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The Beard and The Butter

Tour: 9.3

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Despite its recent shot at hosting the World Cup and the attempts to sanitize its global image, South Africa remains a deeply divided and impoverished country. And whenever you’ve got a bunch a people who don’t have shit, next to a bunch of people who’ve got lots of shit, problems are going to arise. With 50 murders happening each day, and a ranking of first in rapes per capita worldwide, this is not a place to take travel too lightly. This is especially true when you’re a skateboarder, and aren’t going to be hanging out in gated tourist resorts with automatic weapon-toting private security.