The Side of South Africa No One Shows You 🇿🇦 vA9-S2

I ride from Knysna to Plettenberg Bay, for my last stage without motor.
The Graden Route is becoming very busy for me, as so many people recognize me on the road, here in the Western Cape, in South Africa. As I exit Knysna, I have to ride slowly across a township, and I find a lot of very friendly people. Later on, someone stops me to give me money.
After a cold lunch stop, I finally arrive in Plettenberg Bay, and I immediately go to “The Bike Shop”, a shop were I will be able to get my motor replaced.

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(Knysna, South Africa) – Of course,
she ran out. – Are you seeing her? – Yes. -Yeah. – Maybe the inside…
– Oh, she… Of course, she is. – Is she under the car? – Yeah,
yeah. – Yeah, under. Yeah, yeah. – What is…? – I need to think. Here. Come stay here! Safe drive!
– Thank you! – Drive safely! – I will. Thank you very much! Yeah. – Thank you!
Thank you! – We are following you. – Thank you! – Okay! [FR] I’ll go
before you. [EN] Bye-bye! Thank you! – Good luck! Bye-
bye! – He’s cycling on that road. – Hello! – Hello! – Morning, my friends,—so
my motor is still dead—from Knysna. And today is a very short day
to Plettenberg Bay, where, hopefully… Today should be the last ride
with my broken motor. Hopefully, I can get it fixed
in Plett. So let’s go, guys. Just 33 km, but still a bit more
than 400 m of elevation gain for today. Let’s go, guys! Hello! – Cheers! – Hello! So we’re starting the day
with a big climb to get out of Knysna. Very slow climb, slow riding
for me. Hello, hello! But it should be my last, hopefully,
my last, big climb without motor. So freaking slow on those climbs. Hello! A barber! – My friend! – Hello! – You’re the one
from TikTok, eh? – Yes. – Yo, man! – Where are you going? – Yeah,
man! – Where are you going? – Yay! – Plettenberg. – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
– Where? – Yeah, yeah! – Plett. – Plett? – Plettenberg Bay. – Yeah. – Okay, okay. – Yes, that’s my man.
I’m proud to see you, man. – Nice, nice, nice! – Yes, I always
see from the phone. – Cool, man. – I told this guy, “This guy
is from TikTok. This guy.” One of the years was in France,
mostly. – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – Yeah, I’m following you on TikTok,
man. – Awesome! – Nice to see you! – Nice to see you, too! – Okay.
Cheers, cheers. – Cool, man. – Have a nice day! – Yes! – Nice to see you so happy.
– Shap, my man. Yeah. Yeah! Shap, my man! – Shap shap!
Have a good day! – Shap! Yeah! – Hello! – Hello! – Shap! – Hello! – Hello. How is it? – Good,
good! How is it? – Very good, man. – Awesome! – Nice to see you.
– Nice to see you, too! – Oh, man. Okay. Where are you coming from? – From France. – From France? – Yes.
– Yo, you’ve been all the way from… – From France, with this. – France?! – Yes. – How? – Slowly, slowly.
– No airplane? – No, no. – There are roads you can…
– Yeah, there are roads. Yeah. – Okay. I’m on a camera? – If you go slow…
Huh? – I’m on a camera? – Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Yeah.
Cheers, man! – YouTube. – Oh my god. – Awesome! – So, where
are you up to now? – Today, just Plett. – Plett? – Yes. – Okay. – Have a good…! – Yeah, have a nice journey. – Good luck
to you, man, also! – Okay, yeah. – I guess I’ve got someone else
waiting for me… – Yeah, yeah. – …up there. So we’ve got… We are
in the middle of the township now. – Hello, hello! Hello, hello, hello, bruh!
– How are you? – I’m good. And you? – Very good. – I saw you on TikTok. – Yes,
it’s me. Yeah. – Where are you going now? – Plett. – Plett? – Yes. – Yo. Ay, bruh. You’re coming from Namibia mostly?
– Huh? – Coming from Namibia? – From Namibia. – Yeah.
– From France. – France? – Yes. – Yeah, I saw you on TikTok
when you got to ride through Cape Town. Joburg, Cape Town.
– Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – Yeah, I saw you,
and now I’m… – It’s me. – Okay, bruh, man. Ride safely!
– Awesome! – Okay. Danki, man. – You’re welcome! Have a good day,
man! Where are you going? – Yeah, I’m… – You’re on the minibus. Okay. – Yeah.
