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Don’t Go Here Alone, They Said ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ vA18-S2

(Graaff-Reinet, South Africa)
– Thank you very much! – Bye-bye! – It was nice staying here.
It’s a pleasant place as well. – Thank you so much!
– Hop. Morning, my friends! From… My keys.
From Graaff-Reinet. Let’s go. Thank you! – Bye-bye! – Bye-bye! Bye-bye, Lorraine! – Bye! – Bye-
bye! So today, we’re going to… We’re starting our way to Cradock.
It should take me three days. I’m gonna take it easy
on the way to Cradock. And today, it’s 75 km
to Pearston. Let’s go, guys! Hello! Here, we can see
the beautiful church of Graaff-Reinet. Hello! Beautiful traditional house. – Hello! – Hello, hello! – Bruh! – Hello, hello! Hello! – Hello! – Hello, hello, hello! – Did you cycle from France? – Yes! – Wow! I’ve seen your videos! – Yes! It’s time to say goodbye
to the beautiful town of Graaff-Reinet. Let’s go to Pearston! An old locomotive. Beautiful! Hello! – Hello, hello! – The gem
of the Karoo: Graaff-Reinet. Hello! – Cape Town. Cape Town.
– Cape Town. Yeah. Lesotho! Hello, hello! – Hi! – That’s where we turn left
towards Pearston. – Fine. And you? – Very good, good.
– Yes, yes. From where are you? – France. – Seriously? – Yes.
– Where are you going now? – Pearston. – Seriously? – Yes. – And from Pearston? – Towards
Lesotho. – Seriously? Lesotho? Take me in the video! – Huh?
– Take me in the video! – Yeah. Oh, take you in the video? – Yeah. Hello, hello! – Have a nice travel, man!
– What’s your name? – Russel Simons. – Russel Simons? – Yeah. – Nice
to meet you! – Thank you! – Good luck! – And ride safely, man! – Thank you! Hello! – Hi! – And I forgot to mention.
I’ve got a new thing like this. So someone built a new one
like this for me here in Graaff-Reinet. Well, I asked for it
to be welded and reinforced, but they said it was aluminum
with some magnesium inside. And they could not weld it, so… So, the guy just made
a new one made of steel. Hopefully, it’s gonna last longer. – You don’t have to stop. – I can
continue. Okay. – Yeah, don’t stop. – Okay? – Hello! Can I go? Thank you! Hello! – Hello! – Hello, hello! And here we’re leaving the very pleasant
tailwind to turn left to Pearston. Oh my god, the wind is strong. Ah, it’s funny. It’s full of those small
kind of… How are they called? Vervet… Vervet monkeys, something
like that. They run away from me. It’s quite funny that they live in areas
where you don’t really have big trees. I didn’t know monkeys lived in those areas. What a pleasant day
in the remote Karoo! Wow! Awesome! Sorry? – I watch your videos. – You want
to go with me? – No, I watch your videos. – Ah, you watch my videos. – Yeah.
– Nice! – Where are you going? – Huh? – Where are you going? – Pearston
and then towards Cradock. – Okay. Are you gonna go to Grahamstown?
Grahamstown? – Graham’s Farm? – Grahamstown. – Sorry. Oh, Grahamstown?
– Grahamstown. – I don’t know. – Just… Just, you know, old English buildings
and stuff. – Graaff-Reinet? – Yeah. It’s like an English version of Graaff-
Reinet. – Ah, okay. I was in Graaff-Reinet. I left Graaff-Reinet this morning. – And you’re gonna go
to Grahamstown as well, or just Cradock? Well, Grahamstown is nice. That’s why. – Okay, I don’t know where
Grahamstown is. That’s why. – It’s a bit further down.
You’re going down, or you’re going…? – I’m going to Lesotho. – Okay. Yeah,
then you’re not gonna go to Grahamstown. – Ah, okay. I can’t find it. Yeah… I don’t know, because all the names
have changed on the map. So I guess it has a new name.
– Yeah, I can show you. – Do you live in Grahamstown? – Yeah, yeah.
That’s why… – That’s why you’re asking. Okay. – Yeah, it’s this one. It’s Makhanda.
– Mak-… Ah, Makhanda. Okay. – Yeah. – Where is this? – It’s also like…
It’s a very historic town. – Oh, yeah. – You know? – Ah, okay. – Graaff-Reinet. – Yeah. No, I’m not going this way at all.
– Okay. You are going straight to Lesotho. – Yeah, I’m going kind
of straight to Lesotho. Yeah. Like Cradock, Dordrecht, and… Barkly East? – Oh, yeah. – Yeah. – It’s far
before that. – But no Grahamstown. Yeah. – Okay. Then have a safe trip! – Thank you!
– Yeah, nice to see you. I was surprised. I think I saw you earlier in town,
and I thought, “Is this you?” – Ah, okay. – Yeah. – So then, yeah, it’s me. – Yeah.
I’m surprised I saw you again on this road. – Ah, okay. Yeah, I decided
to take a remote road. So it’s less… Quieter, less busy. – Yeah, it’s open. – Have a good day then! Yeah.
– Safe trip! Yeah, yes. – Thank you! Yeah, in the Eastern Cape,
the city name situation is quite funny because everyone, including Black people,
refers to the cities by their old names. By their, probably I would say,
colonial names. Well, their original names. Because I guess most cities
didn’t exist before the Europeans came. But the Xhosa renamed most
of the cities with Xhosa names and… But nobody knows then
