Fleas, Road Accidents and an all Latin affair

There is something about an African flea market that makes it unique to others. The joyous vendors and the street party on its perimeter make it more of an enclosed festival than a shopping experience. Vendors will constantly attempt to grab your attention in order to have you buy from their stall but at the same time are supportive of each other in the sense that if one seller doesn’t have the item you’re after, they will run the length of the market and have it in front of your eyes in a flash. It was an interesting few hours spent in Rosebank. While people shopped a dance group performed outside to traditional Zulu music.
One point of note about Johannesburg is its roads. More to the point, its high percentage of accidents and the rate of those accidents that end in fatality. The road laws in South Africa are hardly adhered so after some near misses it was only a matter of time before we ran into some trouble. Luckily on this occasion the incident was minor and the worst was that the mirror on the bus carrying us back from Rosebank needed replacing. As our bus ran around a bend in the outside lane, the driver of a public bus attempted to squeeze his way through the inside like a Formula 1 driver would coming down the end of pit lane. There just wasn’t enough room and before we knew it the buses collided.
Bus accident or not, we had another date with Ellis Park and the clash between Spain and Honduras. There were plenty of Hondurans who made the trip while for Spain their support was largely drawn from locals sporting Liverpool Fernando Torres jerseys. Not content with my seat on the top deck, I again (lost count of the amount of times now) made my way down to the bottom level and snuck my way behind the goal Spain were attacking in the second half. There I met Lance, a local from Johannesburg who had no problem with me sitting on the concrete next to his seat. We chatted throughout the half about the cultural similarities and differences between our two nations. In the end, Villa scored the goal of the tournament thus far and Spain, with their incredible line up were just too strong for the Central Americans.