Quietly, but quickly, the secret is getting out there.
This is Cape Town, and its beauty is only just one of the impressive things about it.
Cape Town is health.
Cape Town is community.
And yes, Cape Town is astonishing beauty.
Thousands of travelers are now coming here every single year.
One visit and people are hooked.
This isn't just a vacation spot.
This is a place that has people dreaming bigger.
Thinking that this actually could be a home.
And Ruby and I are asking ourselves that same question.
There are no fairy tales.
This is a very complicated destination.
Maybe one of the most polarizing I've ever been.
And there's a lot to unpack.
But I want to bring you with me on an entire month lived in Cape Town.
From the ocean views, to the vineyards, to the days spent on a laptop living the digital nomad life.
Now most of us have heard of the Great Migration.
But you see there's a totally new migration here in Africa.
A digital nomad migration.
You see, the year kind of looks a bit like this.
January to March is now Cape Town season.
It's where people come to enjoy 25 degrees, beautiful blue skies, but it's not just the weather.
I, like most people, came here with about a 10 day trip.
But one ticket after another, I kept pushing back, pushing back.
Next thing I knew, I was a month deep into Cape Town, and I promised myself I'd be back next year.
And here we are, doing it all over again.
I think the most amazing thing about this, though and why the Cape Town experience feels even more incredible this year is the community.
I came here last year with a group of about six other friends.
By the end of that trip, I left with 30 friends.
This year, I swear, it's doubled again.
I've brought more of my friends and we've been introduced to new circles who have brought in more of their friends.
I've never found a destination where people visit once and say, yeah, I'll be back again next year.
Not since Bali, at least.
This digital nomad migration is real.
And cities like Cape Town, they're becoming primary cities in this new world that we live in.
And I'm all here for it.
Let me explain how it feels to be here during the migration season.
One minute, you're down with hundreds of people at the pier going on a run club.
Next, you're doing a polar plunge at Saunders.
It's very cold.
It is very cold.
Next up, it's a villa party.
No, there's actually two and you've got to decide which one you're going to.
Next morning, it's a vineyard day.
You go on to the other side of this mountain here into the farm world and fantasize your life with a few hectares.
Next minute you're meeting new friends and they invite you the next morning to get on a helicopter and to fly across Cape Town.
But you can't go because you've already made plans to go to the shooting range with a bunch of friends and that also sounds pretty awesome.
This pattern never stops and every event somehow feels like it's out doing the last.
After about a week you're promising yourself to have a rest day, but the opportunity never shows up.
My business during Cape Town season takes a little bit of a backseat, something that I admit I could use more of in my life.
Cape Town kind of forces, that slowdown, that reset.
But every now and then i do find a way to cram in a work day and when i'm working from cape town, i feel inspired.
I feel like this is exactly where i want to have my laptop and it reminds me why i left my nine to five, why i took a chance to try to build a business online.
It's exactly for these reasons to be living this life.
But you see, what I've just shared with you, the migration season, it's temporary.
In fact, by the end of February, a lot of people have left.
Everyone is back to their routines.
My first year in Cape Town.
It was always about hitting the most famous hikes, visiting every vineyard, renting the Cobra car.
Basically, I was a traveler.
But this year was very different.
I was trying on Cape Town in more of a local way.
I was seeing how it felt to do less.
And honestly, I got way more from it.
My local life routine was seriously unmatched.
This year, I spent a lot of time here on the beach.
One of my friends got a spike ball set.
Then we moved over to the paddle courts maybe the only place where paddle is as big as in Bali.
There's now a bunch of new courts and they're always full.
And the perfect way to end the day is always a good dinner with good friends.
But tonight I was becoming a real South African because dinner was a braai.
This is like initiation into becoming a South African.
My very first piece of wood on a braai.
I'm in.
You're in.
What are we working with Kyle?
We've got, as we can see here, we've got a beautiful rump steak.
Man-sized.
How big is it?
South African.
Oh, man-sized.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Man-sized.
No, that's good.
Oh, they spelled that wrong.
Check.
Cam-sized.
Cam-sized.
These are bourgeois bites.
So basically, this is a South African sausage.
Ooh.
And yeah, as you can see, they're big and thick.
Yeah.
They do the job.
