Learning Afrikaner swear words

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Day 9
Exhausted ……….. we got up early(ish) and went to an adventure place - first it was an hour’s quad biking (Mum - that’s the one the farmer’s boy rides on Emmerdale) through a stunning canyon, then a canopy wire trip - basically whizzing down a wire through a beautiful valley - absolutely exhilarating. I’ve done it before so that bit for me was relatively easy ….. but the platforms here were often just built into the rock 100+ft above the ground, so just standing on them was the scary bit. The other highlight though was a SA female 3 x generation family also (sometimes) literally throwing themselves into the trip, so that was the daughter, mum and gran - the result being that I now know how to swear in Afrikaans in a number of different ways!!!!
Then back to Polokwane for the epic NZ v Paraguay ………… and thanks to a combination of New Zealanders doing what they do well - supporting their team with all they have and the locals just celebrating the World Cup being in their city, it was an amazing atmosphere (if not that good a game). Pete, even got ‘respect’ (i.e. a big thumbs up) from a couple of lads for his vuvuzala playing, then back to the local for a stupidly cheap but delicious fillet steak, wine and conversations with locals and fellow foreigners - whilst watching the entertaining Japan game

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Photos

worried
"Are you sure they are designed for people of my weight?"

x canyon sml
His scream was louder than his vuvuzela

x canyon6 sml
but soon enjoying it

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*%$%@**

x supporting NZ2 sml
the kiwis getting into the spirit - even some of their women took their shirts of and twirled them

x nz sml
They were 1000 miles from where they should have been!!!!!!

x vuvu competition sml
I can blow louder than you

x petes mates
Showing how it should be done