I’m driving the taxi. Okay, high five. – Ah, you’re driving. – Yeah, I’m driving
the taxi. – Awesome. Good luck to you, man! – Yeah, yeah. Sure, man. Thank you,
man. – You’re welcome! – Enjoy. – How is it, bro? – Hello, hello!
Good, good. How is it? – Good, good. Stay strong, man. – Thank you!
– Hello! – Stay strong, he said. – Shap shap! – I’ve got other friends.
– Hey, bro! How are you? – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Other friends from the township. – Hello, man. – Hello! How is it?
– You, man? – Good, good. – Yeah! Where are you going now?
– Plett! – Plett? – Yes. Oh, man. Ah, I’m pushing hard, man. – Let’s go! – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Let’s go,
let’s go. – Hey! Hey, boss! – Yes! Hey, piggy, piggy. – My man, shap shap! – Oh, man!
I think it’s a bit less steep now. Oh, man. – Hello! – Hello! – Hello, man! – Hello.
How is it? – Good. And you? Hello. – It’s the same? – Huh?
– The same? – Yes, it’s the same. Yeah. – I’m one of your biggest fans. – Nice!
– I watch every YouTube . I followed you from the beginning
all the way through. And welcome to my hometown,
Knysna! – Thank you very much! – You’re gonna have a lovely day in Plett.
– Yeah. – Are you gonna go to Robberg? – I’m going to Plett today. Yeah.
– Going to Plett? And you’re gonna… – Yeah. – …drive around Robberg? – Maybe. I don’t know. I need to get
my tricycle fixed. I have some… – Okay. – …issues with my motor. – Oh, I’m sorry.
– But I’m gonna walk around Robberg. – Yes, yes. – Probably. Yeah, maybe
not ride, but… – That’s wonderful. May I shake your hand?
I think you’re an amazing man. – Thank you! – Can we
please take a photograph? – Oh, I would love that.
Cuz I’m so proud to have seen you. – You are from Knysna, you said.
Yeah. – I used to live in Knysna. But when the fires came seven years ago,
my house burnt down. – Oh, wow! – So now, I live in Cape Town.
– Plett. Ah, okay! – But I followed you. I’ve watched you. I know exactly
where you’ve been… – Awesome! – …what you’ve done.
– Now, look up. – Okay, hello. – Lovely. – Very nice. – Thank you!
And have a wonderful day! – You’re welcome. You too.
Have a… – You’re much admired. – What does it say there?
– Thank you! – Frontier… – Oh, no, that’s… – That’s
just a flag. – Oh, this is just a flag. Yeah, it’s not… – Where are all
your panniers? You usually… – Yeah, because my motor is broken.
– So, aren’t you heavier? – Yeah, yeah. Because… My mother is with me
for the Garden Route. – Oh, wonderful. – So my motor is broken. So she’s carrying
most… – Oh, okay. – …of my weight. – Cuz mostly, you know… – Yeah,
you… – It’s heavier. – Yeah, yeah. – I have many more things, but it’s…
– Yes. – It’s in her car at the moment. – Good. Well… – Take care.
– Be safe! – Thank you very…! Yes. – He’s an amazing man. It’s
three and a half years now, huh? – Almost four years now, actually.
– Almost four years. – Yeah. – Well, best of luck. Bye-bye!
– Thank you very much! Yeah. – Bye-bye! – Bye-bye! Have
a good day! – Bye! Bye! – Bye-bye! There are always small happiness breaks. Yes, yes, yes. Plettenbergbaai! Hello! And another BMW police car. Hello, hello! How is it? – All right, bro.
– All right, all right. – You too? – How is it? – Lekker, lekker, man.
– Lekker, lekker. Lekker Rasta man. – I’ll follow you cuz this next stretch
is very dangerous. – Ah, okay. I’ll just put my… – Yeah, it’s very,
very dangerous. I will stay behind you. When the road opens up again, I’ll go. – Thank you! – Yes. – Just…
I’ll just put on my jacket. Let’s go. Thank you! So the man
is following me. Look at this forest thing. So the man is following me, because there is a stretch of road
that is dangerous, apparently. So he’s gonna protect me
from the traffic for the dangerous part. That’s a beautiful forest
we’re riding through today. Thank you! Solar Solutions. Thank you very much! – Bravo, man! – How are you?
– I’m good. And you? – Hopla. It’s very good. – I’m fine.
