First Impressions of Cape Town - NOT What We Expected! (Vlog)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @nolimit_nomads
    @nolimit_nomads  11 месяцев назад +11

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      @southafricaismyhome814 11 месяцев назад

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    • @marionfriedenthal7352
      @marionfriedenthal7352 10 месяцев назад

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    • @sharneduplessis9279
      @sharneduplessis9279 10 месяцев назад

      Where are you both from? When Allie speaks i detect abit of a spanish or Mexican accent. Im from South Africa and learning Spanish.

  • @nazmo_za9654
    @nazmo_za9654 10 месяцев назад +293

    As a cape malay, the term is NOT racist. its what defines our heritage and we embrace it

    • @sonjaswart9866
      @sonjaswart9866 10 месяцев назад +17

      Net so!👌🏼

    • @jeffnic3116
      @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад +24

      I played that part 4 times to make sure I heard right.
      When I moved to Canada, I was called a racist for talking about "Coloureds", I was told it was not ok to talk like that.
      I suggested they go to SA and tell cape coloureds that they are not allowed to refer to themselves as a "coloured".
      I recall a coloured nurse ended up crying because locals kept calling her "black".
      The "Spur Restaurant", that Indian head symbol is considered racist here.

    • @laurenruiz4986
      @laurenruiz4986 10 месяцев назад +7

      Thank you 🙏🏼 it is a heritage to be proud of and you are beautiful people

    • @manthestars1
      @manthestars1 10 месяцев назад +6

      yeah these people are a bit ignorant , they dont mention our unemployment rate, or mention the crime rate or the fact lots of poor people

    • @febejames8529
      @febejames8529 10 месяцев назад +17

      South African Coloureds and Canadian Coloureds are different. You cannot impose on us what we should call ourselves. I urge you to read the book, "Coloured," by Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel to get a bit more informed. There is an especially poignant paragraph which talks about how the term 'Coloured' is not our race, but embodies our culture, our values, etc. We are not American, nor are we Canadians.

  • @fyreflow
    @fyreflow 10 месяцев назад +136

    The term "Cape Malay" is not inherently racist. Yes, the apartheid government used it for racial classification, but it is also a cultural identity, and many people self-identify as Cape Malay. It also refers to a local style of cuisine. As with most terms, it really depends on how you use it.

    • @michaelw3897
      @michaelw3897 10 месяцев назад +12

      I was going to say the same thing. American`s are very sensitive to the word police. As an American I married a South African "Colored" woman three years ago. My American family and friends said that I can not call her that. She was offended and asked 'why is my race a bad word in America?"

    • @jeffnic3116
      @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@michaelw3897 I know of a coloured nurse who moved to NY, she ended up crying as they kept calling her "black". She insisted and they refused to call her a "coloured".

    • @jeffnic3116
      @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@michaelw3897 Before moving to Canada, my dad gave me an education regarding where the "N" word came from, to make sure I did not get into trouble. To me, Negro was a Hollywood word, watching movies.
      We have Bantu's in South Africa, not Negro's.

    • @michaelw3897
      @michaelw3897 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@jeffnic3116 I`m sorry to hear that.

    • @vb9043
      @vb9043 10 месяцев назад +4

      And myself as a white Pretorianer born in Cape Town....if I mention Cape Malay food, every person in the conversation goes...mmmmmmmmmm...oeeeeeee....lekker

  • @TavernToTower
    @TavernToTower 10 месяцев назад +43

    Just a correction, there was no slavery during apartheid. Around 14mins you mention the enslaved being freed. The Dutch settled there in 1652. Slavery was abolished in 1834. Apartheid spanned from 1948 to 1994 which was a harsh system of racial segregation and separate development policies.

    • @nicky3748
      @nicky3748 9 месяцев назад +1

      Like in America in the 1950s and 1960s - see their history - Britain too . Racism HUGE in America and in places in the UK.

    • @nicky3748
      @nicky3748 9 месяцев назад +1

      1970s - friend of mine is Sikh Indian - you need to hear her story of the 1970s in Britain!!!

    • @chrisbennett6260
      @chrisbennett6260 5 месяцев назад

      @@nicky3748 i was a child of the 1970s in london england

    • @RealAfricanDude
      @RealAfricanDude 6 дней назад

      Exactly. I don't know what it is with liberal Americans thinking that white South Africans carted black slaves around during apartheid 😂

  • @annefagrew5807
    @annefagrew5807 10 месяцев назад +25

    You've not even scratched the surface of Capetown.... never mind The Cape Province, & South Africa Itself. Travel 150 Kms up the West Coast in spring (+/- end July to September, depending on the rainfall) The desert-like area bursts into a carpet of colour stretching as far as the eye can see. The Cedarberg Mountains, where you can do 3-5 day wilderness hikes. A rich heritage of fishing on the West Coast one of the major fishing grounds in the world, Southern Right Whales , various Dolphins, further up the diamond coast starts, diamonds are still mined in the coastal waters....

    • @annefagrew5807
      @annefagrew5807 10 месяцев назад +1

      the pate is probably Snoek ... a favourite fish on the Braai.

  • @jacques8762
    @jacques8762 10 месяцев назад +186

    The reason the city is clean and developed is because it is NOT governed by the ANC. You will see a stark contrast elsewhere.

    • @ZanderDelport-s2i
      @ZanderDelport-s2i 10 месяцев назад +19

      They visit all the nice places they dont have clue what's going on they don't live here so they wont have the real experience of what is going on they dont know how great SA was and looked years ago

    • @Ebendejongh1
      @Ebendejongh1 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@ZanderDelport-s2iits a travel channel so they can probably choose where they want to visit.

