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Man vs. Food

Chris enjoyed his first South African meal with an amazing 500g Aged Rump steak, rated as in his top 5 ever eaten. It was a difficult challenge but Chris managed to polish it off washed down with 2 bottles of South African Red shared with Mario. A most memorable first meal with our amazing...

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chrischarly on July 15, 2010 from Roodepoort, South Africa

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's African Adventure

Day 25... Piss off...

I just said on day 24 that Italy was out... Piss off... Did nothing today...

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Big_T on June 25, 2010 from Johannesburg, South Africa

from the travel blog: World Cup

Time to leave.

Well, there was one more item to take care of before leaving. That, of course, being a follow-up visit to the hospital to make sure that my stitches weren’t infected. I woke up at 7:30 to hike the kilometer and a half up the hill to the clinic, where they were somewhat confused as to why I was...

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nucappy on June 25, 2010 from Johannesburg, South Africa

from the travel blog: London and South Africa - World Cup 2010!

I think I’m becoming an old man

Ouch. Literally my entire body is completely sore. My shin, knees, and thigh are all bruised, my knees, hands and face are cut, and my ribs hurt. I’m only 26 – I’m fairly certain I’m still supposed to recover quickly from injuries, right? Ugh. Today was history day for us. We began with...

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nucappy on June 24, 2010 from Cape Town, South Africa

from the travel blog: London and South Africa - World Cup 2010!

Day 24... Italy out of the cup...

Italy v Slovakia at Ellis Park was the last group game we had tickets for... Italy pretty much needed a win to qualify, or a multiple goal draw would have done the trick... Read the "Park and Ride" tickets and they said to park 4 hours before the game kicked off... We arrived at the "Park...

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Big_T on June 24, 2010 from Johannesburg, South Africa

from the travel blog: World Cup

Pictures from Mountain Biking and Abseiling

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nucappy on June 23, 2010 from Cape Town, South Africa

from the travel blog: London and South Africa - World Cup 2010!

Day 23... Soweto...

There is no place in South Africa which is more famous in the battle against oppression and apartheid than Soweto... It is where Mandela and Desmond Tutu lived and live respectively... Mandela was not from there (he is from a village in the cape), but he moved there and lived there with his...

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Big_T on June 23, 2010 from Soweto, South Africa

from the travel blog: World Cup

Jews are not meant to do extreme sports - Discuss.

Today was to be our day of adventure - mountain biking in the morning, abseiling (what the rest of the world calls rappelling) in the afternoon, US-Algeria match to follow. Little did we know just how much adventure we were to be in for today. After breakfast, we made our way down to the...

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nucappy on June 23, 2010 from Cape Town, South Africa

from the travel blog: London and South Africa - World Cup 2010!

Penguins and Ostriches and Baboons, Oh My!

We're finally staying at a true Bed and Breakfast here in Cape Town. It is called Tintagel and is terrific. A full English breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes, not to mention a bowl of fresh local fruit and some yogurt was a great way to start off a day of...

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nucappy on June 22, 2010 from Cape Town, South Africa

from the travel blog: London and South Africa - World Cup 2010!