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Swimming in Cat Lake Squamish - Such a beautiful place!
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Swimming in Cat Lake Squamish - Such a beautiful place!
Paying People in South Africa from Canada
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Paying People in South Africa from Canada
Rain, Fires, Jobs, Light Depression, Carnivore Diet & Hunting
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Rain, Fires, Jobs, Light Depression, Carnivore Diet & Hunting
Worst Thing About Summer in Canada!
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Worst Thing About Summer in Canada!
Charlotte Hod Rod Block Party with Canada Customs & Hot Rods
zhlédnutí 118Před 21 dnem
Charlotte Hod Rod Block Party with Canada Customs & Hot Rods
Make your own Wine in North Vancouver! Cork It Winemaking
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Make your own Wine in North Vancouver! Cork It Winemaking
Country Music Show at the P&E & What I do not like about Vancouver Events
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Country Music Show at the P&E & What I do not like about Vancouver Events
I'm Done with Canadian Tire Auto Services - Need to find a new car guy
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I'm Done with Canadian Tire Auto Services - Need to find a new car guy
Summer is here, 10k Run and Why Homes take so long to build in Vancouver
zhlédnutí 191Před 21 dnem
Summer is here, 10k Run and Why Homes take so long to build in Vancouver
Saturday Afternoon Braai with Callie - Oepsies, Flippen Lekka Spice, Lamb Chops, and Nostalgia
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Saturday Afternoon Braai with Callie - Oepsies, Flippen Lekka Spice, Lamb Chops, and Nostalgia
Life is Good! New Personal Best, Connor Accepted to Summer Program and Fun Events to Save the Date!
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Life is Good! New Personal Best, Connor Accepted to Summer Program and Fun Events to Save the Date!
South Africans In Vancouver - Interview with Dirk Meyer
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South Africans In Vancouver - Interview with Dirk Meyer
Our New Biltong Maker - The Septree Dehydrator
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Our New Biltong Maker - The Septree Dehydrator
I got Summer All wrong! What I learned about Summer in Vancouver
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I got Summer All wrong! What I learned about Summer in Vancouver
Connor had his first Job Interview - quick update on our life
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Connor had his first Job Interview - quick update on our life
Ambleside park Run - Narrated
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Ambleside park Run - Narrated
Stunning Thursday Evening at the Beach at Ambleside
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Stunning Thursday Evening at the Beach at Ambleside
Walk under the Iron Workers and The train Bridge in North Vancouver
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Walk under the Iron Workers and The train Bridge in North Vancouver
Beautiful View from Horseshoe Bay Ferry and Musings About Life.
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Beautiful View from Horseshoe Bay Ferry and Musings About Life.
Beautiful Day, patience, Jet Skis, & Connor's Plans
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Beautiful Day, patience, Jet Skis, & Connor's Plans
Connors Graduation at The Orpheum - Awesome place
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Connors Graduation at The Orpheum - Awesome place
Fishing off Gabriola Island - Trawling for Salmon and Lingcod
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Fishing off Gabriola Island - Trawling for Salmon and Lingcod
Ferry F*#% up - Heading to Nanaimo from Horseshoe Bay
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Ferry F*#% up - Heading to Nanaimo from Horseshoe Bay
Lots of homes in the Market and an Exciting new Youtube Channel Coming
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Lots of homes in the Market and an Exciting new CZcams Channel Coming
West Vancouver Secondary School, Sports Fields, Kay Meek center and Fashion Show
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West Vancouver Secondary School, Sports Fields, Kay Meek center and Fashion Show
Keto Month Recap: Surprising Outcomes and another Swim
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Keto Month Recap: Surprising Outcomes and another Swim
Will I ever Move Back to South Africa?
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Will I ever Move Back to South Africa?
Some Days Just Suck but It's OK...
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Some Days Just Suck but It's OK...
How Cold is Canada Really?
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How Cold is Canada Really?

Komentáře

  • @guguchaashi2137
    @guguchaashi2137 Před 31 minutou

    Best and to the point

  • @sharonrobinson14
    @sharonrobinson14 Před 4 hodinami

    Callie, it's Shannon Falls. When you go up next stop at the Sea to Sky gondola. Not cheap but the view from the top is spectacular. And you can hike up there and eat. PS Will you be at Harmony Arts Festival in Ambleside? Good music Monday eve - the Boom Booms at 8:30pm till 10pm...

  • @beverlyannshepard9691
    @beverlyannshepard9691 Před 15 hodinami

    It's a model A stupid

  • @DavidM2002
    @DavidM2002 Před 23 hodinami

    Be sure to stop by the book store and buy one of the books about Nelson in the 1930's written by ( my uncle ) Ken Morrow.

  • @davidreymer217
    @davidreymer217 Před dnem

    Looks like a ford product. 37-39 maybe.

  • @benharris5574
    @benharris5574 Před dnem

    Looks like a volvo

  • @adeleelzinga
    @adeleelzinga Před dnem

    Absolutely stunning

  • @SPAMDAGGER22
    @SPAMDAGGER22 Před 2 dny

    Uninteresting fact....we were camping at Cat Lake the day Michael Jackson died. Even in the wilderness that news was heard and spread quickly.