Respect, kyle.
I i hate to put you on blast for all the afrikaans, but he did put.
He did put charcoal on his on his fire, some extra heat.
But there is camille doran down there.
You broke the golden rule, bro.
Afrikaans cats out there.
I did use camille doran okay, why?
Yeah, look who's coming back to bali Grilling with your mates Chapman's peak in the background, pretty hard to beat.
I'm going to take you on an entire month here in Cape Town.
And while it might be the most action packed of destinations, a lot of my favorite days are the ones with no plans.
I booked this place in Clifton for four nights and it cost me around $250 a night.
I gotta say there's not many places in the world where I feel such a emotional, almost spiritual, level of connection with a destination.
We are onto our fourth week here in Cape Town.
Didn't record the entire first three weeks, I just captured little moments.
So literally just the other day in the mail, got a couple of these.
And I've been using them across Cape Town, from beautiful moments in the sunshine to using super night mode, where you can really get the most out of the low light performance on this camera.
From life on the road to life in the air.
And the best thing about 360 cameras is you got all sorts of options.
I can make this horizontal for YouTube.
I can make it vertical for Instagram.
And if I'm not needing to follow the action with 360, I can just shoot in single lens shooting mode.
This is actually pretty cool.
Check this out.
So there's a button.
It locks the selfie pole.
I've got single lens shooting turned on.
And now when I hit record, I don't have to deal with any of the editing and posts.
I don't have to deal with anything other than just pointing at what I want.
And it shoots 8K up to 50 frames per second, which means you can actually slow motion even in 8K.
And for me, the most underrated feature is that you can actually connect two DJI Lav mics at once.
I'm going to leave this one with Ruby and check this out.
Hello.
And now you can hear her audio, my audio.
You could literally have a podcast with two of these and one Osmo 360.
This is how you live life.
Yeah.
So we're just doing a little Where's Waldo moment.
Ruby said, come outside and try to find me.
I think I found her.
Let's see.
All right, dance around, baby.
Run, run.
First thing you need to get used to though, security, lots of gates.
One of the best things you can do is go down to Clifton for a little run.
You know you're in an incredible place when the best days are the most unplanned.
Daily life here kind of feels like a vacation.
I cannot think of a better daily routine.
You wake up up top, you run down here, go for a little cold plunge.
It's so good, man.
It's actually really dope too.
I took the selfie pole, shoved it in the sand and now we got like a full little 360 rig.
Life is being captured and life is being lived.
I don't have to think about the camera at all.
I love it.
I love Cape Town.
I want to move here.
I want to live here by the beach and not every single day.
So that's one thing that we're definitely not accustomed to in Bali.
But you have to be so mindful here of where you are when you're going places.
I mean, especially for Ruby, this run is fine because you're steps away from the beach.
But I will say, the first time I've ever been robbed in my entire life was here two days ago and it was luckily nothing serious.
It was our Uber Eats.
Our food was sitting on the doorstep right there and within just two minutes it was gone.
High fashion vineyard.
That's my kind of runway.
We are here at Babylon Storen, which is a vineyard we came to last year.
We had amazing vineyard experiences, but I think this was the one that probably stood out the most, just because of the garden.
It's just so enchanted.
And today we're doing a full tour, seeing how they make it.
And it's a mademoiselle's birthday.
Happy birthday, baby.
Thank you.
Forever 21.
Forever 21.
I guess Ruby's birthday is also her luckiest day of the year because, thanks to some last-minute cancellations, we skipped a three-month waiting list and got to experience our favorite vineyard.
He wants all the attention.
You're a very beautiful donkey, though.
You're a very beautiful donkey.
This is why it's our favorite of the vineyards.
I mean, you just walk around and you literally get lost in paradise.
It's so pretty.
Four glasses of wine deep, thank you.
The birthday keeps delivering charcuterie.
Some more wine the sunset.
The food in Cape Town is different.
A different kind of fresh.
I think there's more farm to table options here than anywhere else in the world.
Later that night we celebrated Ruby's birthday with a group of our friends at another vineyard called Cape Point Vineyard.
An amazing view, a long table and, best of all, a group of people we get to share this chapter of our lives with.
Thank you so much, guys.
