Johannesburg 2010

Last year, Adrian, me, and ce Helen went to South Africa to watch world cup.
It was also a good opportunity at the same time to experience what the country was like.

It was the time when my dad got me Canon 5D mark ii camera that I was always possessed of ε＝ε＝(((( ﾉ^ω^)ﾉﾟ so I brought it along with me, my wide lens, my 30D camera, my zoom lens and my macro lens altogether.

Our first stop was Johannesburg which is the capital city of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa.

Johannesburg 2010/06/21 - 2010/06/22

Amakoekoe, the resort we stayed at (the room I shared with Ce Helen)

Complimentary snacks (I really liked the ones in the plastics)

The Apartheid Museum

Colorful sticks that represent various races/colors of skin

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela

More of Nelson Mandela's quotes

random things in the museum ヾ(｡・ω・｡)`*:;,｡･★

The restroom was quite magnifique (*´∇｀)o

Next, we went to the Market Theater

there were street shops

and snacks too..

Ce Helen was taking pictures of these little ornaments

aren't they pretty??ヽ(>ε<｀o)@...;:☆

These people from Fifa TV came to us and asked us if we could help them with their Germany - Ghana project. The first to say "Sure!" was Ce Helen, and Adrian was like "nonono.. not me.." but we eventually forced him too! yeehaaaa...!!!ヽ(*^ｖ^)人(^ｖ^*)ノ

more random things at the Market Theater

on our way to the fan park

Lovely ladies in Adidas jackets

These kids were like "Take a picture of us pleaseeee....?????" and I was like "sure!! give me a big wide smile!" d(^0^)b

sign boards

Giant coke stacks

Pretty cool huh?! d(-_☆)

One of the random junctions with graffiti walls in it

it was freezing that time so went to warm ourselves up inside the Gramadoelas Restaurant

The Menu - you see crocodile, ostritch, worms....

It was supposed to be one of the world's upper class restaurants, didn't realize that until I saw it on TLC d(￣(ｴ)￣d)☆

We ordered crocodile meat (top picture), and Nelson Mandela's favorite (below picture)

the interior decors

The city from the top of the bridge

Traffic at night（*ｘ＿ｘ）

The Nelson Mandela Square

Mexico soccer supporters

Inside the mall

one of the plenty of sweets shops in Africa ヾ(*ΦωΦ)ﾉ

The trees at the park at night

The view from our resort balcony at dawn

I didn't bright up these pictures to accentuate the real colors of the sky

The following pictures was Johannesburg after we got back from Capetown, a day before we got back to Indonesia.

Johannesburg 2010/07/03

World cup spirit at the airport ｖ(o￣∇￣o) ♪

I was very curious about the Carnivore Restaurant in Johannesburg when I saw it at the Andrew Zimmern's Bizzare food show at TLC, so I begged Adrian to bring us there for dinner ヾ=￣∇￣)ﾉ

The menu that night

the BBQ corner

when I was taking pictures, one of the head chefs called me in to check out what the roasting place was like

and it got even more exciting when he offered me to take a picture with him mwa ha ha ha... ( v￣▽￣)

Back to my table where Ce Helen and Adrian were waiting for me v(｡-_-｡)vﾌﾞ

Time to eat!!

It was like this Brazilian buffet concept where the waiters came to our table offering different kinds of meat and we go on and on until we couldn't go any further.