square so fuck sony right now. Coulda been a lot better there. I'm off to durban for a couple days and then back to joburg on the 17th.