the [new names], but… And on the maps,
you only have the Xhosa names for most of the cities,
so it’s very hard to, to figure out where the cities are
because the names don’t match basically. Another car waiting for me. It seems
it’s the meet-up time for today. Hello! – Hi! – How are you?
– Good. And yourself? – Very good. – You’re on your way? – Yes. – To where?
– To Lesotho. – Johan. – Mozambique. Yeah. And back up to Europe. – Okay, okay.
How long have you been on the road now? – Almost four years. – Four years? – Yeah. – So, where are you gonna sleep over?
Where did you sleep? In Graaff-Reinet? – I was in Graaff-Reinet. I’m going
to Pearston tonight. – Pearston? – But then I’m going left. I’m gonna take
the… – The gravel road? – Yes. – Okay. Up to where then? – To Cradock. – Cradock?
– Yeah, and then towards Lesotho. – Yeah. I will be in Cradock tomorrow. – Ah, okay.
– Yeah. From tomorrow, I’m a contractor. I’m working all over here
in the Eastern Cape. – Okay, nice. – See you! – Awesome! – Safe trip!
– See you! Thank you! – Cradock. – Have a good day! Bye-bye! – Enjoy! – Let’s stop at this crossroad
for my lunch in the Karoo! So what have I got? Some carrots.
I love carrots. No need to cook them. I’ve got some… Stay here, too. You,
you. I’ve got some corn. It’s good. Jalapeรฑo-cheese flavored. And here is the best part. So in my guest house in Graaff-Reinet, Victorian Square House
or Square Guest House, Lorraine, the owner,
gave me a lot of… Oh my god, there is so much. A lot of biltong. It’s time to… Oh, it’s time
to have a try at the biltong of the Karoo. Oh, yeah. It’s beef. It’s beef. It’s… Ah! Oh, man. This is amazing. Oh, wow! Ah, with the fat. Oh, unbelievable. Look at all this meat. I’d say it might be
the best biltong I’ve tried. It’s at least as good as the one
I had in the flea market in Cape Town. It might be better. So good. And to finish, a bit of luxury. The good South African strawberries. Oh, they’re awesome. Let’s finish the way. Just 32 km
left to Pearston. Let’s go! A few springboks there. I mean, there are
springboks all the time all along the road. Ah, no. That’s baboons, cause I thought… Wow! So you see, there is a…
This is a big game reserve. And there are lions apparently here. So I thought I might have seen
a lion just before. I think it was… No, I think it was a big baboon. Beware of the elephants
and the lions there. Classic Karoo. And now it’s just sheep
and sheep everywhere. I guess that’s why the lamb
of the Karoo is famous. And here we’re arriving in Pearston, guys. We made it after a pleasant day
on the road in the Karoo today. Jesus loves you. Hello! Pearston. And there is one hotel here. So hopefully, there will be
some space for me for tonight, so I can recharge and get ready
for the longโ€”beautiful houseโ€” for the long gravel road
that will lead me to Cradock from here. Remote, remote. – Hi! – It looks like
we are in the remote parts of the Karoo. – Hi! – So the hotel is supposed
to be somewhere around here. Ah, there’s an ATM here. That’s the remote
petrol station. Very remote. Oh, Pearston Hotel. This is the hotel. Let’s try here. Ring? Ring. Hello? Yeah, I don’t know. It’s written “ring”, but where
is the…? Oh, you knock. Yeah, there’s the… – Hello?
– The dog. – There’s someone coming. – They’re coming? – Yes, yes.
– Okay. Thank you! – Okay, sir. – Danki! – Help me, Mr. – Huh?
– Help me, please, sir. – Huh? – I’m struggling, sir.
– You’re hungry. – Yes, sir. – Hello! – Hello! – Do you have
rooms here? – Yes. – Yes. I’ll just… There you go. – Thank you
very much! – You’re welcome. – Danki! – You must drive there.
And I’m gonna open the gate. – You have… – Yes, of course.
– And how much is it for a room here? – We can talk here inside. – We can
talk inside. So… – Just come down. – Drive down there? – Yes.
– Okay, great. – Okay. – Thank you! Hello! – Hello! – Thank you! Hopla. Hello, hello! Yes. – Where are you from? From the moon?
– From the moon. Yes, almost. Yeah. – How is it? – From France. Good.
How are you? – Fine. Welcome! – Thank you! – I’m Jorrie. – Yves. – Hello, Yves. – Nice
to meet you. – Nice to meet you. And where are you coming from?
– Today, from Graaff-Reinet. – Okay. And… – Tomorrow, I’m going to…
– But initially? – France. – France? – I came down
from France with this thing. – Oh, damn. Really? – Yeah. Slowly, slowly. – It must be a good design.
– Yeah, it’s a good design. Definitely. It’s comfortable. – Yeah. – Yeah. – Yeah,
it must be. – Yeah, yeah. – Okay, okay. – It’s comfortable. – And what do you
do it for? Just fun? – Yeah, I like it. I enjoy it. – Good. I’m so glad. – So…
– I’ve got a room for you, Room 8. – Yeah. – Room 8. – Yes. – It’s got
a nice shower. It’s a double bed. Very comfortable. – Perfect! How much
is it? – I’m not gonna overcharge you. – No. I mean, if you charge me
the normal price, it’s fine. – It’s 750. – 750? It’s fine for me. – Is it?
– Yeah, it’s fine for me. – Okay. – As long as you can make…
