Johannesburg / the worst 24 (part 3)

So Rustenburg, the town we watch the game, does not have alot going on. You should not visit here if you visit South Africa. It's not really located near anything fun, and doesn't have much to offer. I may be a bit biased because the time spent here was horrible, but regardless of that, I still believe it's not worth a trip.

As it turns out, the bus we boarded after the game did not take us to the parking lot we needed. We asked an attendant for help, he directed us to a mini bus that proceeded to drive us around to the other lots for an hour. We still were unable to find the parking lot with our Israeli friends and a ride back to the hostel (an hour and a half away). The attendant man that drove us around was very friendly, but after an hour he told us he had to get back to his family. So he dropped us off on the side of the road, in front of the stadium, around 1am.

We start walking, with no real plan. It's as we're walking that we run into two Canadian guys. Their car has a flat tire and they're looking for a mechanic/auto shop. With nothing else to do, we start walking with them. As we're walking, we try to flag down police officers to help us. Several drive by without stopping. One stops and tells us he doesn't know where the police station is because they had bussed him in from another city. All in all, very helpful. Finally one car stops and the four of us pile in to go to the police station.

The Canadians start talking to one cop, and we to another. We call hotels and hostels, there are no vacancies. We call rental car companies, none are open. The Canadians discover there are no auto shops open, but one of the cops knows a guy, who knows a guy that can come out and fix their car (at 2 in the morning). They tell us if that doesn't work, they will sleep in their car until the morning. They had left a third friend with the car. So there would be 5 of us in a VW golf for the night. The decision was easy. We were going to sleep in the station until the morning, and then rent a car to take to the hostel.