Jenny (landlord's wife) said she'd pick me up at 5pm (it was about 1:00pm when she dropped me off), so I had a lot of time to kill. After leaving the Ticketing Office, I wandered around the Casino's food court for a while. Every type of food imaginable, along with so many types of people. Durban has the highest concentration of Indians outside of India, and it's certainly noticeable when walking around. Though Durban's population (like most of South Africa's) is dominated by 'Black Africans,' when walking along the beach today, I sensed there to be an equal amount of Indians, Blacks Africans and Whites. [Black Africans account for 68.30 percent of the population, followed by Indians at 19.90 percent, Whites at 8.98 percent]
I walked along the beach until I reached the FIFA Fan Zone, a blocked off area (security checks bags, etc before allowing entry) dedicated solely to FIFA. There were food stands representing all different kinds of foods, drinks, games for children, rock climbing walls and, of course, a jumbo screen playing all the World Cup Matches ("the best place to be if you're not at the stadium"). I got to the screen just in time to watch the second half of the Slovakia - Paraguay match (I'm 'home' now, watching the ver y end of the Italy - New Zealand match). Right before, I had gone to an Indian food stand, and ordered a Roti Wrap with Chicken, Mutton and Chutney. When the woman handed me the food, she told me to be "very careful" while eating, as there were bones in the wrap. She was right. The wrap was not very good; on my way back down the beach I stopped at Steers, a not-so-fast burger joint. The "Prince Burger: For the Not-So-Hungry" wasn't outstanding, but, to its advantage, edible.
I spent the rest of the afternoon meandering back up the beach. I reached the SunCoast Casino about forty minutes before Jenny and I were to meet, so I sat on one of the wicker beach chairs and continued to read Nelson Mandela's A Long Walk to Freedom.
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