If you can make me… – An invoice? – …an invoice or something like this,
that’s okay. – Yes, no problem. – And I have a question. I mean, that’s not related to…
I mean, for the room, it’s okay. It’s… I’m going tomorrow from here
to Cradock. But I’m… – Over the mountain? – Yes, exactly. The gravel road. – Yeah.
– But on the gravel road, I’m a bit slow. So it should take me two days. So do you know
where I can stop, pitch my tent, or if there is a farm that could…? – I could find out maybe.
– If there is a farm or something. Where I could pitch my tent
somewhere on the way. – Yes, yes, yeah. – Because the problem is…
Yeah, I don’t think I can make… It’s just a little bit
too long for one day. – So you don’t want
to take the tar road. – No, I don’t wanna take
the tar road. Yeah. – It’s dangerous. There’s a lot
of trucks and stuff. – Yeah. Yeah, I want to take the gravel road.
– And there’s beautiful scenery. – Yes, exactly. I want to enjoy this. But the only problem is, there is
no accommodation on the way. – Yes. – And it’s a little bit too long for me
to do it in one day. – Yeah, yeah. – So if somehow you know someone or, or if you know which farm
where I can go ask… – Yes, yes. – …”Oh, please, can I pitch
my tent?”, that would be just… – I’ll think a little bit,
and I’ll find it just now. But settle down. – Yes, okay.
– Take your stuff in. You go in there. – So where is the room?
– Room 8. – Room 8? – Basil? Sorry, your name again? – Yves.
– Yves? – Yes. – Yves. – Yes. And you? – Like Adam and Eve? – Yes. It’s the same sound,
but it’s a French name. So it’s a different name.
It’s Y-V-E-S. – Y… Okay. I’m Jorrie. – But it’s the exact same… – Jorrie.
– Jorrie? Oh, yes. Jorrie. You told me. – It’s Jordan from Joades
in the olden days. – Okay. Jorri. Nice. – So we’re also from French
and Sweden and… – Yes, I know. Yeah, a lot of from… – Yeah. – Room 8. – Room 8. Okay. – Yeah.
– Thank you! Danki! – You’re welcome! – Hello! Sorry! – Hello. – Thank you! Oh, wow! – So this is the room. – Perfect!
– This is the shower. – Okay. Very nice. Is there hot water here? – Yeah.
– Okay, awesome. Fantastic! Great. So this is my room for tonight,
guys. Nice! The bed looks comfortable. All my bags are here now. A small room with a beautiful,
fancy bed. Look at that. Always some nice… I mean,
that’s for candles, maybe. What’s this for, guys? I have
no idea. We have a window, view over the Karoo. The Karoo. The Karoo. I love the Karoo.
And a quite old-style shower. Bathroom. Always the fancy mirrors.
Here we are. And I wanna go
have a quick look at the town. It’s beautiful, beautifully remote. Jorrie is very worried for me.
He doesn’t want me to go outside alone. Look at this beautifully remote
small town of the Karoo. That’s exactly the kind of place I love. Hello. People don’t have anything to do,
except drinking here, basically. I can guess that alcoholism
is quite popular, might be popular, around here. Hello. They look at me as if I was like…
“What the hell is this guy doing?” Huh? – Is your bike at home?
– At home now. Yeah. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. …your video. I see you
online on Facebook. – Huh? Ah, you see me on Facebook.
– Yes, with that bicycle. – Yes, it’s me. – Yeah. But you’re good? Sorry
for my hands being dirty, man. – It’s okay. No worries. – Yeah,
but you’re… – You’re working. It’s okay. – How are you feeling
when you…? – Yeah, very good. Yeah. – It’s a small town. – It’s interesting.
Small town. – Yeah. – Yeah. – Not… There’s not much… – Not much
to do. Yeah. – Not much to do. – Not much to do, but… – I’m busy
doing my tiling and all that stuff. – Yeah. – Busy with my casual jobs. – That’s good. – Yeah, but it’s nice
to meet you. – Awesome. Yeah. Nice to meet you, too. – Yeah,
enjoy. – I… – Where are you here…? You’re living in the hotel?
– In the hotel. Yeah, yeah. In the hotel. – But you must drive
here tomorrow with that bike. – I’ll pass by tomorrow morning.
Yeah. – Please. What time? – I don’t know exactly. Whenever
I’m done. Maybe, more like 10. Something like this. – 10? Oh, no.
I will be around. I’ll see you. – I don’t know exactly, but around 10.
– I’ll see you. I’ll see you. – Okay. – Shap shap. – See you tomorrow then. I love this place. Ah, this is exactly
the true remoteness of the Karoo. Hello! – Hi! – Hi! Huh? A dog eating in the leaves.
What’s that? The school maybe. So we’re not gonna go this way
tomorrow. This is the library. – Hi! 1937 for this house. Beautiful house
behind there. Friends Supermarket. And here is the church of Pearston.
What a place, man! I’m glad I came to the Karoo.
Vukuzenzele People of Pearston. – Hello! – Hello! – The bicycle from you? – The absolute remoteness of the Karoo.
It’s dry. My lips are dry again. I love it. It’s funny it kind of gives me
the impression that I am starting to leave the European side of South Africa,
and I’m slowly coming back into Africa.

