Someone once said that in South Africa you are bound to run into the wild ones. That is now firmly established. Spending New Year's eve at Long Street is a rollercoaster ride
Someone once said that in South Africa you are bound to run into the wild ones. That is now firmly established. Spending New Year's eve at Long Street is a rollercoaster ride.
There were people jumping over cars, fanatics giving each other face paints, musicians destroying their guitars with a big grin, drug dealers going rampant, women keen on going home with almost anyone they see and bands competing for spotlight with each other across footpaths.
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There wasn't any violence, there weren't people smashing cops, no bar brawls.u00a0 When the countdown to the new decade started to tick, there were strangers hugging and kissing each other, offering drinks, there was even the showstopper... a Sikh person doing his bhangra in the middle of the most bustling street in all of South Africa. It got so out-of-control at a point that his wife was dragged into the thick of the action.
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There is the famous wall of art where people from around the globe have left their mark over the years. One such individual was thrilled to find a piece of graffiti he had drawn more than two decades ago. He would go on to modify the same.
Meanwhile, the Indian team celebrated New Year's eve at the waterfront, had dinner at an Indian restaurant and saw the spectacular fireworks.
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