Where are you going now? – Plett. – You’re going to Plett? – Yes. – You see, I saw your videos
on TikTok. – Yeah. It’s me. – Yeah, we turned round. You saw,
I’m coming from this side. – Yeah. – So I’m going to Knysna. – Ah, okay.
– Yeah. – So you turned back to see me. – Yeah, I turned back to see you. – Yeah,
he turned back to go to see you. Yeah. – I said, “I used to see this guy
on TikTok.” – Very nice. – Yeah. – His videos. – Yeah. – Yeah, nice
to meet you. – Nice to meet you, too! Yeah. – Yeah. – Thank you,
brother. – Thank you very much! – You’re welcome! – Thank you
very much! – Have a good day! Good luck, guys! Yeah. – Shap. – Here we’ve got two horses
and a couple of springboks, and another friend on the way. Hello! – Hey! How are you? – Good.
How are you? – Oh, I’m good. I’m good. And yourself? – Very nice. – Oh, finally.
I see you in person. – Finally, yes, yes. – Yeah, I’ve been following you.
– Awesome! – All the way from France. – From France, yeah, yeah. – From France,
you came to Cape Town all the… – All the way across Africa. – Yes, yes.
How is the journey? – Yeah, very nice. Yeah. – It’s very nice. – Yeah, yeah,
yeah. – Where are you up to now? – Plett. Just Plett today. – Oh,
you’re gonna stay here in Plett. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Then from Plett,
where are you going? – To PE. – PE. – And then towards Lesotho,
Mozambique. – Oh! – Zim. – Zim? – And then across again.
Towards Angola and then West Africa. – All in all, nice to meet you, my man.
– Nice to meet you, too. Yeah. – I don’t have much with me, but I…
– It’s okay. It’s okay. Don’t worry. Don’t… – You can get yourself
a cold drink. – Thank you very much. That’s very kind of you. – Shap shap.
– Thank you very much, man. Thank you! That’s very kind
of you. – Shap shap. – Thank you! Wow, man! 100 rands! Elephant Walk. I always feel… Well… People are nice. What can I say? I just have to learn to say
“thank you”, and that’s all. Let’s go. No, that’s just a shop. So I’m gonna go. 5 km from here,
I’m gonna have lunch. – Hello! – Yes! How are you? – Good. Is it
you? – Yes. – Yes, I see you on YouTube. – Yes, it’s me. – I just wanted to say hi.
– Yeah, hello! – Nice to see you! – Nice to see you, too, man.
– You traveled from Cape Town? – Yeah, yeah. – Okay. – Well, now no,
but… Well, now, from Swellendam. I restarted from Swellendam. – Okay.
Are you going now to Plett? – Yeah. – Or where are you gonna stop tonight?
– Today, Plett. Yeah. – To Plett? – Yeah, yeah. – Okay, cool.
– And then towards Lesotho and… – Cool, man! It’s a pleasure
meeting you. – Nice meeting you, too! – I wanna show you a video quickly. – Yeah. – A video I took of you
at the Feit… Not the Feit. The flea market in Cape Town. – Oh!
– Yeah. – Oh, you were there when I was…? – No, I was watching the video of you
eating biltong. – Oh, yeah. – Yeah. – This biltong was really good. Yeah. – Yeah, that’s my friend that gave you
the biltong. – Oh, really? – Yeah. Best shit in town! But it’s
such a pleasure to meet you, man. Go well! – Nice meeting you, too.
Yeah, thank you! – All right. Cheers, cheers! – Cheers! – Be safe!
– Yeah! Thank you. – Cheers. – Best shit in town.
Oh, man, this biltong was… I don’t remember
the name of the brand. But this biltong was
definitely very, very awesome. 3k to lunch. – Hello, man! – Hello, hello, hello!
– How is it going, my brother? – Good! How are you? – Oh my god!
Where are you coming from? Cape Town? I saw you
when you were in Cape Town. – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah. – How are you? – Are you good? – Good. How are you?
– Fine. – Yeah, very good. Yeah. – How is the road? – Yeah, yeah. Very nice.
Yeah. – I’m so glad to see you, man. – Good, good, good. – How are you?
– Nice to see you, too. Yeah. – I’m good. Nice to see you, too. You come
from… I hear all of your TikToks. I follow your TikTok on TikTok.
– Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – So when I saw you… My man,
I’m so happy to see you, really. – Good to see you!
