Americans visit Durban | South Africa 

You guys should have stayed at the Oyster Hotel or the Pearls. Florida Road, Durban has the best and trending food places.

We definitely want to stay at the pearls next time! We didn’t know about it until we got there but we are much better informed now.

Oh yes, crime statistics are never a real representation of a place. It’s always a few bad areas in the city that give the whole city a bad reputation. We have similar things back in the states. And then media loves to focus just on the negatives of a place.

True if the President of S.A. was whites . They were not going to say Durban has a lot of crime. The problem is the ratio per population. In SA we are only 62milion. But in USA a person can kill many school kids but their crime will remain way down. I am a South African of 59 years of age and since I was born here I never had crime commited to me. There are other whites and blacks who had the same experience as me but they are laying queit and not telling that they never had crime commited to them. So other people are trying to take our country down but fortunately African Americans are coming to live and visit in S.A in numbers. Maybe they enjoy the place because of its similarities with USA. Our culture an their struggle for freedom. They say crime in S.A. is nothing compared to California alone. They say Gun violence is prominent is USA. So compared per population of 350 milion in America versus our 62milion, their rate crime high. I am happy that you enjoyed your time in the sunny South Africa. And please come back again.

@@SavagesAdventures MASS Shootings in America are a NORM.

I hope this is just the first of many trips back to South Africa. We still have so much to see!

No arguments here. People are scared to send their kids to public schools anymore in America. But what I want to show in this video is that South Africa was way safer than the news wants you to believe and it’s very much worth traveling to. We loved it!

Also Gang Violence.

@@SavagesAdventures (( RU-vid THE REAL SOUTHAFRICA WITH MARK BLANTON )) THIS AMERICANS WHAT LIVE IN SOUTHAFRICA

Thanks I’ll definitely check it out

Durban was perfect! The day we had to fly home, it was almost 80 degrees(26 celcius) and then when we got to London, it was 40ish degrees (5 celcius).

Yes Cape town can be a little ruff I am from Gauteng. I flew once to cape and I was told to be careful. Where blacks stay its neglected by police and the rich surbubs can hire their own security because they have money. Apartheid is alive in cape town. The life of a poor person is not taken seriously.

Ahhh that’s a really fun fact. I liked them so much I bought our dog a squeaky toy hadada.

We love Durbz! I’ll have to look up Sandton, I haven’t heard of that yet. We have lots of places we want to visit on our next trip. Especially Capetown and we really want to make it to a game park to see the Big Five. Also we heard about cruises out of Durban going to Mauritius. There is so much to do we barely scratched the surface on this trip.

@@SavagesAdventuressandton is a Johannesburg suburb

White building with a little red and blue on it? That’s really cool

Thanks for sharing. We do show umhlanga beach and nature preserve in the next video. We personally loved seeing the monkeys, I just was stating what locals told us about them. What would be some of your top list things to see in Durban? We do plan on returning so we can try again in the future

Thanks!

We can’t wait to go back! There is so much more we need to do

Oh yea you’re right! We just reiterated what we read at the restaurant. If we ever make it to Australia, we will definitely have to try it out

Thanks for watching! I can’t wait to go back. I have so much still to do in South Africa

We had a great time. Such a fun trip!

Haha I didn’t know we ate fast. But we weren’t too worried about how long Roma took. Just thought it was worth mentioning. NYC is insane. Idk how 8 million+ people can handle that city everyday. It’s the most hectic city in America.

Oh that’s awesome! We loved driving around Durban quite a bit.

I meant nothing malicious. I should have stated, trying not to drive on the wrong side of the road. Driving on the left side of the road was a very fun first experience for us.

The ground was pretty rough but he met a skater at a store while we were in Umhlanga and they talked for far too long lol The guy was starting the first South African skater podcast on RU-vid.

@@SavagesAdventures That's awesome! Ya'll should be guests on his podcast next time you go back

Thanks!

I can’t wait to visit again! We really want to see the botanical garden and spend some time on the golden mile next time

Oh that’s so cool! Do you ever get to go back to visit? The travel to get there was so long from DC but Durban was definitely worth it.