    • @rachel4274
      @rachel4274 10 месяцев назад +23

      DA governs the flats and khayelitsha very well don't they? or is it only the city thats well managed?

    • @loshanejacobs
      @loshanejacobs 10 месяцев назад +9

      ​@rachel4274 the DA only caters for certain areas which is sad actually 😥 Some majority white towns gets the best service delivery by design.
      Like for instance their playing grounds recieves beautiful, clean sea sand whilst the parks in our communities gets the dirty, polluted gravel 💔

    • @rachel4274
      @rachel4274 10 месяцев назад +8

      @@loshanejacobs that's what puts me off with the DA. We wish all areas in the western cape would be so beautiful but sadly if we vote the DA into power all our provinces will be like that. White areas beautiful and black areas will be slums.

  • @mzimhlemosiwe5047
    @mzimhlemosiwe5047 10 месяцев назад +93

    Cape Malay is racist now? since when? Live in cape town almost 20 years, a south african and was in Bokaap for almost 2 years.. Never heard of that.. Thanks for coming to our city!

  • @ankialeroux824
    @ankialeroux824 10 месяцев назад +36

    As a South African, I’d like you to know - slavery ended in 1834. Slavery is different to Apartheid (which ended in 1994). Please ensure you understand the difference.

    • @KPForeverandever
      @KPForeverandever 10 месяцев назад

      What's the difference

    • @Sophine
      @Sophine 6 месяцев назад

      I understand the difference but the sentiment and feeling is the same. Mzungus brought themselves to a land where black people are living just to hate them and treat them terribly.

    • @dianathompson8794
      @dianathompson8794 28 дней назад

      @Sophine what a lot of BS. And you yourself are.using .derogatory term to white people.And not even spelling it properly.
      Ps why dont you study the history of Shaka. The cruellest colonialist in Southern Africa.

  • @sharkykzn5846
    @sharkykzn5846 10 месяцев назад +39

    3:25 Not when apartheid was lifted, as slaves houses had to be white whilst under lease. When slavery was lifted in 1834, then the proud owners painted their houses these vibrant colours as a celebration of their freedom.

    • @nicky3748
      @nicky3748 10 месяцев назад +3

      Oh my goodness! These foreigners that think they know it all.

    • @dianathompson8794
      @dianathompson8794 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@nicky3748So, so annoying

    • @johnmartin4780
      @johnmartin4780 9 месяцев назад +1

      South Africa never used or practised slavery

    • @judejohnson9645
      @judejohnson9645 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@nicky3748 they were clearly told that by the man they interviewed

  • @HassanMohamed-qy5tm
    @HassanMohamed-qy5tm 18 дней назад +2

    Cape Town is literally the best city in the world. The food, the people, the coffee, the wine, the beauty, the beaches, the vineyards, the mountains,...I can go on and on

  • @rjj479
    @rjj479 10 месяцев назад +18

    The best city ever. Such a unique place.
    I'm from Johannesburg and it's unbelievable that a 2 hour flight down to Cape Town for a weekend takes you to a completely different world.

  • @ferozadickinson3061
    @ferozadickinson3061 10 месяцев назад +71

    Foreigners from the USA and Europe love South Africa, especially CT, their Dollars and Euros allows them the best of everything. Unfortunately many locals barely make ends and hardly enjoy their country as the prices are too high.

    • @Buttercup_ZA
      @Buttercup_ZA 10 месяцев назад +7

      Yea, they just spent more than my months rent 🇿🇦

    • @warrenmcgregor8434
      @warrenmcgregor8434 10 месяцев назад +7

      You're right Feroza. I'm from Grassy Park (now in Jhb), but Cape Town has always been incredibly exclusive and only enjoyed by people who have the financial means to do so. Of course it is not "the foreigners" fault, necessarily, but most people in Cape Town live in poverty and is a city with a terrible homeless problem and continuing and distinct class and racial divides (not that it is the only city that has these problems, and like everywhere it has its beauty and generosities - I'm just trying to contextualise the picture that is usually painted of Cape Town by people who only spend their time near the city bowl).

    • @ferozadickinson3061
      @ferozadickinson3061 10 месяцев назад

      @warrenmcgregor8434 I can give you the reasons on what you explain, however this is not the platform to discuss. I know the reasons oh so well. I live in Joburg, I have family living in Cape Town so ja, I am aware of the struggle.

    • @pappadontpreach7738
      @pappadontpreach7738 10 месяцев назад +3

      Let them enjoy their holiday, they cant do anything about it. If went on holiday to Afghanistan for example, their locals will think Im rich too. Dont make them feel guilty for coming on their hard earned holiday. Our government needs to feel bad and they dont, because the corruption continues till this day.

    • @ferozadickinson3061
      @ferozadickinson3061 10 месяцев назад +2

      @pappadontpreach7738 you probably one of the few privileged living your best life. Let them enjoy their holiday by all means. It is just sad that the locals are not able to afford helicopters and the best Gold restaurant.

  • @jpatpat9360
    @jpatpat9360 10 месяцев назад +59

    Those koeksusters are the Malay version - the original Afrikaans version are totally different, you must try

    • @JeevaDotNet
      @JeevaDotNet 10 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah, we refer to the version shown in the clip as a donut. Go to your closest spar or Pnp. It will say donought.

    • @jeffnic3116
      @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад +2

      I was not aware of the Malay version, I only knew of the original version.

