Rugby Game and Stadium

The weekend of May 27, was packed and fun day. It started with figuring out how to get to the Moses Mobita Stadium. The stadium was built, for the 2010 Football (soccer) World Cup. It is a stadium that exsentuates the Durban skyline, which cost the country of South Africa over 1 billion rand to make and has yet yielded anything close the amount of money invested in to it. The reason for going to the stadium was to pick up an extra rugby ticket for my new house mate, who arrived from Atlanta on Friday afternoon. So we set out to get there. To walk to the stadium from the hospital it is about a 45-55 minute walk. Which on a beautiful day isn't to bad. 

We first thought about catching a bus to the stadium, but unfortunately I don't understand the bus system very well to get down to the stadium efficiently. So, we decided walk would be nice. Not to mention, it would be a good way for my housemate Anna to get the lay of the land. Since the whole city of Durban is on a hill, it was fairly easy to figure out exactly how to the stadium by just looking at the general direction in which to go. So about 45 minutes after setting out, we were able to approach the stadium. 

After getting the ticket we decided it would a good idea to figure out how to get back to the hospital us the bus and mini bus taxis. Which surprisingly took about the same time as it did to walk there. Since there isn't really a direct route to get back. 

We got back to the hospital, in just enough time to relax for a few minutes and head back out again. The whole week, I had been planning to meet-up with some UK and German medical students to enjoy a braai (bbq in the states). To save on money, we tried the public transport again. An hour later, we arrived at our destination, which was a very nice flat right off the coast. After braai'ing out, we then caught a bus to the stadium. Which entailed me convincing my german and UK friends that the bus was safe, efficient, and cheap to travel on. Fortunately the bus driver was friendly and helped convince them as well. We got to the stadium and had a wonderful time, watching the Sharks (the local durban team) team win.

Here are some pictures of the match. I hope you all enjoy them.