– I was going that way. – Yeah. I kind of turned back. – You turned
around. – We could see you. – Yeah, because I saw you. – That’s
why we came back seriously. – Yeah. – Awesome! – So how are you
doing? – Very good. Yeah, yeah. – Oh, I don’t have anything in the car,
actually. – It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s… Don’t worry. – Oh, goodness!
– Thank you very much! Yeah. – I’m so happy, man. I’m so happy. – Thank you very much! – Thank you,
brother. – Nice to see you. – Okay. – Yeah. – Nice to see you, too!
– Yeah. Have a good day, man! – I will see myself
on TikTok. – Okay, yeah, yeah. Here is Shabby Fufu something,
which should be my lunch break. Eat, drink, shop, and play. Oh, the music. That’s a very
rusty bicycle. Look at that! Hello! – How are you? – Good. How are you? – Very good. Thank you!
– Do you have food here? – Yes. – Great. Do you have a menu or something? Thank you very much! – It’s a pleasure. – Are you not cold? – No, it’s okay. I have my bicycle there.
So I prefer… I’d like to see it. – All right. – That’s why I’m outside.
– Can I get you something to drink? – Yeah, can I get sparkling water,
please? – Okay. – Thank you. I’m gonna get hake and chips, please. Tsitsikamma! Let’s go have a look.
They have… Look at the place, a place for kids. And they have beautiful flowers there. The Protea. Oh my god, they’re
really, really big. Crazy. Look at that! Almost as big as my hand. Oh my god, these ones are giant.
Incredible! Bigger than my hand. Insane. Does it smell something? No. Some—not fully open. Beautiful. Another one—very open.
Incredible! Look at this one. …very much! – Pleasure. – Hake
and chips, guys. Classical South African. That’s the salad. Good. The chips are really good, actually. Very crispy.
It’s really nice. Real potatoes. Let’s go for some hake.
Let’s see how the hake is here. It’s good. I love fish. Perfect. It’s warm
despite the cold outside. Perfect. – Are you good, man? – Hm? All good, yeah. You’ll never go wrong
in South Africa with a good hake. Hake and chips never go wrong. I’m cold. Very good! Awesome. I was a bit optimistic
about eating outside. Really good. Typical South African. Perfect to get me through the last 10 km. Hopla. – 162. – Yes. Can I pay
by card? – No problem. Thank you! It’s all good?
– All good. Thank you! – Thank you very much! Yeah. Let’s get going for the last 10 km to the repair, to get my tricycle
repaired, hopefully. Oh, yes! It’s cold. Let’s go! 10 km left, almost zero climbing.
So flat and downhill. Let’s go to Plett and to the bike shop
where, hopefully, I can get a new motor. Well, hopefully… Where, hopefully,
the new motor, the DU-E7000. I have the 6100 at the moment. So hopefully, they will be able
to install my new motor, the new motor, on the trike. And hopefully, I’ll be able to ride
across Africa again with a new motor. Let’s go, guys! Ah, putain! Forest Gate. And when you think the afternoon
is gonna be easy, there is headwind now. Oh, man! Hello! – Enjoying it? – Yes, I’m enjoying it. Yeah. – I’m glad. I’ve been watching
you on YouTube… Yeah, all over, man. – Nice! – Great. Yeah. Well, welcome
to Plett! – Thank you very much! – You’re gonna enjoy it here,
man. – That’s where I’m heading. Yeah, I guess it’s… – Ah, great.
– It’s supposed to be nice. Yeah. – Excellent! Good to see you.
– Good to see you, too! Yeah. – Thanks! Have a great one, man.
– You too. Have a good day! – Yeah. – Plettenbergbaai! Oh, man. There’s a big, big township there,
something that looks like a township. Hello! – Where are you from?
– France! – Huh? – France! – You’re from France with this thing?
– Yeah, from France. – Yes. – Damn, bruh. I saw you on TikTok. – Yes, it’s me. – Yeah. How is it,
man? – Hello! Great. How is it? – With a bicycle. It is a bicycle.
– Yeah, it’s an electric bicycle. But the motor is broken now. So the… – Oh, so it’s just you
now. – So it’s just a bicycle. – It’s just a bicycle. – Today,
it’s just a bicycle. Yeah. – So you’re heading to where? – Today, Plett. But I’m gonna ride
back towards Europe then. – All right. – Yeah. – So you took this thing
all the way from France… – Yeah. – …to South Africa. – Yeah. – Wow,
you’re a legend. You’re a legend. – Cheers, man! – It’s nice to see you,
bro! – Nice to see you, also! Police car. – Hello! – Oh, Toyota
this time. No BMW. Hello! Oh, what a place again! Oh my god! Hello! – Hello! – Look
at this place! Oh my god! Beautiful place. Wow, wow, wow!
