Downtown Cape Town, South Africa

We just visited beautiful Cape Town, and the old city center is alive with open markets, pedestrian malls, sidewalk cafes, and beautiful colonial and African architecture. Go to Design2Share.com for home design tips, videos, blogs, diaries, scrapbooks, and other features.

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[jorgetex2000]

I was born and raised in capetown for 33 years, for anybody going to stay there, it is perfectly safe, people are a lot more trustworthy than you think as long as you are logical, loads of poverty equals lots of opportunists, dont go waving temptations around like flashy cameras and mobiles or even wads of cash. Stay out of the dodgy areas like you would in any country around the world, there is nothing to see there anyhow. There is plenty to do and see in the "everyday" areas

[westend104]

@jorgetex2000 Great advice, and thanks for watching and commenting! I agree; this is one of the most exciting and fun cities in the world to visit, and you need to keep your wits about you in any global city. The natural beauty is breathtaking, and the people are warm and friendly. VISIT, by all means!

[ace101guy]

Yea I have the same question I'm moving to cape town as a white exchange student from America for two years but I hear it's really dangerous, do you recomend me still to go?

[westend104]

@ace101guy Cape Town is lovely. Just like any large city anywhere in the world, you need to be smart and safe, e.g. go out with friends, stay in good neighborhoods, don't take unnecessary chances like carrying expensive cameras and lots of cash in your pocket. I've been in Cape Town five times in recent years and enjoyed myself very much without a single incident. Enjoy your time in beautiful South Africa!

[thepokerclinic]

I am so sorry to hear you were robbed at gunpoint! I can only imagine how terrified you were.... Is it true there are gangbangers that ride on the back of trucks with AK-47's all around Africa? I'm highly considering moving to SA and would really appreciate some information from someone who's actually been there. Thanks!

[westend104]

@thepokerclinic I've never had problems in Cape Town and I visit often. The recent World Cup showed that this country can pull off the biggest sports event in the world without a single major incident.

[Pandofus]

@kiwiphil27 if you are going to move to a farm in SA i suggest you buy a gun or something just in case, there have been many farmers in SA who have been murdered, be careful and good luck

[phxsdla]

@wrrrrr2020

Such hypocrisy against the "white" man.

Do you drive a car, fly in a plane? Use a phone? Do you use heat or air conditioning? Do you like the computer you are typing on? The programs it runs? How about the Internet you are using?

Then THANK A WHITE GUY YOU STUPID MFKER!

Without him you would be chucking a spear for your next meal.

[kiwiphil27]

@jorgetex2000 i'm moving to SA in a couple of months with my partner who South African, to a farm near Grahamstown on the Eastern Cape. We are going to visit Capetown, it's nice to hear something positive about SA, as everybody I tell that we are going there, has only heard about the crime and poverty!

[lilbigbrow]

@westend104 hey am looking for a school in the bellville area its a primary schools am lookin for someone do u know any name of it?

[shadowflyable]

@wrrrrr2020 Muslim idiot..

[johnson86100]

@wrrrrr2020 your saying europeans are mass murderers and you want to kill all of them makes you no better

[PantheraLeoBlanco]

Mugabe, is that you?

[wrrrrr2020]

@westend104 Crime and punishment mean something in a land of laws. Many unmarked graves hold African leaders killed by whites who destroyed the vast potential of Azania. Europeans in S Africa as a diseased maggot people, invaders and mass rapists, mass murderers...scum and slime. The lucky ones should be in jail, most should be removed, dead or alive and floated out to sea, naked into the shark feeding grounds.