    • @Cereal_Killa_za
      @Cereal_Killa_za 10 месяцев назад +16

      you get the afrikaans Koeksister and the cape malay Koe'sister, 2 very different things

    • @mandydilley3735
      @mandydilley3735 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yup, the Cape sweet is a Koesuster and the Afrikaans one is a koeksuster. Very different, plaited deep fried dough and super sweet. Both very lekker😊

    • @ChanDrewsLife
      @ChanDrewsLife 10 месяцев назад

      Agreed

  • @sheenamackenzie9888
    @sheenamackenzie9888 10 месяцев назад +53

    I'm happy you have such great feedback of my hometown. Do come back!!!

    • @nolimit_nomads
      @nolimit_nomads  10 месяцев назад +5

      We will!

    • @neilvanrooyen7196
      @neilvanrooyen7196 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@nolimit_nomadsand do some more research. There are a few things that you were misinformed about.

    • @andydany3260
      @andydany3260 8 месяцев назад

      Are different vaccines NEEDED to enter keep in mind I'm from the Bahamas

  • @eben6787
    @eben6787 11 месяцев назад +210

    Cape Town is priced for western tourists. Ordinary South Africans can't afford the city. If you go where the locals go the price falls dramatically

    • @danienelphoto
      @danienelphoto 10 месяцев назад +19

      To be fair, very few French people can afford a helicopter ride in Paris, or an American in the US. What makes CT great for tourists is that average income people can have a fairly premium experience. It is the weak Rand.... :)

    • @vividratsculpordwarf
      @vividratsculpordwarf 10 месяцев назад +15

      The nomads gotta leave now. Pricing us out of our own country

    • @thechef2312
      @thechef2312 10 месяцев назад +9

      Why so many negative things to say about your country

    • @rhesavaughan2145
      @rhesavaughan2145 10 месяцев назад +9

      Cape Town is Hella expensive

    • @theblueexorcist8731
      @theblueexorcist8731 10 месяцев назад

      To be fair if you live in south African you cant afford anything because of the current leaders

  • @keanancupido
    @keanancupido 10 месяцев назад +8

    10:25 Haha i can agree to this. We have a really "blunt" but at the same time very caring and kind personality, especially when it comes to tourists. Im so glad you enjoyed Cape Town!

  • @TheTrevallion
    @TheTrevallion 10 месяцев назад +19

    Slavery was abolished in South Africa by the British in 1834. Check it out. Ons is nie so kak nie

    • @ankialeroux824
      @ankialeroux824 10 месяцев назад +4

      Said the same in my comment. Slavery and Apartheid was NOT the same thing. Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie 😉

  • @Gunships.
    @Gunships. 10 месяцев назад +25

    Y'all gained a new subscriber, what an awesome video! Cape Town is so Unique and beautiful we are from Georgia in the US and have been visiting Cape Town now every year for 7 years now, when its winter back home and come to the amazing warm December weather, if anyone is watching this video and thinking of flying i think you should 100% book a trip, things will be very cheap but you need to take into consideration it may be cheap for us, so just respect the locals as they have to work very hard for the things we buy with ease because of how strong the $US is. anyways great video, were excited for December we've got Cape Town and Kruger National Park on our bucket-list this year!

    • @melvinacutruzzola6245
      @melvinacutruzzola6245 10 месяцев назад +2

      How amazing! I'm originally from Cape Town but now live in Canada. I wish I could fly home every year for the Summer. You're right, it is so unique and absolutely beautiful! Delicious food too

  • @ghostcrabman
    @ghostcrabman 10 месяцев назад +38

    Not sure why you’d think the term Cape Malay is racist. Might depend who in their community you ask. But it sounds a bit like unnecessary virtue signalling. I have conversed with scores of people from that demography who refer to themselves as such.

  • @RonelHoltzhausen
    @RonelHoltzhausen 10 месяцев назад +52

    "Apartheid"and slavery is a total different thing! Do not mislead the world by telling him slavery ended when Apartheid ended Slavery in South Africa existed from 1653 in the Dutch Cape Colony until the abolition of slavery in the British Cape Colony on 1 January 1834. This followed the British banning the trade of slaves between colonies in 1807, with their emancipation by 1834. Apartheid was implemented by the British in SA and went on after the emancipation from UK in 1961, Apartheid was formally lifted in 1994

    • @warrenmcgregor8434
      @warrenmcgregor8434 10 месяцев назад +8

      Technically, Apartheid was implemented via a raft of ridiculous and racist laws and state violence imposed by the white Afrikaner nationalist National Party from 1948 when it came into sole power (having been in coalitions since the 1920s). The period preceding this, particularly from 1910, is referred to as "Segregation" when white political rulers (of both British and white Afrikaner descent) imposed race-based laws on Black people (African, Coloured and Indian peoples) particularly restricting their rights to work and education. Although of course racist and designed to maintain imperial benefit, it was not as extensive as that of the Apartheid era from 1948.

    • @RonelHoltzhausen
      @RonelHoltzhausen 10 месяцев назад +12

      @@warrenmcgregor8434 kindly look at what I am saying, I am not disputing apartheid, I am correcting the assumption that South Africa had slavery until Apartheid ended. A few other interesting facts about South Africa's bloody history- ALL South Africans, of all races were caught and made prisoners of war by the British in the 1899-1905 Anglo-Boer war, placed in concentration camps, starved, raped, and shot for refusing to give up their land to the British, farms plundered and burnt to the ground- 12 000 Black South Africans lost their lives to British troops in that war. Apartheid and segregation was indeed a bloody evil law, and ALL South Africans- of all races were forced to it, white SA boys recieved their call up papers to go fight in the border wars for that bloody law when they turned 16, and if they finished school the year they turned 17/18 and refused to fight in that war they were placed in military prison. White South Africans were forced to follow these laws and were prosecuted and victimized if they spoke up against it.

