FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: More Cape Town Pics 3

beautiful.

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: More Cape Town Pics 2

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: More Cape Town Pics

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Underground Gold Mines

so when gold was discovered in south africa late in the 19th century, there was a huge influx of ppl to try and reap all that...many miners were obviously abused and all that good stuff...at its height, early in the 20th century, 27% of worldwide gold was coming from south africa...there were tons of mines like this....this one, went down 3 km...naturally we were only at like 100m-250m below the ground...i can't even imagine going down that deep....way too hot.

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Joburg's Amusement Park - Gold Reef City

hey, so on our last day, we decided to go to an amusement park. i realized i hadn't been to one in 5-6 years, which is kinda crazy...and i forgot how much fun they were...i guess the whole culture of standing in lines for a 30 second joy ride, paying exorbitant prices for food and drinks didn't appeal to me initially...but i'm a baller now, so whatever (actually south africa wiped me clean...but it was definitely worth it).

pics in reverse order this time.

pic 5: of course, have an african tribal dance for the foreigners...typical...but at an amusement park? well, as long as it amuses ppl i guess.

pic 4: they had all sorts of animals wandering around, which was actually really cool...squirrels, peacocks, ducks, dogs, cats,

pic 3: Ok, so i confess i was not a huge fan of roller coasters...it's not that i wasn't a huge fan, but i just told myself i was scared the entire time...mind plays tricks on you...so when my brother said he was too scared to go, naturally, my ego starts to kick in. i make fun of my brother and hype myself up...ok, so there's two sides to that...one where you don't think about your actions and go..like this UFO one, which was a lot of fun..i was just slightly dizzy after i came out...it went all the way vertical and i guess centripetal forces ensure u don't even move, while u are going pretty fast...

Pic 2:...and one where you constantly think about it while standing in the line for arguably the scariest roller coaster in the park...it takes you to quite a height...and then you literally accelerate downwards (straight downwards...like no incline) at a speed you cannot possibly fathom...the entire experience lasts 3 seconds....so this picture is of me stupidly laughing, when in reality i am scared shitless...

pic 1: and this pic, when i am on the roller coaster, is when i am actually shitting my pants....

but seriously, roller coasters are mad fun...i had never been on a loop-di-loop one before and it was the first time, and actually, those aren't even hard...i dont know why i psyched myself out before...all the roller coasters were amazing...in fact, that's all we really did...repeated it as well!!

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Cape Town Pics

haha...i look stylish...that's funny...also, something else for your viewing pleasure

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Durban Pics

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Amazing Views from/of Table Mountain

Arguably the most beautiful place on earth.

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Hiking up Table Mountain

My cheeky younger brother took 3 or 4 videos like this. I was really sruggling. There were three routes. We took the hardest (steepest) route up. Recommended time was 2 hours...took me 3 hours. Regardless, the view was amazing. Everytime we (I) stopped to take a break, the view was amazing.

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Video: Outside Durban Stadium for Holland vs. Slovakia

this is arguably South Africa's most beautiful stadium, Moses Mabhida Stadium. It is going to host the semifinal between Spain and Germany. The inside was amazing as well. Well planned. I love the arch.

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: Jesus 4 All

lord, have mercy on his soul. preachers outside the Argentina-Mexico game in Joburg.

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: The Wave. Holland vs. Slovakia

yup. the commentators called it the mexican wave apparently...didn't know if it was from mexico.

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FORZA ITALIA'S Travelblog: A night to remember (forget)

The first round of quarterfinals between Holland-Brazil and Uruguay-Ghana has been the most exciting day of matches yet. Below are just some of the scenes.

i like pic 4. that's what football is all about. the first two were in the massive fan fest with a HUGE tv screen and thousands of people.

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog: Pics from Robben Island

Robben Island, 30 minute boat ride from cape town, was where a bunch of political prisoners were held during apartheid times. Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison there.

Pic 1: Mandela's cell. pretty small. at least it had sunlight.
Pic 2: the differences in diet between coloured/indian people and black people. Black people get half of what the others get. No white prisoners in Robben Island.
Pic 3: a pile of rocks symbolizing freedom, liberty, justice...it's been there since 1991.
Pic 4: At least the inmates got to play soccer. Once a week, they obviously looked forward to it immensely.
Pic 5: Our tour guide, Kotso. He was sentenced to a 25-year jail sentence in Robben Island, which was only going to end last year...damn. He explained how his trial was a sham, he got almost no legal counsel and defense, and how South African people are not vengeful people (if that were me, I would definitely want some form of revenge).

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