I ride from Graaff-Reinet to Pearston, a remote little town of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
It’s a quite day on the road, I just meet a few people, enough to have a funny misunderstanding with a woman from Grahamstown who stopped to talk to me.
Then I reach Pearston… what a place! It looks like an old forgotten town straight out of the American far West, where people don’t have anything else to do than drinking. It’s empty, windy and it feels slightly dodgy. I love it.

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42 Comments

  4. @BeeAndHumph

    Enjoy the Eastern Cape โค it is the province that looks most like South Africa used to look, that and the Northern Cape have stayed the wildest and most undeveloped and beautiful ๐ŸŒ…

    Iโ€™ve lived in a few provinces in SA now and the Eastern Cape is my chosen heartland ๐Ÿก

  7. @Davith_Hunter

    well SA looks like europe or American type of vibe . especially the settlement around small towns. love from ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช

  9. @bangiwenjanga2949

    I felt it when you said you starting to feel like you are in Africa and left the European side of South Africa.
    To Western Cape municipality all I can say is You make us proud and well done ๐Ÿ‘

  15. @TTN-xx

    This crazy man still ride on dangerous countries ๐Ÿฅธ๐Ÿฅธhe must be lucky or his not alone all a way

  17. @fivestarsuicide6766

    Yves, if you want some of the best biltong in South Africa, visit the local butcher in the towns you visit. Stay away from supermarket and vacuum packed biltong. Much love brother, stay safe! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ•

  19. @szolanek

    I binge watched dozens of your videos. You are born to do that!
    I just checked your views. 65M, I guess mostly in the last 3 years.
    You deserve much better. Since most of your subscribers are coming from the developing world, your YT coefficient must be low. Very low. Your share must be under 100K. Survivor mode
    I hope you enjoy some more from sponsors and other platforms. Please, be omnipresent, for you can't trust on one platform for decades

  20. @Shupstarr

    Gqheberha is a xhoixhoi name ! So you think we did not build settlements before the arrival of europeans ? Tjo you are really ignorant !

  21. @Ryan_Ethan_Martin

    Yves , we would love to see more frequent videos my good man ! Some shorts maybe ? It doesn't have to be perfectly edited and 4K every time, we enjoy your content so much I'm sure a short of you brushing your teeth would even get tons of views and likes !

    Have a blessed pedal tomorrow brother !

  22. @sylvieingabire8257

    Je sais pas pourquoi ร  chaque fois je recommence ร  regarder tes vidรฉos le plus en hiver. Cโ€™est rรฉconfortant mais en mรชme temps cโ€™est dรฉprimant la diffรฉrence entre le ciel tout gris et le froid ici, et le ciel souvent bleu et la chaleur dans tes vidรฉos.

  30. @jereking254

    Impressive ride to Pearson. following you along the journey is always exciting. I like the intuition of "getting back to Africa". Keep going.

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