    • @warrenmcgregor8434
      @warrenmcgregor8434 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@RonelHoltzhausen I was not disputing your distinction between Apartheid and slavery. Just adding (as you did) factual technicality to further distinguish Apartheid as a historical period from its predecessor Segregation.
      Of course, all South Africans experienced Apartheid, and of course working class white South Africans experienced relatively worse conditions that their middle and upper classed racial compatriots. However, it would be very disingenuous, and of course quite wrong, to paint the picture that the Black and White experiences (particularly those of the Black working class and poor) before and during Apartheid were the same, or close to being that. From the pervasive and destructive (for generations) Bantu Education, the Group Areas Act, Marriages Act, to violent police, State Security Branch and intelligence, and army operations, to endemic and entrenched impoverishment and racial work discrimination, to a state utterly not concerned about the welfare and infrastructure of the majority of society.......the disgusting nature of Apartheid society was not aimed at equal dispensation, but rather on the immiseration and social, political and economic disenfranchisement of the black majority, and that must ever be forgotten.

    • @amandadassonville4043
      @amandadassonville4043 10 месяцев назад

      Africa and many other places around the world still full of slave labour as well as child labour also sold as slaves. Do not confuse yourself slavery hasn't stopped anywhere. 🐝

    • @HenryLeslieGraham
      @HenryLeslieGraham 10 месяцев назад +4

      Apartheid was not implemented by the British. It was uniquely of Protestant Afrikaaner design.
      South Africa was not liberated or emancipated from British rule in 1961. That was when republic was declared after a referendum on abolishing the ceremonial position of the British monarch being South Africa’s head of state.
      i don’t know why you framed your assertions in this manner. But it is not historical.
      the British had moved towards decolonisation and majority rule long before white South Africans voted in the referendum in 1960. In fact it was the British pressure on South Africa to move toward majority rule that caused the apartheid government to rush ahead with plans for the republic referendum.
      do you not know the slogans used at the time? “Keep South Africa a white republic NOW”. Was one of them. I’m sure you can thus understand the (some of) motives behind the referendum.
      i don’t know why again you wrote your comment in the way you did. Bias maybe? Indoctrination? Misremembered history class? Narrative spinning? Either way… that’s not what happened. And you shouldn’t tell people that… especially naïve foreigners.

  • @activ.8me
    @activ.8me 4 месяца назад +4

    I loooovvvvveeee the servers in south african restaurants! They are so energetic and welcoming and aren't afraid to show their personalities!

  • @jeffnic3116
    @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад +6

    @3:20. No, slavery did not end on 4 May 1990 when apartheid was ended.
    Slavery was abolished by the British on 1 January 1834, this is before slavery ended in the USA.

  • @alphatango2614
    @alphatango2614 11 месяцев назад +38

    Those were koesisters not koeksisters at 4:20. They're completely different.

    • @garymostert4811
      @garymostert4811 11 месяцев назад +4

      I only discovered koesiesters recently, after more than 30 years of living in the Cape. I prefer koeksisters. Weird that they have such similar names.

    • @louiseslavin703
      @louiseslavin703 10 месяцев назад

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    • @mra5814
      @mra5814 10 месяцев назад

      They are both amazing!
      Yogi's barbershop, on Buitengracht Str, offered freshly baked crispy koesisters to customers on Saturday mornings. I would turn down the second one, out of politeness, but I could've eaten a few more cos they were so delicious.
      There used to be a gentleman who sold my favourite koeksisters at the traffic lights near the McDonald's at N1 City Value Centre. I remember that he always wore shorts, "vellies", a red golf shirt and a broad-brimmed hat. The koeksisters that he sold were the kind that caused syrup to dribble down your chin with every bite.

    • @alphatango2614
      @alphatango2614 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@mra5814 I remember him. The guy with the big kuite?

  • @thechef2312
    @thechef2312 10 месяцев назад +45

    Remember Cape Town was voted the second best city in the world after New York ❤❤

    • @fyreflow
      @fyreflow 10 месяцев назад +5

      The second-best city TO VISIT. An important distinction to make. 🥲

    • @RG-jr8ym
      @RG-jr8ym 10 месяцев назад

      New York is a dump...

    • @Amanzi379
      @Amanzi379 10 месяцев назад +2

      That depends, those surveys are a dime a dozen.

    • @mikewood9514
      @mikewood9514 10 месяцев назад

      New york has become a shithole.

    • @andrewlinesjah4538
      @andrewlinesjah4538 10 месяцев назад +2

      Well that just tells you right there that both are more likely the worst than the best

  • @benvetonline
    @benvetonline 10 месяцев назад +11

    I can see you guys put in a lot of effort to edit this video to showcase our beautiful city. Great job.
    Yes prices here are more aimed at tourists.

  • @withlovecal
    @withlovecal 10 месяцев назад +5

    CT is the California priced city in South Africa. It's priced for international tourists so expensive for those of us who live in South Africa. It does however have lots of natural beauty and a well run provincial government. There is just something so special about the mix of people there.

    • @chrisbennett6260
      @chrisbennett6260 5 месяцев назад

      well get the others to be well managed too

  • @pamelalambe1356
    @pamelalambe1356 11 дней назад +1

    Thank you . We are heading to Cape Town soon , it looks fantastic.

