An 8 minute video that attempts to capture the essence of a 2 week trip to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Activities captured include but are not limited to: USA vs Slovenia, Netherlands vs Japan, fishing, safari, Nigeria vs Korea, partying, vuvuzelas, scrabble, USA vs Ghanna, Argentina vs Mexico, getting lost allot, [...]
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Video from my trip to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. Includes the people, sounds, games and trips to safari and soweto. Football or soccer games include USA, England, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Argentina, South Korea, Netherlands and Denmark…. Suggested Reading: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Official Book (World Cup 2010)
Inside look at stands and the pitch of Soccer City stadium in Soweto, South Africa. This was 44 days before 2010 World Cup. The stadium is under construction but the inside is nearly finished. Tour cost ZAR 80.00 and lasted about an hour going into the stands, around the pitch and into the “presidential section”. [...]
Waiting for a tour of Soccer City, brief look at the exterior shell of the stadium. It is meant to be shaped like a traditional African cooking pot, to represent the melting pot of Johannesburg. The colors signify fire. There was still construction going on outside, 44 days before World cup, but mainly this seemed [...]
Tour of the interior of Soccer City stadium, Soweto, South Africa. Tour took us up to the open space behind the balcony stands on the upper level. This wide open space is a terrace behind the “bowl” or “shell” of the exterior to the stadium. The concessions and other shops for the upper levels will [...]
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