Do you know how recently she's been in her feminine era?
She's always such a yes queen.
She's always down for everything.
We could move to Timbuktu and she would say whatever is best for us.
The luckiest guy to have such an incredible partner.
I got it.
You see, I haven't really prioritized social life since I started building my channel.
And it's honestly been a big missing part of my life.
I feel like Cape Town has been a huge part of restoring that missing piece of our lives.
We're going to lose a dress.
Wow.
Bro.
Take it in, bro.
The view's that way, dude.
The view's the other way.
Oh, stop.
I'm getting loud.
You okay, dude?
Doing your job, dude.
We're just gonna copyright strike.
So the question is, why is everybody coming here?
And the first reason is Cape Town is health.
There's something about this place that pulls you to be outside, to go for a walk, to go for a hike, to be out by the water, to be playing paddle.
I mean, I swear to you, this is one of the most active cities I've ever been to.
You see it in the people.
People here are fit.
People here are chasing a better and longer life.
And there's very few places in the world where I feel that.
Bali is also one of them.
For Ruby and I, this is one of the most important qualities in a place to call home.
Just the other day doing work, saying today's a lock-in day, and then next thing I know I'm invited to go to a run club.
I show up, and there are hundreds of people.
I mean, look at this.
It's incredible.
And right after it, we went for a plunge at Saunders.
The Atlantic Ocean is a total wake-up, and afterward, I felt absolutely incredible.
And then there's is the hiking.
In this city, it feels like you're always five minutes away from the ocean.
It feels like you're always five minutes away from a beautiful hiking trail.
And because of that you find yourself getting on those hikes that back home you never found the time to get around to doing.
Here, it just happens.
But as you know, health isn't just the physical.
It's not just getting a sweat on.
It's also how you feel and how your mind is unlocked.
And I really feel like the daily routine of Cape Town somehow shifts the mental state into such a positive place.
I feel good here.
I feel at peace. but also sort of not.
I mean, I'll talk about the safety problems later, but there's something so uplifting here and it goes way deeper than just the physical.
One of the most beautiful parts is I found myself an amazing and uplifting church.
The Hillsong in Century City has a powerful Sunday service where people of all walks of life come together.
I can't tell you how much this place made me feel not only at home, but like I was exactly where I was meant to be.
Everyone that comes here feels like they're reclaiming their body, their mind, their time, and there's not many places in the world that can compete or even come close to this.
Cape Town is full of beautiful places to live, to visit, and I want to give you a bit of an understanding of how it works.
Now instead of just pointing around, let me fly the drone to give you full context.
This is Seapoint, and this is where a lot of people will stay.
It's busy, it's a hub, it's got the gyms, it's got tons of restaurants, great nightlife, and it's less expensive than what I'll show you next.
Flying over you start to get into Bantry Bay and the famous Clifton Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen.
This area is more laid back.
It's gorgeous, and these two areas are protected from the incredible winds that Cape Town is known to get.
Now flying just a little bit further down the beachfront, and that brings you to Camps Bay.
This is the most famous neighborhood in all of Cape Town.
Just like Bantry, just like Clifton, it's full of mansions.
Be prepared for a lot of wind on some days, but unless you're looking to move here, the wind's not really a problem.
It's part of the experience.
And because there's no way this drone's gonna keep flying around the mountains, we have to fly over top, and that brings you to a completely other side to experience Cape Town.
And that's something I'll be bringing you to see later in the video Because, for those that want to escape some of the action and experience more of a laid back sort of energy, this is where you might want to go.
Now.
Another reason why people are coming here is that Cape Town is an incredible place of opportunity.
I'm talking about networking that I've not really seen outside of a couple major hubs.
Dubai, New York.
The people that come here, they're extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs.
People that have made a name for themselves, found success, or they're currently working on that.
Now, unlike Bali, one thing that isn't quite here in a big way are co-work spaces.
Doubt that will always be the case.
There's just simply too many entrepreneurs coming here for that not to start to rise.
But for now it does not touch Bali, does not come close to some of the digital nomad hubs I know most people are usually working from more informal setups.
And one other thing that I think makes Cape Town so attractive to these successful entrepreneurs is the time zone.
For a lot of people coming to Bali is extraordinarily difficult.