@@SavagesAdventures yes, I go home quite frequently. The last time I went was June last year. I am going home this Christmas. The flight is long for sure. From Atlanta to JHB is 14sh hours.

Is it a direct flight from Atlanta?! We couldn’t find anything direct but we didn’t start looking until about a month before we left

@@SavagesAdventures yes, its Delta every night.

Thanks for the recommendations! We have started a very long list of stuff we have to see on our next trip. Hopefully we can stay for longer than 2 weeks next time.

What's strange is I'm 39,grew up in a township and also never got robbed. I now stay in a suburb and still have never been robbed. I'm not saying crime doesn't exist. I just think it is blown way over proportion

That's me, I'm a woman who travels a lot on business in SA, sometimes driving alone across provinces, always feels safe.

That doesn't change the facts 😂

If you wrong place wrong time shit does go down. I have been Hi Jacked... but it was on a worksite and planned. But only once and I travel all over South Africa and Africa and overall never feel unsafe. Love this Beautifull country.

@@philipschutte9019 Let them talk bad but the love of country will remain in your heart. Thank you for the comment.

We did get bunny chow! We stayed at the Protea across from gateway so we ate at the mall a lot. I can’t remember the name of the restaurant but it was right beside whimpy’s next to the upstairs back entrance.

@@SavagesAdventures I work on palm Boulevard like two doors away from Protea. Man your videos seem to attract locals. I wish more international people can see how beautiful my home is. Thise teenagers probably just wanted a selfie you guys are too paranoid.

Now back in America, I just met someone the other day that married a South African that was from a village near Kruger and he highly recommended that park. You are the second person to recommend Sandton so it must be really nice. Thanks so much for your recommendations!

I think it was just two guys saw an opportunity and tried something. But we didn’t get mugged and I can’t say 100% that’s what would have happened but it was just unsettling. We definitely still want to go back though!

🤣 it is so weird to do the opposite of what your brain has told you to do for the past 15 years. But Paul got the hang of it quick

@@SavagesAdventures Driving on the right in a left hand drive car, is just plain wrong. And backward 😂😂😂

Woah woah woah.. at least we aren’t shifting with our left hand 🚗 🫲 ⚙️

​@@SavagesAdventuresActually, left hand changes are faster and more efficient. Because the clutch is operated by the left foot. So is actually faster. Plus driving on the left makes it easier to shake hands with oncoming motorists. And shooting out of window is way easier too. The benefits are immense. The reason the Romans rode on the left. As did most nations. The Europeans and Americans swapped over to the right for no other reason other than to be anti British. And in the process f#cked themselves.

😅 new worlds standard: DSG transmissions and Beans on toast 😆

Thanks so much! We went to Roma just for the views but now that we’ve done that, it’s time to find some good pasta for our next trip

Definitely coming back! We still have so much more to see and do

Ai kahle wena, nonsense..

@reantai, What this moronic comment supposed to mean? White folks have been living in South Africa since the 1600's. If you go to Cape Town and the Western Cape, you would not even know you are in Africa. It is lily white. Only a few black Americans can afford to move to SA. And those black that have moved there soon find out that in SA also they are behind the white folks, economically speaking.

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Thanks so much!

Thank you so much! I was just thinking about how no one has filled me in on that bird yet

No idea 🤷🏽‍♀️

You are welcome to come, and there are a lot of business opportunities, and the costs differ according to the field that you are interested in, you can come anytime, yes we have problems and we are always fighting to make everyone feel safe in our Country

Please do come visit but please also go back home too😐💕

@@theonlynikolaidon’t be mean

@@user-kq8it6dz5p I'm not being mean, we don't need people with foreign currency moving here and pricing out locals as they are currently doing. But it seems Americans can't stop doing it to places like Hawaii so why would I expect them to respect MY country

My mom said the same thing lol. She graduated there in the 80s I think. She said you could see the harbor a lot better back then

Thank you!

