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June 13th 2010

Published: June 28th 2017

Geo: -29.853, 31.0164After waiting so long for the World Cup, and travelling half way accross the world to watch Australia compete for it, it proved to be the most tragic anticlimax imaginable.Ironically, the 26 hours of being awake between our 2.30am pickup on Monday here and the time we got back Tuesday at 4.30am, were the worst 26 hours of the entire trip so far, for several reasons.Firstly, th... Read Full Entry

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Kristofor Mallegrom

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TP PROFILE Former TravelPod Member: tofor85 Joined: August 16th, 2006From: lives in Melbourne,AustraliaHobbies: Soccer, Art, Culture, History, Psychology, Photography, Writing, the OutdoorsLanguages: EnglishBucket List: Visit 100 countries on every continent. Visit the Penguins in Antartica.Profession: Investigator (Government)Amazing Event: Circumnavigating the Planet in over 6 months in 2013 World Cup 2010 in Africa Work to Live not live to work. ... full info

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Open Air Main Entrance

Inside the Stadium

Shot from inside Durban stadium. Pretty good seats again. Shame about the company...

Inside 2

Inside 3

Bling inside Durban

Bling surveys the scene inside Durban stadium.

German Flags

There were way less German fans here, outnumbered about 6-1 to aussie fans, but they were much cooler.

National Anthems

Finally time for kick off!!! This is where I am erasing my memory for the day...

Open Air Front

Very impressive front of Durban stadium

14th June 2010

Liat
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Love reading your updates Kris and your pics make me all homesick! Told you South Africans were the best people though, didn't I ;-)?Hope it gets better from here - the safari will make up for it all! (hopefully that's NOT with your Fanatic
s group)

15th June 2010

demac
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really disappointed to hear about the behavior of the other aussies there but not that surprised honestly.do lucas neill and craig moore look as slow in real life as they do on tv? they're not good enough for this level. but it's not ALL ba
d. i'm 90% sure lil' timmy can return against serbia and harry hasn't suffered gout as of yet : ) heads up boys, don't give up on the socceroos just yet!

15th June 2010

Lazlo
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lol, loved every word of it..and Im not suprised by the disgraceful pride by the aussies. I share your views. I love the country but......

17th June 2010

tofor85
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The fans are horrific and i will just have to tolerate it as best as possible.More importantly, the team was horrific... Neill isnt any better than Craig Moore at the back and the Germans carved them apart without breaking first gear...Paul
.. I can hear the horns 24-7... its like a dull buzz that wont go away.. Sounds like theres mosquitos flying about..Good to hear about Indoor! I miss playing soccer!! Its been 2 weeks and i havnt kicked a ball!!

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