  • @ronelmarais9814
    @ronelmarais9814 4 месяца назад +1

    PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN!! Thank you for visiting our country and welcome to come back!

  • @nieldreyer6778
    @nieldreyer6778 10 месяцев назад +8

    Thanks for all your compliments of my home town. Glad you enjoyed it

    • @nolimit_nomads
      @nolimit_nomads  10 месяцев назад +1

      Our pleasure! We definitely did :)

  • @1234KOTO
    @1234KOTO 10 месяцев назад +21

    Hope you enjoyed it. Good governance from the DA, not without small problems and thank God the evil ANC has not had the opportunity to mess it up as they did with the other provinces.

    • @georgekrause5661
      @georgekrause5661 10 месяцев назад +2

      Technically the ANC had the opportunity. A coalition took power only in 2006, and it became DA after.

    • @derekallen4568
      @derekallen4568 10 месяцев назад

      Anc is a criminal organization

    • @mulaloratshidaho4073
      @mulaloratshidaho4073 10 месяцев назад

      What about Khayelitsha, I bet the DA is doing a great job there as well.

    • @derekallen4568
      @derekallen4568 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@mulaloratshidaho4073 ask yourself why Alex, Soshanguvi, soweto, aren't thriving either?

  • @hanssteyn9775
    @hanssteyn9775 10 месяцев назад +8

    No township visit? Not 1 wine farm? You guys missed out! Pity.

  • @fanaticvandal472
    @fanaticvandal472 10 месяцев назад +19

    Great vlog guys, completely agree, Cape Town is an absolute gem of a city to visit, full of cultural diversity and natural beauty.

  • @francesbriggs9163
    @francesbriggs9163 10 месяцев назад +6

    Sadly, another person who thinks they've been to South Africa because they once visited Cape Town's most popular tourist spots. Sorry to say, but you missed it. Cape Town is a cosmopolitan city just like anywhere else in the world. It's like me crossing the Golden Gate bridge and saying I visited San Francisco! If you want to truly visit South Africa and have an African experience go to Egoli, Soweto, Drakensberg, Kruger Park, Groot Marico, Venda. Cape Town is not Africa, it's soley focused on tourism and entertaining foreign visitors.

    • @jamescc2010
      @jamescc2010 10 месяцев назад

      Agree but we like to visit at least for a few days and then Kruger for sure. Never been to Africa. A lot of time, tourist willing to pay more b/c we might never come back again so try to experience as much as possible. Not cheap for sure. Thx

    • @stumpdintallekt397
      @stumpdintallekt397 Месяц назад

      Do you know of a VLog or documentary that shows well these other parts of South Africa?

  • @jillslabbert8289
    @jillslabbert8289 11 месяцев назад +17

    Hey Guys, thanks for visiting CT. I am a local and have traveled all over the world and pinch myself every time I climb Lions Head. We are very blessed to live in this incredible City! I am glad you enjoyed yourself and thanks so much for the kind words. Travel safe!!💯🙏

    • @nolimit_nomads
      @nolimit_nomads  11 месяцев назад +2

      That's amazing! Thanks for watching - we sure hope to come back and visit again 🥰

  • @Micah88
    @Micah88 10 месяцев назад +17

    The price of the helicopter tour is literally 1000's of Cape Tonian's monthly salary. 😂Many earn below R6000 per month. Foreign currency especially $'s, Euros, Pounds...you could live like a King/Queen on those currencies. Glad you enjoyed Cape Town though.

    • @jeffnic3116
      @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад +1

      In the early 70's, for R1 you goat US$2.
      I remember the day clearly, watching the news when the Rand went below US$1. Around 1983?
      When I come to SA, I go wild at the Ocean Basket restaurant, I can't get a decent hamburger here for the price.
      The only thing that is not cheaper is petrol, dictated by international value of oil.

    • @jamescc2010
      @jamescc2010 10 месяцев назад

      Might be nice & affordable for 2nd home from USA, and CT looks lovely with people and things to do.

    • @jeffnic3116
      @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@jamescc2010 It is very affordable when you take your money to South Africa. You just have to adapt to the power outages, get use to locking your door of your car. I guess it is not as bad as Detroit, from what I have heard. Otherwise it is wonderful.

    • @jamescc2010
      @jamescc2010 10 месяцев назад

      @@jeffnic3116 Pretty much the same process here in California/Los Angeles, lock car/home, watch your surrounding, don't show off expensive jewelry etc. We have a lot of homeless tents and carts throughout major cities - lack of affordable housing, drugs, and bad politicians, income gap between rich & poor etc. similar to other countries.
      Thankfully our power is very stable here almost 100% up, no power outage unless there is a major storm.
      Definitely want to visit Kruger National Park in near future. What is amazing place, and I love wildlife & safari.

    • @jeffnic3116
      @jeffnic3116 10 месяцев назад

      @@jamescc2010 I have been watching what people are doing to their cities in the USA, defund police, catch and release criminals, shop lifting is fine as long as it is below $950.
      Internationally, South Africa was recognised for having the best electricity system in the world.
      In the early 1970's for 1 Rand we got2 USD. Now for 1 Rand we get 5 American cents. Good for visitors.
      Food is cheap, accommodation is cheap, etc, if you stay away from tourist traps, but then, tourist traps are not too expensive except for the locals.

  • @santanademelo647
    @santanademelo647 10 месяцев назад +2

    I think it's worth mentioning that Cape Town tourism is a huge part of the economy here so the prices are different for foreigners. For most of the things you've shown in the video, locals pay about half the price or less when presenting their IDs. So it is more expensive to visit than it is to live here.