It's like the opposite of the American Canadian time zone.
But when you're in Cape Town, it's roughly six hours ahead or six hours behind from the Asian markets.
It kind of splits that time zone difference and it makes it compatible for people that are working remotely and need to stay tied to the real world, the big cities.
But I do appreciate these days spending my time around other entrepreneurs.
I find it inspiring.
It's that combination of having a lot of fun in some moments but being able to reel it back in and lock in, to spend weeks at a computer, completely cutting off your social life.
I think that's why entrepreneurs tend to gravitate towards each other.
There's a lifestyle that comes with it.
It's not for everybody, but when you find those people that you really fit in with, it's hard to go back.
I cannot live without a bumblebee.
Yeah, and there's.
It's horrible.
It's like neanderthal.
I just don't get like.
This is this is hard-hitting stuff dude, i think it is.
The world needs to know this.
There is one big problem with cape town.
Well, with hi.
I love cape town.
Once you are slotted into a community in Cape Town, your social life will quickly become your full-time job.
And today my friends Isaac and Greer invited us to join them on a special double date.
If your friends jump off a cliff, you do it too.
I set Ruby and I up with the Osmo 360 and a selfie pole and we got ready to paraglide off Signal Hill.
Here we go.
Standing on top of Signal Hill.
I'm so excited!
Launching!
Oh my god!
Oh my goodness!
There she goes!
Caroline, this is amazing!
Ruby's takeoff was smooth and graceful.
Mine, not so much.
Run, run, run, run!
Run, run, run!
Run, run, run!
Left after these, one, two, three.
But we finally got up there flying above the city I have started to fall for.
The entire experience is calm and passive.
The wind does all the work and you just take it in.
It's a feeling that everyone should try once, and the Osmo 360 made sure.
I only had to hit record and every angle was captured beautifully.
No microphone.
No idea how this is going to hold in the audio quality with all this wind, but just behind me there signal hill.
Over there you can see lion's head and right now we're flying over sea point, which is a special way to see.
It feel like a drone right now, Oh my god.
Oh my god, that feels crazy!
And now run through it.
Get ready to run the most awkward run of your life.
Nice, flying with you.
Yeah likewise, i feel so alive.
I love the feeling And because we landed in Seapoint, I knew exactly where to go.
We're back to my favorite spot in all of Cape Town, pasta from Real Italian.
So how far does money go in Cape Town?
Well, I'll show you a few rentals.
But let's just say Cape Town rent in high season is very expensive, but food prices can be reasonable if you manage it.
One of our favorite places allowed us to have pasta for around $8 and steak dinners for around $10.
Not bad at all.
Cape Town is community, life built around other people.
I think there's plenty of reasons to visit here, but why people extend from one week to two weeks to a month?
It's the way everybody comes together with common interests.
People in search of better health, wealth, freedom, travel, and business.
Again, I hate to keep comparing to Bali, but it's kind of one of the few places where I see such an extensive push for the same values.
Now that it's my second year here, I can tell you the faces are reoccurring.
People are not only gonna be here for this year, but they're gonna be back next.
That's a really beautiful feeling.
I think the community aspect is one of the best i've seen, but with the caveat that, unlike bali, it's not year round.
Maybe with time this starts to become more of a permanent home base.
I'm even seeing it within my own friend circles, people talking about coming in the off season, but that's not really the case right now.
And one last thing that I think is so unique about the social life of Cape Town is that everybody here is kind of on their time off.
They're building businesses, yes, but they're also in a place to meet people.
Open-minded, open-hearted.
They invite you to different things.
You get to connect with people in a stage of their lives where they're actually open to receiving it.
I can definitely feel the same way.
It's kind of a time where I have unplugged from a lot of the things that sometimes prevent me from going deeper in my friendships.
For a lot of digital nomads like myself, Cape Town represents belonging.
Day trips keep life spicy in Cape Town, and one that's gotta be a yearly one.
For us is a one-hour drive down to Boulder Beach to visit our friends the Dasseys and the Penguins.
Your cousin wouldn't really answer this question, so I'm gonna ask you instead.
Now the next reason people are coming here is that Cape Town is beauty.
I mean stunning, jaw-dropping beauty.
And just the other year, I actually did something that was on my bucket list.