That was on our list but we ended up running out of time so we will definitely have to see it on our next trip

@@SavagesAdventures please try, it's amazing

30 years later, my mom still remembers the garden fondly and wanted us to go to it on this trip so we will definitely make sure to get it done next time

We’ve only been back home for less than a month and I’ve already looked at plane ticket prices 3 times. We loved our trip. Definitely one of our favorite places we have visited so far!

We booked our flights almost last minute and the delta flight was super expensive. I think next time we want to try Emirates to check out Dubai on the layover

Thanks for watching!

There really wasn’t too many huge differences but we did notice some. Everywhere we went, stores had the portable touch to pay devices so it made using a credit card so easy. We barely even used the cash we exchanged. We just ended up using it to tip the staff at the hotel and parking attendants. Everywhere we went had security, parking attendants in every parking lot, also all the parking was free! That’s unheard of in any major city in America. The biggest difference though was definitely the pace of life. Americans are always in a hurry, we drink energy drinks everyday, we expect service to be fast. People get pretty impatient in the states. We went to a spar in Umhlanga to restock on energy drinks and the cashier was so nice and was concerned for how tired we must be all the time lol it was a really funny interaction.

@@SavagesAdventures that's incredible to know. And you telling me that the US doesn't have cardless services in all their stores? It's practically becoming useless for us to carry cash. Whenever I have cash I just give it away. Yeah because of high unemployment, people try to make money in every way possible. Car guards are just people trying to make a quick buck without resorting to crime. Besides a few places, car guards are usually random people who look after your car for change. Durban is a relaxed place, Cape Town too. Johannesburg is a very high-paced city. Everyone from other cities like to point out how fast we Joburgers are.

We do have tap to pay and everything it’s just not nearly as popular as we saw in Durban. Some places in America don’t even let you use a card unless it’s over a certain dollar amount because credit card companies charge businesses per transaction. Also some places in South Africa don’t even accept cash as all. Some places in America prefer cash because of the transaction charge. We loved having the peace of mind of parking attendants watching over the car. We always tipped a few rands. Also in the busy streets and parking lots having their help in finding spots was a blessing. In America, you are on your own. We have wasted so much time trying to find parking in big cities and then being charge outrageous prices to park. Joburgers!! That’s such a fun name!

SA has the best ATM ntw in the world and a very advanced banking system,even cheques like you use in the USA,has been discontinued.

I’m a week late but thanks for the sub!

We still went🤷🏽‍♀️

There are cities in America that are far more dangerous than SA😊

We are back home now unfortunately

nooo not soweto....thats height of crime central

We had the best time and are definitely planning on returning!

It’s was a bit of a struggle driving for the first time but we caught on pretty quick 😆

Living life on the edge I guess

living on the edge in Umhlanga...lol....yea right...richest subburb in Durban....sigh

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No way I should be expected to have known this information and reviewed a different building lol. It’s still a unique building. It looked like there is something being built in front of the complex as well, do you know what’s going there? I doubt it would do anything for the wind unless it blocks the view as well.

Legal allowance for energy consumption? What the hell is that?

@@petercollingwood522 The National Building Regulations & Standards Act 103/77 limits the maximum energy comsumption per m^2 of every new building in South Africa. This is in the National Building Regulation XA, since 2011. Now The Umhlanga Arch exceeds this limit with just the HVAC (exluding light, hot water & plug loading)

@@videshboodu8351How about they just get more power stations on line. A bit ridiculous that the country is still operating with no increase since the Apartheid era.

Thanks! Hopefully you can stick around for more mispronunciations 🤣

As an ex South African who has lived in the US for 25 years now you sound like a complete idiot.

Thanks for the help!

Our next video is on Thompson beach! Well part of it.

U prefer braa then joburg. What r u say? Durban,mhlanga,ballito is 1thing

Ay wena Sdomu It’s the same thing nje Durban is Durban

@@user-kq8it6dz5p ngizokuthuka wena nja, isidomu unyoko msunu kanyoko

@@bonganiinnocent-ub5iz 🤔 so are you saying Durban and Pinetown are one thing?, you can't be serious.

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We have already came and gone. Our fears were pretty well dissolved after spending a few days in Durban.

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