Exploring Johannesburg During Our 24hrs Layover

So we are heading for the adventure of a lifetime, but first we have about 24 hours in Johannesburg, South Africa. And we're flying business class. Business class, business class. Just a little quick seat tour. Lay flat beds. Also, their pillow is always so much better. Then you have your tray table somewhere. Oh, right there. You also have better headphones, and your screen is there. I'm so happy. It's very rare that we do this, and that's why I appreciate it so much more. Just to give you an idea on how much space we have, we have four different windows. I love that KQ uses a lion for their safety video. It really does actually add to it. Good concept. Thank you so much. A massive shout out to the KQ crew. They truly made our flight better. They were amazing. They were the best. Otherwise, welcome to Johannesburg. So booking our Uber right now to go to the airport. We're gonna put this camera away. Maybe I'm just like, you know, too innocent. I was told to not bring this camera outside here in Joberg. So we'll do that. And yeah, let's go to the hotel. Thank you so much. So our hotel is not ready yet, but it's right beside a very cute area with a bunch of restaurant and stuff. So we're gonna go find some lunch first, cause I'm hungry. I love trains so much. Tracy's mad. She wants to go eat. We gotta go eat. Can we just appreciate how beautiful these pizza look? They smell fantastic. They're fresh. They're hot. I'm pumped. They're very hot. Or else I would have had a bite. I love like these true, like sour dough, like thicker crust. Like, oh, it looks delicious. And it tastes delicious. You a pizza dancer? I'm a dip. Pizza was super good. Thank you. So once again, very good restaurant. The pizza was delicious. Otherwise Tracy really wanted a Krispy Kreme because this is something we don't have in Kenya. And I got a free hat. Free donut and free hat. Woo. Now let me say a quick word about today's sponsor, The Ridge. 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And remember that every single dollar you spend for The Ridge, you get an extra entry as well. So a big thank you to The Ridge for sponsoring this video. And I hope you get a Bronco. That's it? No. Tickets guys. Tickets. Basically we're too fast, too fast. We decided to go full on tourist mode at the hotel. I saw this bus store thing. We just got tickets. Let's go. I'm going to try and not get hit by a car too. I hope not. I like got it five seconds ago. Found the tickets. So because we only truly have a few hours and we've never been to Jo'burg before, I feel like the best way to see it is to sit down on top of a double-decker bus and relax and see what Jo'burg is all about. I don't even know where this thing's going. So I couldn't resist getting a Krispy Kreme and I got abysmally pissed off. Carry on? No. Just for reference, as you probably saw, he walked around the block like that. Well, that's okay. Anyways, it's actually like filled somehow. ♪ I got a swag and a slap, oh, oh ♪ ♪ I got the joy and the flex, oh, oh ♪ ♪ I got a swag and a slap, bitch, we in style ♪ So we just arrived at what they call the Melrose Arc. It's basically like a little neighborhood that is extremely fancy. The only thing that they have here is basically like a bunch of restaurants and very, very luxurious car dealership. Like Huston Martin, even like McLaren. I don't think I've ever seen a McLaren dealership before. This is insane. They even have an Arbor car dealership. Because again, South Africa can be dangerous. So this house right here was actually Nelson Mandela's second house at one point. And now it is a sanctuary. So we just did a quick stop here on Monroe Drive. There's a nice little photo op that like kind of gives you a good view of the city. ♪ Day just keeps getting better and better ♪ ♪ It's all good vibes, it don't matter the weather ♪ ♪ Day just keeps getting better, so ride in my ladder ♪ It's quite sad even these days that you can see like the big difference between the different neighborhood. It goes from very wealthy with patios and restaurants everywhere, trees, big houses, to sadly like just concrete, a lot of garbage and a lot of homeless people. And I don't know much about South Africa. So please correct me if I'm wrong. But my understanding is that the situation is kind of slowly improving itself. So as long as they're trying, I mean, there's not much else you can ask for. So all the best to South Africa. ♪ Day just keeps getting better and better ♪ I'm so sad because nobody told me that they had a theme park because otherwise we'd be right here instead of being on a bus. Huh? We're so riding down this hotel for next time. Gold Reef City Hotel. They have a casino, some restaurant. They're attached to a theme park and it's only like 2,100 zara a night, which is pretty reasonable. So we're gonna be back here to Joburg to go to that theme park. Online tickets are sold out for today. Oh, wow. See, it's so popular. Sold out for today. Next time though. ♪ It's all so easy ♪ ♪ Rules for ya, rules for ya ♪ ♪ Energy like chemistry ♪ So Besidus is the flame of democracy and this was lit in 2011 and