  • @lucienpetersen
    @lucienpetersen 10 месяцев назад +4

    Those are actually koesisters. Koeksisters is a different dessert food.

  • @magaroo7349
    @magaroo7349 10 месяцев назад +7

    You had the tourists tour of Cape Town, our most popular and most expensive city. Locals would not be able to afford helicopter trips and fancy restaurants. The rest of our country is a mess, with power outages daily, water and sanitation problems and horrendous poverty across all racial groups.

    • @jamescc2010
      @jamescc2010 10 месяцев назад

      Hope things are better there. We are not doing well in USA neither mainly bad corrupted politicians, wars, and big money in politics.

  • @SO_DIGITAL
    @SO_DIGITAL 10 месяцев назад +7

    Stay on the N1, N2, R44, R300 and M5. Avoid Khayelitsha. Watch out for Google sending you through "townships". So 90% safe. Visit the Castle, Stellenbosch, Strand, Blouberg, Koeberg, Paarl. Have wine, cheeses, olives. Waterfront freakishly expensive. Eat at Spur. Best burgers at Wimpy and Steers. People love to talk, so try and don't be shy.

    • @priscillazietsman1300
      @priscillazietsman1300 10 месяцев назад +2

      Strand here. You should add "don't stop on the N2, ever"

  • @darryloctober1141
    @darryloctober1141 11 месяцев назад +14

    It was voted as the second best city in the world after New York

    • @SbuAfrica
      @SbuAfrica 11 месяцев назад +7

      The fact that new york is number 1, that alone render that Whole rankings null and void

    • @maruskaehrensdorfer
      @maruskaehrensdorfer 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@SbuAfrica totally agree! NYC is a sh*thole! I live in Pretoria, South Africa, btw. Cape Town is massively overpriced because they cater for rich foreign tourists. They should charge lower entrance fees overall for the locals.

    • @worldchampions4379
      @worldchampions4379 10 месяцев назад +3

      New York is kak

    • @philipskein169
      @philipskein169 10 месяцев назад

      By who? Cape Town Insider?

    • @philipskein169
      @philipskein169 10 месяцев назад

      @@CanvasCompany-yb1om business? You clearly know nothing about our economy.

  • @chell2133
    @chell2133 10 месяцев назад +3

    Yo guys, what about the extremely large amount of slums? When you land at CT airport, you need to drive past a massive one to get to the CBD. It's not a pretty sight.

    • @dianathompson8794
      @dianathompson8794 28 дней назад

      @chell2133 ask yourself who is growing those slums?. Where do the majority of people come from? Elsewhere.
      Many not even from South Africa

  • @natesnautical
    @natesnautical 4 месяца назад +2

    Impeccable Videography guys...

  • @Braindamagedboy
    @Braindamagedboy 10 месяцев назад +2

    As white South African I can say that my life would not be the same without my brown brothers. I grew up with them and I love them with all my heart. The FOOD! masters of cooking. I remember my grandmother asking my mother why I'm in the swimming pool frolicking with my coloured friends. She said it's because he loves his friends. Contact me if you want a REAL tour of Cape Town.

  • @elmienvermeulen1637
    @elmienvermeulen1637 11 месяцев назад +21

    Nice video, factually incorrect and emotionally charged by some of your local interviews.

  • @BitishSAFFA
    @BitishSAFFA 10 месяцев назад +6

    Can't think why Cape Malay is a racist term now. Actually they weren't "locals" but skilled artisans from Malaysia. The Bo-Kaap has always been colourful with special ambience. Come on, locals shouldn't try to sell agendas they perceive foreigners would want to hear.

  • @pontshoviolet2744
    @pontshoviolet2744 11 месяцев назад +10

    Cape Town it's beautiful ❤

  • @Helgardt6189
    @Helgardt6189 10 месяцев назад +7

    Most of Eastern Cape have now settled in Western Cape,squatter camps is an eye sore.Lots of crime in and around Table mountain national park.

  • @louisvolschenk7200
    @louisvolschenk7200 10 месяцев назад +13

    Former slaves? Slavery has been abolished for 250 years!

  • @kaistephens3429
    @kaistephens3429 10 месяцев назад +3

    When you said "and later, we're gonna get high", I wasn't thinking about a helicopter 😂

  • @schobihh2703
    @schobihh2703 10 месяцев назад +2

    what a a tourist style tour

  • @davidrumbelow
    @davidrumbelow 10 месяцев назад +3

    There are free walking tours of the city. You can get a Micity bus credit card and travel all over the city for next to nothing. They also have a bus to the airport , far cheaper than a taxi.

  • @judejohnson9645
    @judejohnson9645 5 месяцев назад +1

    Happy you acknowledged the contrast in currencies. Cape Town is CRAZY expensive for locals. If you're coming here with dollars, pounds or euros, you'd be BALLING, but for us, broooooo, we're in the damn trenches lmao

  • @pikkewyn
    @pikkewyn 10 месяцев назад +28

    This is how misinformation is spread, putting the blame on apartheid by calling it the Malay Quarter. They have been there since British times of slavery in South Africa. By the way, apartheid means seperateNESS not apart hate, however sad and unfortunate it may have been. Apartheid is the opposite of multiculturalism, a term that doesn't seem to be working in Europe right now. Racial harmony in Cape Town is great and I hope it remains so.