I swam in the kelp forest. got lost in this magnificent beauty.
One of the best things I've done in Cape Town and one of my favorite travel experiences.
The amount of wow factor you get per square kilometer is probably the most impressive in the world.
You see any sharks?
Come here.
Now, this is not exactly a perfect route, but we took a good detour, for what we were promised was a meal to die for.
Apparently, this is the best fish and chips in the world.
Not only did i hear that.
Not true, never mind, it's not true apparently.
Yeah, they're trying to keep it hush, hush.
I was just saying this is the best fish and chips in the world and the locals were like no, it's not true.
They're like don't tell anyone.
This cute local spot was located in a gritty fisherman's village.
Honestly, it might not be the best in the world, but this place was really good.
So this is Cam's place living the Seapoint life.
How's Seapoint?
Dude, I love it.
I didn't even know I was coming to Cape Town.
Yeah, yeah.
And then I just end up here in the literally, I mean, I would argue one of the best spots in Seapoint.
No, it really is.
So right there, that's the big building there is like BUC Gym.
All of the most happening bars are like downhill and yeah, it's super, super connected to everything.
Little bit like, would you say it's safe to walk around at night?
Here specifically, yes.
Like three blocks that way and that way, no.
Yeah, yeah.
But here, yeah.
So the one block is good.
Yeah.
It's a good block.
How much is this place per month?
7,000 US dollars.
And for that, you get what?
How many rooms?
Two big ones, one guest room.
They tell me if you're booking it for like a full year, you get a much better rate.
For sure.
Like we were getting destroyed.
This is high season.
Yeah, yeah.
That's like a nice place, you know, like...
It's got three full-sized rooms, two bathrooms, but Cape Town high season is really, all things considered, very expensive.
If you come here in two, three months, that could be half the price.
Downstairs, our taxi was waiting to take us from Seapoint to the real downtown Cape Town for the locally famous first Thursday.
It's a good day to be in Cape Town, honestly.
Yeah, why is it a good day?
So currently the students are back in town.
So the university has basically been opening again.
So they're all coming from all over South Africa.
So all of them go to Bree Street.
So it's a big student party.
It's a big party.
You'll see when we get there now, it's packed.
It's packed.
Lots of bars, lots of eating places all next to each other.
So you guys should have fun.
Is it safe?
It's Brie Street.
I would say it's so much safer than Long Street.
So between Brie and Kloof and sea point over here, you guys should be safe.
It should be cool for you guys to be here turns out the first thursdays is less of a night market and more of a pub crawl.
The entire city block was shut down and hundreds of people came out drinking and even a little eating.
You're getting a five star review, my friend.
You're wilding.
So every month, the first Thursday, this street just turns into a giant party.
Look at this, everywhere.
Cape Town season is a time of parties.
It can happen at anywhere from a club to a villa.
But the biggest party of the season was definitely this.
My buddy had some serious success in his business and two years in a row has thrown mystic grooves, which is basically a private music festival for friends.
This year was at a manor with two stages surrounded by some of the best views.
This was next level and a big highlight of this Cape Town season.
But you see, there's more to the Cape Town story.
Yes, a lot of people are coming to Cape Town, but Cape Town is not that simple and it would be wrong to pretend that it is.
You see, just behind that mountain right there, it's the reality.
It's the outside of the bubble.
Because where we are right now, here in Camps Bay, it is artificially secure.
Talk to any South African and they'll tell you.
They were raised to have eyes behind their head, to question everything.
And the saying I've heard multiple times is, If you think you might be in danger, you probably are.
And that is a crazy way to live, coming from a Canadian.
I never once in my life even questioned my safety.
But every turn, every corner, and every place you go, you need to be vigilant.
And even today I had a little run in where I felt like there was a moment I might not have been safe holding all of my equipment and gear.
Robberies happen all the time.
You see, in the townships, this is a place where it's said that there's upwards of 70 of people without employment.
People don't steal just for the thrill.
They steal to survive.
In a country where resources are not in abundance for all.
The truth is, the difference between the rich and the poor could not be more in your face.
Now, I'm not gonna fix the problem.
I'm simply here to tell you about it.
But I can definitely say there are little ways we can help.
