SOUTH AFRICA Travel Guide Cape Town Little Grey Box

Hey you guys Phoebe here from Little Grey Box now Matt and I are at our second destination as part of our #SquadSQ tripyes, we flew from Brisbane to Singapore spent a few days in Singapore and then weflew from Singapore to Cape Town which is where we are right now.

This is our first time in South Africa it's like.

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all things overwhelming and exciting andit's just a sensory overload I'm so excited Guys, if you look up here to the right, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela's.

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montage on that building Okay, so this area is called District 6 guys where ever you find humans you will find this affliction People talk about.

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the first wave of coffee and then the second wave I think these dudes are busy with the third wave Our amazing guide Warren have been giving us a bit of a city tour and then pulled up outside this place and he was like guys would you like the best coffee in the world? and I was like yes Warren I would So we are at a little place called Truthand we've gotten ourselves some delicious coffees.

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this is my first sipyeah, we haven't done multiple takes of this It's really.

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It's really good You can see the architecture is more Dutch all the pillars and the .

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very nice party street So this is the heartland of Islam in Cape Town there's about seven mosques in this small area but now of course that statistic might change because all beaches in South Africa are now open to everybody Alright so Warren, our amazing tour guide and all round great human has been givingus a guided tour of Cape Town so we've done a lot of driving around he's told us somuch about the history and the culture we're just learning a lot and now we'rehaving lunch here at The Bungalow this food looks absolutely delicious and thenwhat are we doing after lunch? After lunch we will be visiting the GreenMarket Square which is the oldest open air market in Cape Town and we'llvisit Signal Hill okay where they have beautiful views of the city Perfect! That all sounds amazing Let's eat So we are at Signal Hill andthis place is where you want to come for those unbeatable million dollar views ofCape Town this is incredible now sadly for Matthew and I today it's overcastand it's freezing cold but I have to tell you on a beautiful blue sky warmsunny day oh my gosh this is where you want to be now of course you are goingto want to go up to Table Mountain in the background there but hey keep thisin mind if you're on Table Mountain you can't see Table Mountainso from up here you get those awesome 360 degree views of the ocean, Cape Town's down there, Table Mountain behind you this is pretty amazing oh my gosh I'm having a great day Welcome to Green Market Square now thisplace has been the heart of Cape Town for the last 300 years and Warren was justtelling us that when you hear somebody say that Johannesburg is however manythousands kilometers away they are measuring it right from here so thisreally is the heart of Cape Town So this is like a hipster area isn't it? It's a mixture because we have really poor people living in this area We're in Woodstock now this area is really really interesting we weredriving through and there are lots of cool places you've got some new pubsyou've got micro breweries you've got people selling artisanal breads you'vegot wall art murals set up everywhere and lovely guide was saying this areajust comes alive on a Saturday if you love markets if you love all that kindof stuff this is where you want to be in Cape Town not only that but there issome incredible food the best restaurant in the country according to Warren and Iguess a lot of other people is here too and it is called the Test Kitchennow the waiting list is very long so if you do want to sample that and theirsignature 13 course menu are going to need to book many many months ahead This is the Victoria & Alfred Waterfrontthis is where you're going to come to see beautiful water, lots of boats, Table Mountain in the background you can have a go on this bad boy the old wheelthere's a mall back there which has got loads of shops and fast food options butif you're after something a bit more delicious of course there are loads ofrestaurants that way and over this way somewhere there is a pub or a big brewery something beer related, the jetlag just set in wait a minute Now when you do come to Cape Town the number one thing you're going to want to do ofcourse is go up Table Mountain just take a look behind me at Table Mountainthat's right you can't see it the weather's so intense today and Warren had big plans for us to go up there but unfortunately the weather is just not going to bepermitting.

Not only that but we will also meant to do a beautiful sunset cruisehead out on a gorgeous boat just have some drinks and all that while the sunset.

From what I understand it was going to be a very very boat sick experience.

So if you are here and there's that beautiful weather take advantage of it get out onthe water with a sunset cruise and get yourself up to town Table Mountain Do it on behalf of Matt and I So we just checked into our accommodation hereso we are staying at The Tree House Boutique Hotel it just looks like agorgeous gorgeous little hotel and it's just in a beautiful location up here onthe hill you can see so much and you're just gonna have to forget the way thetwo of us look right now because we've been awake for a really long time and wehaven't showered in a really long time this is the true face of travel and it's quite rough Stacked pancake style crumpets served withfresh fruit, Nutella and maple syrup.

yeah yeah There's some nuts oh you ready? It's already good and I haven't chewed yet I'm just having the best day everbecause we are a Boulders beach at Simon's Town You guys, one word Penguins! African penguins They're also known as jackass penguins and if you hear themyou'll know why they kind of make a braying sound so you can getreally close to them along this boardwalk obviously like be a good humanyou can't leave the boardwalk and go into their habitat I mean they areendangered and you definitely definitely shouldn't try to touch them but justobserve from a nice distance away you can get some fantastic photos they areso sweet they're just so beautiful We are on the Franschhoek Wine Tram! you guys.

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wine on a tram, what more could you want? I have been training for this for 31years Okay I'm not a big white drinkerI'm a red girl but.

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mmmm not too sweet that's like all I know about wine not too sweet.

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a little bit dry more please So this morning we are leaving Cape Townnow I just want to take a minute to talk about it because we have had the besttime like I kept saying the weather wasn't so good for us but of course theday that we're leaving the sun is out and it is glorious but also like I keptsaying it's not a bad thing that the weather was overcast they really reallyneed the rain here so this was our first time to South Africa obviously our firsttime to Cape Town and before we got here I had no clue what to expect I mean youhear stories and you think is it unsafe am I gonna be okay what's it gonna belike I have not had one moment where I have felt unsafe and I have to say Ithink a really large part of that is because we've had a guide with us andthat's not because he's averted the danger it's just because he lets youknow everything up front I really think that if you are coming to Cape Town forthe first time you have to do it with a guide I wouldn't have known where to goI would not have learned as much I would not have understood the culture I wouldnot have understood the history and our guide his knowledge of history wasincredible I feel like I have learned so much I have such a deep appreciationlove respect for Cape Town South Africa I just.

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it's so fascinating the historythe culture everything so if you don't do it with a guide I think you'remissing out! Now today Matt and I are going to be going on safari we areflying up to Kruger National Park where we're going to be doing our first eversafari so that will be in the next episode Thank you so much for watchingyou guys I hope you enjoyed this video if you don't already be sure tosubscribe and say hello in the comments below Have a great weekend and I will see you next week Love ya!.