After a LOOOOONG travel day I’ve finally made it to Joburg. Emirates is the nicest airline I’ve ever flown on. They have good food, comfy seats, a badass lighting system that changes the ambiance of the cabin (including stars on the ceiling) depending on the time, and a huge selection of movies. After meeting Michael at the airport we waited for over an hour for our hostel to come pick us up. This was my first “TIA” (This is Africa) experience, and I’m sure there will be many more to come. It will take getting used to everyone being an hour late and thinking nothing of it, but hey - it's not much worse than SoCal.
We went to Soccer City in Joburg to watch the US game where there were surprisingly few people, most likely due to the bitter cold. Despite the loss we had a great time, and the Ghana fans were a lot of fun. One dude in particular told us he loved us several times, and that he was sorry that we had to lose. Our picture with him is below (he's in the middle, obviously) and is HILARIOUS. I can tell already - South Africans are some of the nicest people around. If it can't be America I hope the Cup stays in Africa. They deserve it.
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