FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Pics: Apartheid Museum...cool pictures

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Pics: Outside Soccer City Stadium, Joburg, Argentina vs. Mexico

Pic 1: hawkers selling us shitty products...wanted to buy an argentina scarf...but the quality was really bad...and they were ripping me off...
Pic 2: SOCCER CITY STADIUM FROM FAR!!! (this is where the final will be held)
Pic 3: it looks awesome...i wish i could say that was deliberate
Pic 4: me standing outside closer to the stadium...i look depressed, but i really am happy...
Pic 5: right outside, past the ticket checks

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Videos: Mexico Fan Expecting Big Things from His Hat/Team

unless I misheard what he said (my spanish isn't very good)...i think he was predicting a 3-0 or 4-0 win for Mexico....even the guy interviewing him laughed at him...

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Videos: Outside Soccer City Stadium, Joburg

it was a 45 minute walk to the stadium...but man was it worth it...match was at 8:30 but we arrived there at 6:30 to take in the atmosphere...

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Pics: Animals Part 2

these pics are pretty self-explanatory...the lion cub in pic 4 rudely did not return my friendly gesture.

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Pics: Animals

Pic 1: zebra
Pic 2: stereotypical african man dressed in tribal suits to please us foreigners....
Pic 3: me feeding giraffe...the tongue was really awesome to touch...texture was fuzze and tongue was cold.
Pic 4: some little rats...muskrats? forgot the name...but they're diggers, all they do is dig in the ground.
Pic 5: awwwwww........(there's this video i want to post if i can which would make u go more awwwwwwwwww)

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Pics: Joburg Part 3

Pic 1: best player ever...you know he has a church in argentina? (http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2009/10/14/1560271/video-welcome-to-the-church-of-diego-maradona-the-god-of)
Pic 2: random mall downtown with a bunch of ppl hurrying to see the uruguay-south korea game
Pic 3: my brother standing with a bunch of hand-carved player-dolls...was thinking of buying one, but they kinda look like shit.
Pic 4: all the buildings were colored and decorated with flags, soccer balls, colors, etc...especially the corporations. this particular building is our beloved citibank.
Pic 5: me, my brother, and our host friend standing next to a madiba (nelson mandela) statue

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Pics: Joburg Part 2

Pic 1: World Cup mascot, 'Zakumi'. 'Za' means South Africa, and 'kumi' is the number 10 in a number of different languages.
Pic 2: more commercialization....mmm.....thank u america
Pic 3: huge football in the sky...i actually saw 5 different ones...this was the only one without a company name on it (the others were hyundai, and i can't remember)
Pic 4: the price of petrol outside the US is CRAZY EXPENSIVE....we complain about anything that goes above $3-4 a gallon, while over there, it comes out to....$6 a gallon...if u want to do the conversions urself, it is $1 = 7.6 rand and 1 gallon = 4 liters
Pic 5: me tackling maradona...and then getting a cramp

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FORZA ITALIA's Travelblog - Videos: Live Showcase Models

this was too good....first time seeing this...in downtown joburg

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