A good friend of mine, Pandaman, has lived there for years, and we needed to catch up, so while chatting online, he mentioned that he had moved into a new house. I jokingly asked if he'd got my suite ready and he told me to get the hell over there, so there we have it. A few days later flights were booked and we're set to kick ass :)
Having never been to South Africa before I've had to do some research, I have an idea in my mind of course, but I needed something more reliable than what my brain was making up. I skipped the encyclopaedias, travel guides and avoided speaking to anyone who had been there before, I wanted the truth, I wanted to know how it really is, so I watched some movies.
I'd seen Invictus not too long ago, so I didn't waste time watching that again. Instead I watched Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom which surprisingly didn't feature Morgan Freeman. Then, I watched District 9, a factual story about apartheid, I can't believe this shit really happened. To finish off my research I had to go with the grand daddy of South Africa films, the one everyone thinks of; Lethal Weapon 2!
Now, just the packing to do, so I started with my anti-tiger spray (only kidding, I know there are no tigers in Africa, it's anti-lion spray really, besides everyone knows it's a rock that repels tigers).
People keep telling me that South Africa is dangerous, especially Johannesburg where I'm staying, but I don't see how it can be, I mean you can see elephants from miles away and I've been training so even though I can't outrun a lion, I can outrun other people meaning they'll get eaten first, so I don't see what all the fuss is about. Plus if I get into trouble with the law, I've been practising my accent and will just state that I have "diplomatic immunity"!
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