  • @kobusvdm6290
    @kobusvdm6290 4 месяца назад +1

    Yes Cape Town is great but it is a great part of South Africa. Go and visit places more inward like Sabie,Clarens, the Drakensburg, Kruger National Park, Dullstroom etc, and you’ll experience South Africa as it truly is meant to be experienced😉

  • @arnodk2852
    @arnodk2852 5 месяцев назад

    Has anyone here ever seen the sci-fi TV series Raised by Wolves? The interior of the colony ship was filmed in the Zeitz museum. The outside scenes were shot in the Helderberg area (which is a bunch of towns right next to/across from each other, dominated by mountains one side and the ocean on the other, it's just outside Cape Town), specifically on a wine farm in Somerset West. The awesome show Black Sails was also shot in the same area.

  • @AdrianA4M
    @AdrianA4M 10 месяцев назад +2

    You will pay tourist prices on a lot of activities, as in most countries. As a local, you need your ID to get local rates on tourist attractions. The poor Rand value makes spending Euro and Dollar much better value. But as someone pointed out in the comments, the locals do battle to make ends meet with their low salaries, as living in Cpt is expensive for locals.
    Rentals and cost of living are excessively high. Our Rand get you nowhere. Fuel is excessively high with high government taxes on everything. Taxes disappear into the pockets of politicians and officials, rather than to the people and infrastructure.
    But it's a fantastic place to live and the people are awesome!
    Oh, and by the way, the fish pate was Snoek.

  • @PondersTech
    @PondersTech 10 месяцев назад +18

    LOL. When he said "We're gonna get high" I thought they were about to light up some joints. 🤣

  • @charmainegarcia951
    @charmainegarcia951 10 месяцев назад +3

    Definitely a tourist view. Like any country visiting and living there presents vastly different experiences. CT undoubtedly beautiful. But earning in Rands and living here is extremely for the average person. You didn't experience loadshedding obviously in private, and hotel accommodation. Loadshedding means no electricity for anything from 2 to 12 hours daily for most of us.
    The cuisine you experienced was very African, but didn't include other cultures. Crime is rife here and judging from your video material, the areas you visited were not in peak season as there were hardly people around.
    All in all CT is a great experience and, I'm glad to see you enjoyed it.

  • @expresslausanne526
    @expresslausanne526 11 месяцев назад +10

    Africa is full of culture ❤

  • @krishorst4734
    @krishorst4734 Месяц назад

    Remember that coming SA with dollars say $1000, you will get almost R20000. Now thats a decent chunck of change, thats an ok monthly salary. But you can also quite easily spend that in a day or 2.

  • @stacey5204
    @stacey5204 10 месяцев назад

    Glad that you guys loved Cape Town. Please do revisit again. I would like to visit the States at some point as well🙏

  • @EmpathHands
    @EmpathHands 3 месяца назад +1

    you guys missed out by not actually going to the suburbs we have all the most modern less rough places further from the city heart

  • @pauldbeer
    @pauldbeer 10 месяцев назад +5

    Just so you get this right, during apartheid, no people were slaves! Slavery was abandoned in the 1700's in South Africa!

  • @claudiahenderson212
    @claudiahenderson212 10 месяцев назад +4

    Great video guys ❤ thank you for showcasing our beautiful city. Greetings from Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route

  • @kambrose1549
    @kambrose1549 4 месяца назад +1

    Lovely photography!

  • @kaistephens3429
    @kaistephens3429 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you for including our history. I truly appreciate that. Proud South African, and Proud Cape Townian.

  • @alisongadenne4112
    @alisongadenne4112 10 месяцев назад +2

    The Cape Malay koeksister is very different from the Afrikaner koeksister. Try both 😊

  • @waleedsulaiman651
    @waleedsulaiman651 10 месяцев назад +1

    When you gave the price for the 20 min helicopter 🚁 ride, my Cape Malay vernacular immediately kicked in with a 'Are you Jas'.. Basically translating to 'Are you Befok' translating to ' Are you mad'..... 😁😁😁😁

  • @MaudPurves-zi5qm
    @MaudPurves-zi5qm 11 месяцев назад +9

    Camphor trees not cinnamon

  • @heatherkatrinawoods7520
    @heatherkatrinawoods7520 10 месяцев назад

    So happy you enjoyed our City of Cape Town. We here in SA have so much more to offer tourists. The castle of Good Hope, the beautiful churches, and then the beautiful historic towns, with white washed cottages on the coasts, where people still to this day, fish and make a living from the sea, as did their ancestors before them. Fascinating stuff. I love the Western Cape, its so beautiful. Garden Route, Eden, is lovely too.

  • @rossrowley
    @rossrowley 5 месяцев назад

    Capetonian here, really glad you guys had a good time! Hopefully you made some friends so that you can get in a good braai!

  • @nadinebotha7448
    @nadinebotha7448 10 месяцев назад

    Well, i am from South Africa and you taught me a few things today!!!! thanks for sharing experience!

  • @SDav21
    @SDav21 10 месяцев назад +7

    South africa as a whole is great. Not just cape town. Every province has absolute gems and all just as developed if not more.

  • @southafricanfireplace1628
    @southafricanfireplace1628 10 месяцев назад +3

    Cape Town has a very rich and diverse culture. You've touched on only SOME of it, and when I say some I mean literally minimal. You've missed out on some MAJOR experiences and our lifestyle which id be more than happy to guide you through. You've done all the tourist things now let's show you the real beauty and excitement of Cape Town 😊

  • @Caffiend_NYC
    @Caffiend_NYC 3 месяца назад +1

    In South Africa, asking for a ‘koeksister’ won’t get you what you had in this video. That is a ‘koesiester’. A koeksister is a braided pastry soaked in syrup.