And last year, we actually raised $13,000 for the Langa community.
And one of you DMed me on Instagram and said you had a spare shipping container laying around.
And because of your generosity, this soup kitchen got a whole new area to prepare for the local community.
It's not going to fix the problem, but little steps like this hopefully create a future for South Africa that can be less divided.
Because right now, in some of these communities, it is some of the record homicide rates of our planet.
Now, while most people won't visit the townships, the way most people will experience the first little glimpse into the other side of Cape Town It's actually by driving the N highway, leaving the airport.
This is known as the hell run.
If your car breaks down, you'll be lucky if you just lose your things, because people have actually lost their lives by being stuck on this road.
Just the other day my friends told me there was a bunch of kids in the middle of the road standing in the middle on their knees trying to get cars to stop, with their friends just around the corner waiting for that person who didn't know South Africa, the person that stopped.
And at that point, once they stopped, a bunch of bandits would come out, smash the windows and take what they could.
I mean, it happens all the time here.
And when somebody tries to resist, don't think for a second they won't take the ultimate action.
People have lost their lives for very, very small things.
Less than a phone.
It's a crazy thing to be here in a place where you run in with these risks every day and yet you don't want to leave.
But I'm getting to a stage in my life where kids are very much a priority soon.
And that's definitely a risk that I think I'll be measuring differently at that stage.
I love Cape Town, but I'm also deeply curious about this entire continent, and that's why I'm taking the next steps to connect with Africa.
I just bought two motorbikes here in Cape Town so I can plant my first roots, and so my best friend Cam and I can begin the trip of a lifetime driving across Africa coast to coast.
That is my next series here on YouTube.
As I'm recording this, I'm already in country number five and I can say the best videos I've ever made are just ahead.
But before I left Cape Town, we took these bikes all around the city and beyond.
My social battery was running low after weeks of parties and events, so Ruby and I wanted a change of pace.
We followed a rumor that there was magic on the other side of the mountains, and we found this place just outside of Noordhoek.
Now I told myself I wouldn't record today, but this is a very, very special moment.
It's a new chapter and it's part of my story of better understanding Cape Town.
Today, Ruby and I drove this bike through the passageway coming through Chapman's Peak, one of the most beautiful drives on our planet.
And it has brought us into a new side of Cape Town.
It is like a 180 from Camps Bay.
You see, Camps Bay is so energetic.
Being there makes me feel like my social life is my full-time job, and it's left me feeling in need of some time on my business and honestly, a lot more time with you.
We've been around so many people.
It's been so busy.
Cape Town season takes you to everything.
There's so many parties, big events, dinners, hikes.
We needed some peace and quiet.
We needed this, yeah.
We came to paradise and this is seriously one of the best areas in Cape Town.
I love it.
We have this beautiful lake and the mountains, and a pool and a garden and just some time to relax and unwind.
I cracked open my laptop and took like a deep breath of relief because I can finally make some progress.
I have so many things to do.
But when I work, I want to be surrounded by a place that inspires me.
And that's what Nordhoek does.
It's got gyms.
It's still got a little bit of a social scene, some nice vineyards, but comparatively it's absolutely reclusive.
It's so peaceful.
I love it so much.
This gorgeous old home.
For five nights here.
It's costing about twelve hundred dollars not cheap, but it is three bedrooms.
Share it with some friends, get out into the countryside and it is an incredible escape.
Funny enough, this is pretty much the same price as my friend's apartment in seapoint, which is also three bedrooms.
But instead of hearing sirens and garbage trucks and opening up onto harsh concrete streets, you're looking at this as your backdrop.
And you did some grocery shopping?
The produce, the groceries in Cape Town?
How do you review it?
It's insane.
It's maybe the best.
The best ever, seriously.
I got so excited to go to the grocery store.
Yeah.
Hello!
That was so hard driving with your burger and my phone on maps.
I feel like a housewife here waiting for my food.
Thank you.
Do I get a kiss?
Yeah.
I'll put down some coasters and some doilies and we can have a drink.
Cam said that next door is like a massive and amazing food market.
There's a vineyard, there's a brewery, there's a restaurant, there's like horses and animals, all in the lake.
It's so sick.
The first two days were just for us.