– Hello and welcome! – Thank you! – I’ve been following you for months.
– Nice! – On YouTube. And that’s… – Yeah. – …so great to meet you. And I live here. And I’ve been waiting
for you to visit us. – Awesome! Yeah, you’re lucky somehow.
– So lovely to meet you! – Nice to meet you, too. Yeah.
– Can I take a photo? – Yeah. Of course. Sure, no problem.
Yeah. – Another one. Good luck! Where are you off to now? Are you…? – Just here. – You’re gonna stay
somewhere here? – Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. – Good. – Yeah, I’ve got
a place to stay already. – Oh, lovely. Well, good luck! And then,
are you off going up the coast? – Yeah, up towards PE,
then Lesotho, Mozambique. – Okay. Very nice meeting you. – Nice meeting you, too! Yeah.
– All the very best to you! – Thank you very much! Yeah.
– Good luck! – Good luck. – Okay. – Good luck to you as well!
– Danki! Cheers! – Have a good day! And here I see the shop, the shop
that hopefully will save my journey. The bike shop. [You’ve reached
your destination.] Here it is. Hello! – Hello! – Hello! – How are you?
– Very good. How are you? – Good. Thank you. I watch your YouTube videos.
– Oh, nice! – How are you doing, man? – Very good. Yeah. – Good, man. Good,
good, good. – You’re the bike shop. Or it’s…? Oh, it’s above.
– The bike shop is upstairs. – Okay. – If you wanna go to the bike shop,
then you wanna go around. It’s gonna be easier for you
to get the bicycle inside. – Ah, okay! Because I need to see someone there. – Yes. – So there is a way around? – Yes,
there’s a way around. So if you go… You’ve got your YouTube videos,
eh? – Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. – My brother and I were just talking
about you the other… – Oh, really? – I wanna take a photo with you. – Yeah,
yeah. Sure, no worries. – All right. – Yeah, don’t worry. I’ll wait.
I’ll wait here. Don’t worry! – There we go. – Nice! – My brother
and I were talking about you. Thanks! We were talking
about you the other day. – Yeah. – I think it was last week. And he said
to me, speaking about you traveling… Cuz you came all the way from France.
– From France, yeah. – Down through Africa. – Yeah. – How the hell did you do it? Huh? – Slowly, slowly.
And if you want to keep going… – Yo! – Despite the problems. – And you wanna go back
on the other side? – Yeah, yeah. – Yeah, my brother. No,
I don’t know how you’re going… – Well, I need to fix it here. My motor
is broken. So hopefully, this… – Yeah. So you go around here. You… That. – After the Coastal Hire? – You’ll see,
just behind you, there’s a container. And just here on the backside
of the store… – Okay, awesome! – …they’re gonna help you.
What’s your name again? – Yves. – Yves? – And you? – Vernon. – Vernon.
– Nice meeting you! – Nice meeting you! Awesome! – Cheers, man! – Have
a good day! – Thank you, man! Cheers! – Hello! – Hello! Over here.
– How are you? – Good. How is it? – Good! – Lekker, lekker. – Lekker,
lekker. Yeah. Do you work here? – Yeah. I work here, sir.
– Do you know if Kevin is here? – Kevin is… He’s not here at the moment,
but you can come in. – Okay, thank you! Hello! – How is it? You’re good?
– Yeah, I’m good. Yeah. And you? – Good, good. Thank you! – Do you know if Kevin is here?
– No, he’s gone home already. – Oh, he’s gone home already. – Yeah. – Because I… I think Shimano
South Africa contacted him. – Okay, just check with Andrew
in the front. – Ah, okay. I’ll check with… – Yeah. – Okay. Hello! – How are you? – Good.
How are you? – All right. – I come… So I have this tricycle. – Yes.
– And my motor is broken. – Yes. – So you heard about me? – From Ian,
yes. – Yes, exactly. From Ian. Yeah. – Yves. – Yeah, exactly. – Yeah.
– That’s me. – We haven’t got it yet. – Yeah, yeah. No, yeah, yeah, yeah. So… Okay, wait. – We’re actually expecting it
today. – You’re expecting it today. Okay. – So… – So what’s the…? – That one. That one we call
a light. – It’s a modern one. This one, you can see.
Shimano. Nice, nice! To be continued.