WHAT I LIKE AND HATE IN SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE)

 

What I like

What I hate

– damn gooooood weather especially in the Western Cape: 300 days of sunshine a year  – in general way better hospitality than in Europe (North Western) and friendlier people who might just give you a lift back home without you asking  – good fresh fruits, good bread and pastry products; plus exotic fruits as well J  – Romans Pizza – two XL pizzas for around 8 euros, medium ones for 5.5 😉  – eating out technically costs you the same amount as cooking for yourself  – overall good roads, highways, expressways clean neighborhoods (in the white areas), well maintained university  – tone of outdoor activities  – the fact that you can have amazing road trips and care rentals are cheaper than in Europe  – spectacular sceneries, landscapes, animals, diversity of people  – funny looking money with animals and not presidents – if you rent a room you have good chances to have a swimming pool 😀

– the bloody winds that can knock you of your bike and sometimes unpredictable weather – racisms on all three sides: whites don’t like in general anyone; coloreds hate blacks; blacks don’t like whites (in general)  – ridiculously expensive import products: Philadelphia cream cheese 5 euros!!  – horribly expensive and crappy internet and expensive pre-paid phones  – little hourly wages which is due to the huge social discrepancies  – the fact that millions of people have to live in townships while others live in villas (includes not only whites, but newly rich “black yuppies”)  –  lack of any public transport  – extremely slow shitty trains; without a car dream on travelling  – ridiculously expensive game reserves; 2 and a half days in Kruger at lowest price 400 euros  – too much worthless change and really slow supermarket queues (reaaally slow)  – the fact that life here costs me the same as in the Netherlands