  • @tazionuvolari3593
    @tazionuvolari3593 5 месяцев назад +1

    You really shouldn't believe everything you're told. The coloured painting of the houses accelerated once the locals realised the tourists liked it...

  • @lilydarcy8394
    @lilydarcy8394 7 месяцев назад

    Wow! The best place to get disconnected 🙏 I've just added it to my bucket list. Thank you for the video!!!

  • @hlengiwefeliciamabuza7354
    @hlengiwefeliciamabuza7354 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for visiting cape town☺️hope you enjoyed your stay

    • @Ebendejongh1
      @Ebendejongh1 10 месяцев назад

      Sounds like they did.

  • @junaidjoseph1617
    @junaidjoseph1617 5 месяцев назад

    Homeboy just looks really friendly...much respect...

  • @marionfriedenthal7352
    @marionfriedenthal7352 10 месяцев назад +4

    It looks as though you had a wonderful visit. As a non Capetonian South African I cannot afford to do the things you did. Samoosas and koeksisters are fortunately affordable where I live in Johannesburg. 😁

    • @priscillazietsman1300
      @priscillazietsman1300 10 месяцев назад +1

      Marion, I live in Strand, about half an hour's drive from Cape Town CBD. My neighbour rents out her apartment on AirBnB etc. We are literally 70 metres from the sea sand and a lovely holiday area within driving distance from all the scenic areas. You should look into those options too. Only thing is we get wind and not everybody can handle it.

    • @marionfriedenthal7352
      @marionfriedenthal7352 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@priscillazietsman1300 Wind and winter rain do not appeal to me. You know where I'd be really happy? On the Wild Coast. I love that part of the country. 😍😍

  • @Cereal_Killa_za
    @Cereal_Killa_za 10 месяцев назад +3

    Not sure why you were suprised about our city. It is constantly voted in the top5 cities to visit in the world

  • @goldrestaurant3863
    @goldrestaurant3863 10 месяцев назад +4

    What a fantastic video, thank you for sharing the positive side of our amazing city

  • @barbaradefaria5604
    @barbaradefaria5604 6 месяцев назад

    Our country is vast and beautifully scenic. It has something to offer each and every taste. Proud citizen of Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦

  • @junaidjoseph1617
    @junaidjoseph1617 5 месяцев назад +1

    Cape Town is the place to be...it's the Epitome of the Free World... multi cultured...diverse

  • @Gihan-v9b
    @Gihan-v9b 10 месяцев назад +3

    I am a south afriacan and prode to be 1 but next tim you need toe try the food for exampel poothie
    Or vetkoek wat the 2 most consumed foods is and hot cross buns they are fire❤

  • @maryross4488
    @maryross4488 10 месяцев назад

    Just started following your channel. I am born and bred in south africa cape Town. I live now on the west coast 1 hour from cape Town. I'm glad you loved cape Town. The waterfront is very popular as is Kirstenbosch. I've lived here all mynlife and still yet have to,see some of our attractions ❤ enjoy your visit. Unfortunately it isn't very safe as it always was 😢

  • @johnsfamilyadventures3896
    @johnsfamilyadventures3896 10 месяцев назад

    So glad you enjoyed Cape Town. I am blessed to call it home ... born and bred in this beautiful place.

  • @sueelliott4793
    @sueelliott4793 9 месяцев назад

    I was born in SA and lived there for 37 years and although I went to Lesotho and Swaziland, I never went to Cape Town. I left 16 years ago and that is my one missed opportunity

  • @tanyavandermerwe8330
    @tanyavandermerwe8330 10 месяцев назад +1

    You NEED to visit the Kruger National Park in Limpopo. Super cool to see the animals, but it's like being in a different world. Cape Town is wayyyy too expensive for the locals and i haven't been there since i was about 7 years old. It looks very cool tho. Clean, unlike the rest of SA unfortunately

  • @drakoshanvo2247
    @drakoshanvo2247 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you for good video. I booked vacation to CP 1 week ago and wonder if they check in the airport any vacation records for people flying from USA through London?

  • @AGirlNamedVan
    @AGirlNamedVan 10 месяцев назад +6

    I love our city . much beauty all around

  • @misterkingofvlogvikas9866
    @misterkingofvlogvikas9866 4 месяца назад +1

    Very beautiful keep it up support from India 🇮🇳🤝🏻🎉👏🏼

  • @SHESKANDAR
    @SHESKANDAR 10 месяцев назад +1

    Cape Town is Magical written all over it 💚

  • @ryanlandon7817
    @ryanlandon7817 10 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely LOVE Cape Town!!!

  • @redewaancassiem
    @redewaancassiem 6 месяцев назад +2

    The dutch werent the problem .apartheid was introduced when the british came over

  • @izzydannii9078
    @izzydannii9078 7 месяцев назад

    I love the restaurant you had dinner at. Reminds me why I love my continent so much😊❤

  • @trouserminnow1
    @trouserminnow1 10 месяцев назад

    Crazy expensive 😂😂 next time you should paraglide off signal hill . Amazing view of sea point and surrounds

  • @Twogoatsfc307
    @Twogoatsfc307 6 месяцев назад +1

    please comeback its in my opinion the best place in the world I love my country

  • @Nedankinde93
    @Nedankinde93 10 месяцев назад

    Glad you enjoyed our beautiful city!

  • @MrBlurbman
    @MrBlurbman 10 месяцев назад +4

    loving your excitement and energy