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I got to Africa with no problems. Flight went well although I didn't sleep but an hour because there were plenty of movies to keep me entertained. When I got to Jo'Burg I just found a bench and went to sleep. Eventually got up and walked around, ate and then went to check when my brother's flight was supposed to arrive. Board said delayed fourteen hours. I didn't believe it, so I went and took another nap. About four when his flight was supposed to get in at 4:45 originally I went to try and find a computer with internet access. Found one then it was confirmed that he would not be arriving until the next day. Hostel was already paid for so now I had to try and get there. Eventually found a private cab. Negotiated the price before we left, which I was at a disadvantage because I didn't know where we were going. However, as it turned out I got a decent deal. Well relatively speaking. I paid about 400 rand and the others I talked to that took a cab paid about 700. The guy I rode with was quite nice and informative. Was a little worried when we got to his car and there was no taxi sign or anything, but it was all good. He invited me to come to the area where he lives and he would take me around and introduce me to people in the area and I could talk to them, go in their houses and have a few drinks with them. Jeffrey and I might do that. First night was pretty tired and went to bed after watching the Mexico vs. Italy game.

Got up on June 4 for the free breakfast at the hostel. Consisted of bread, jam and tea. Enough to keep me alive I suppose. After hanging out and reading for a bit I decided I would go explore the area alone. Walked around, found a mall and got some food for dinner and beer for the night. Shortly after I got back Jeffrey finally arrived. Went out and walked around with him. There are black people everywhere and felt quite out of place. However we didn't have any problems. It was quite neat seeing everything and the area seems like it has this merky haze over it. I assume from the ten million people that live in the area. The sunset is pretty cool and we don't go out at night unless with a group of people. That night we hung out and mingled with people in the hostel and drank some beer. People from all over but for the most part we talked to some Mexicans and Australians. Fun night.

Woke up after a pretty good nights sleep. Then we tried to find a way to get to the Australia vs. USA game. Turned out to be quite a hassle but there were a lot of people from our hostel who wanted to go. Eventually we negotiated a ride at a pretty good price. The driver didn't know how to get there but the guy we got the van from had a friend lead us there. After some time we made it to the game with no tickets. The tickets were free but we didn't have any, so we just went around asking people for extras and trying to get in. Eventually all the people we came with got into the game. We got there about five or ten minutes after kick-off and missed one of the US goals, but we had pretty good view and it was free apart from the cab. I hope the US plays better against England. They seemed pretty lazy. Looking forward to what the rest of our trip has in store.