it basically stays always lit. They kind of shed light on their dark past. This Besidus is one of the most popular attractions here in Joburg, the Johannesburg Zoo. But since living in Africa and understanding animals more and seeing them in the wild, I don't like zoos anymore. I have to agree. They don't have a pool like they used to. And I understand that some are doing some great conservation work and like, you know, I have no problem if they have animals that they can't release in the wild that were saved and things like that. But overall, not a fan of animal in cages. I don't know if I was able to capture it, but like there was a cheetah like right there in a small cage. Not a cage, but it wasn't very visible. ♪ It's all so easy ♪ Well, that was definitely a great way to do a little bit of sightseeing in a brand new city we had never been before. This was only 275 ZAR for a two and a half hour ride. We've seen a little bit of everything, learned a lot about Nelson Mandela, of course. And fun fact about Johannesburg, it is the largest city in the world that is not built around a body of water. And this is because they actually discovered some gold back in the days. But yeah, back to where we all started. Thank you so much. Great tour. Big fan. Thanks. People in South Africa are so nice. But yeah, anyway, this is why it is called the city of gold. Tracy, did you learn a lot and did you had a great time? I did. I always say like when it comes to tours and things like this I have the time and place. And this is definitely the time and place. And when you don't have a lot of time, well, this is the place. Exactly, exactly. So we've made it back to our hotel. So now let's show you around a little. People in South Africa are just the best, right? Nice and chill. This place is super fancy. Well done. So as much as fancy stuff is cool, I find the fancy stuff just doesn't work. Anyways, we put on our code three times. We did it exactly the way that she said. And it says operation failed. So David's running down to the front desk. We'll see what happens. I just want to get in my room now. What are we doing wrong? I don't know. I've got a new code. And there's one more digit this time. Okay, so this room, we got two, two bedroom apartments for $279 Canadian one night, which is absolutely fantastic. I'm going to plug ourselves for a second because we don't normally, but I got it on booking.com and we actually have links to all the places that we've stayed on our website. So as soon as we get back from this trip, we will put that there so you can book it for yourself. Got a steel on it. So full kitchen. You even have a laundry mat here. Over this side, sorry, one's washer, one's dryer because there's one here too as well. You have a fridge, freezer, lots of cupboard space. Microwave, you can cook for yourself, all the utensils that you need. And then you come over here. You have a full living room. You even have a small patio. I would say where we are right now, the view is not the best, but that's okay. Full TV here. We'll come into the back bedroom. A double size bed, shower. This one is considered the master because it does have its own bathroom that way. And then back to the first one. You have a separate bathroom with another shower though. And your bedroom here. And these apartments do come with wifi already in them. So like, I think, in my opinion, they're fantastic. And you can even get studios and things like that to decrease your costs as well. I like it. Like Tracy said though, the view is, you know, it's a construction site. Back to the same square for a little bite before bed. And like this place has night is buzzing. It is such a fun place. Sadly, we need a quick bite because we have an early flight tomorrow and we're just going to go to Yala. That's so good. You want a bite? No. Yeah. Just a bite, just a bite. So as you know, when we travel, we love to do like little extended layover in a city we have never been to before. And that's exactly what we did today. Yeah, it kind of breaks up the travel day, but also like you get to tick off a new place, which is super cool. So I will plug this place again. We're not working with them, but I think location is absolutely fantastic. So we're in a neighborhood called Rosebank. We're here at the Vantage and it's literally a block away from the mall, from a ton of restaurants. Everything you saw like basically in this video, apart from the tour, was like literally two minute walk from here. Yeah. So fantastic area, super nice. Plenty of bars, restaurant, the mall. Highly recommend this place. We'll put a booking link down below if you want to check it out and also check out our website, daybay.com slash hotels. No, slash South Africa. Slash, okay, we'll even put it lower. The link's going to be down there. But yeah, anyway, time for us to go to bed because the main, oh, I'm speaking French here. You're tired. I'm very tired. Because tomorrow the adventure starts. We are heading to Namibia for the trip of a lifetime. Hope you're excited because we are. We're so excited, guys. And until then, see you guys. In the next one. In Namibia. Hopefully we get some sleep.