Laying in the sun, enjoying sunsets by the lake.
And we also got to meet our neighbor.
So alex, you were just telling me so she's a local to this area.
You said this is a wild area.
Yes, if there's going to be an intruder in the house, it's.
It's a, it's a large baboon.
And how do you get rid of them?
So you find the baboon hotline and the guys come with the paintball guns to get them out of the house.
But they don't shoot at them, they'll shoot next to them.
As soon as they hear the walkie-talkies, they run.
They're gone.
You have experience with this, I see.
You getting the baboon hotline?
I am.
Thank you.
She was saying that it happened three times this week.
And what have we done?
We've left all our windows open.
So if you look right over at the end there, there's like a last little white house over there.
That is our mission for tomorrow morning.
I don't think five days is gonna be enough.
I think I want a few years with this as my backyard.
Uh-oh, uh-oh.
Oh, fuck.
Okay, okay, take it, take it, take it.
Oh, there he goes.
There he is.
Baby shut the windows and doors.
He sees we're easy.
Look at the barrel on that guy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's cruising.
Oh, he got a little belly on him morning, so we're exploring our new neighborhood.
Decided to come out this morning check this out.
Absolutely beautiful.
The sand is the softest sand i've ever felt.
It's perfect.
Smells like rotten eggs, though.
Is it from the kelp?
The good news was that the smell was gone after just a few meters.
And this is what I want my fitness routine to look like.
Running alongside my girlfriend on a perfect white sand beach.
I've been flying drones for almost 10 years now, and they have gotten more and more convenient, thanks to DJI.
But I will say, it still doesn't fit in my pocket, but this does.
Check this out.
Yeah, this camera doesn't fly, but you throw it on a two and a half meter pole that folds nice and down and compact, just like this, and you can bring this everywhere with you.
It's in my backpack at all times.
It's just so creative what you can do with it.
I also love this quick release just pop it in the bottom And you're connected.
And just next to the beach, a super cute coffee shop with a crazy good flat white.
Are you moving?
I was already, I'm planning everything in my head right now that I'm moving here.
We are so happy right now.
Barefoot, riding the motorbike around town, just cruising like it's like a little village.
Sorry, like they make me come alive.
My spirit has awakened.
And look at this.
We just ordered food and we're gonna try all these different restaurants over the next few days.
I love this life.
You know you've crossed your 30s when you have this ambition to just own land and have animals.
And that's where we're staying, right down there.
Surrounded by mountains, greenery, ocean, a lake.
Now I have to say, being here is absolutely incredible.
It's such a feeling.
I see you doing the happy dance means it's uh, it's approved.
I feel like this is the life i was meant to live and uh, when i think about what's coming next, i mean i really want to book us, hopefully half and half next year.
Maybe half of our time would be Cape Town, downtown Seapoint or in Camps Bay.
The other half would be out toward this area getting lost in the vineyards, lost in the countryside.
But another side that has also come to mind here is just how nice it would be to call this place home.
I have already began doing something I tend to do when I find somewhere I really like.
I creep around on a property website, start kind of gauging the costs and who knows, maybe a good season of work could lead to an opportunity to build something deeper here.
It's something else.
This entire experience was everything we could have asked for, but eventually we kind of missed the energy of our friends.
So we invited them to join us on the tranquil side of the mountain.
This might not be the most action-packed part of the trip, but it was one of the most memorable.
And when it's over, we're turning the cards over and we count.
So, why is everybody coming to Cape Town?
I don't think I have to tell you.
You can see for yourself.
But the truth is, it's not gonna be for everybody.
Just as I, myself, am struggling with the realities.
I love this place but, to be honest, I feel I've only gotten a little sliver.
Ruby and I's goal is to see Cape Town outside of peak season and to see it when it's primarily the locals.
To feel what it's like to be here without the parties, without the rush and with just the raw Cape Town.
Something tells me we'll be back again soon and we'll probably be visiting land.
Trying to understand better how much it costs where we see ourselves here in this beautiful place, or if we see ourselves here at all.
But either way, it's time to pack the bags, get on the motorbikes, because we've got six countries, about 12 000 kilometers and 45 days, if all cooperates.
If you're up for that, you can subscribe and join cam and i let's get lost again in the next one.