  • @Kiera_Jackson74
    @Kiera_Jackson74 Před 2 dny

    Check out Cultus lake in Chilliwack it's amazing - free too

  • @yadoyaya4887
    @yadoyaya4887 Před 3 dny

    Please send me something

  • @Kingjaey16
    @Kingjaey16 Před 3 dny

    😢

  • @mhurimhuri435
    @mhurimhuri435 Před 4 dny

    I have followed your channel since you moved to Canada.. We have roots in Zim and UK so really click with you.. You seem a wonderful family.. You moved for stability and safety probably.. you have given your children a good teenage life.. and you have really given Canada a go.. but I think your soul is not happy.. in your heart you know that it is not easy to progress and thrive in Canada.. the emotion in this vid is so apparent..you have stuck it out to give your children the best but you also know that they will struggle to earn enough for their future.. your physical symptoms probably align with the fact that you are in stress survival mode.. I also think this because we are in the same boat.. we have moved around Canada and found that it is pretty much the same all over.. don’t get me wrong, it’s stunningly beautiful but the fires, the lake algae and ecoli, the heat of summer, the freeze of winter, the cannabis and drugs and homelessness all go together to create a transient atmosphere.. people move around trying to improve themselves.. bottom line is.. it’s not good. People saying they’ll wait till their children are this age or that.. why wait? For us, moving is the only option.. To find a balance between lifestyle choice and cost of living..So, from our family to yours we send you strength and clarity.. and that rat story could be Canada lol Take care.. you are awesome!!!

  • @kentwoodard2877
    @kentwoodard2877 Před 6 dny

    Great video

  • @Cheeseburger_Da_One

    The spoon sports seats on a Chevy💀💀

  • @johnmoore8800
    @johnmoore8800 Před 9 dny

    Looks very Spicy. Chevy Camaro Baby!!!

  • @MrRachase
    @MrRachase Před 11 dny

    I enjoyed evething I hope one day I’ll be there 😊

  • @nademabdo6111
    @nademabdo6111 Před 13 dny

    Where this location in Vancouver?

  • @abigailt8526
    @abigailt8526 Před 15 dny

    That’s a little bit crazy. But I do understand the heat in BC. Nova Scotia can have a fire at 7pm.

  • @jimsutherland6538
    @jimsutherland6538 Před 16 dny

    I have lived my whole life 76 years in this town and your video shows what a beautiful city this once was Redo this video 6 hours later when the druggies and the homeless fill the streets and the town wont look so pretty Nelson and other small towns in the kootenays are not what they used to be Think twice before moving here

  • @toshabeans
    @toshabeans Před 18 dny

    I also dislike the fire bans! When i was growing up here, there were never fire bans, and not so many wildfires. I think the grill thing is because ppl sometimes dump hot charcoal afterwards so they can cool the bbq to take it home. Just have to plan your braii for earlier in spring or later in fall ❤

  • @Lidia-zn7nj
    @Lidia-zn7nj Před 20 dny

    You live in paradise, that's the truth. 😄I will gladly exchange with you, my Elbląg for your West Vancouver, do you want it? 🤪

  • @Kiera_Jackson74
    @Kiera_Jackson74 Před 21 dnem

    Always expensive at these type of events especially food and alcohol ... $18/beer at a Canucks game and in Toronto it's $30 for a hotdog and fries... stupid expensive. Pro tip: Drink and eat before you arrive.

  • @upcycledcopycat8389
    @upcycledcopycat8389 Před 21 dnem

    Just at the end of Calgary stampede (didn't go) but kept hearing from those that went the prices for food were crazy. )10 days of cowboy crazy. I'm surprised seemed like every day was hot & sunny. Usually couple days in the past years got rained out. I suppose the PNE end of August will be the same. $$$ What you see for that one event of cowboy dress up is what we've seen here for 10 days including most businesses and staff all take part.

  • @eldonphukuile
    @eldonphukuile Před 21 dnem

    I thought I heard a cracking voice, Callie?

  • @MauritzRobertson
    @MauritzRobertson Před 22 dny

    Ad hoc braais are called an emergency braai not an impromptu braai. FYI. Also, I'd translate Flippen Lekker as Bloody Delicious. Either way, glad you enjoyed your emergency braai with the bloody delicious spices. Up the Boks for a series win against the Irish!! Happy days Callie.

  • @sharonrobinson14
    @sharonrobinson14 Před 24 dny

    Derosa on Fell!

  • @BlackSun-hh4dg
    @BlackSun-hh4dg Před 24 dny

    Two things, true equality and true consequences for crime. Regardless of who is doing the crime. Fix the inequality that exist between the nations. Sadly those who left and could leave is whites only. Because of the old Apartheid system that aforrd them that financial privileges. Skilled Indian colored and black people could not freely left. They don't have an ancestral passport like most whites in the country. Who link them to Europe

  • @cyoungso
    @cyoungso Před 24 dny

    Tough to meet siesmic regs with masonry construction. We build with wood because it was faster and cheaper. Larry Hahn and his brother could frame a track house in a day back in the 50s.

    • @VancouverInsiders
      @VancouverInsiders Před 2 dny

      Wow! That is a lot faster than the builders in my neighborhood! LOL - they have been building for 2 years

  • @cyoungso
    @cyoungso Před 24 dny

    I can recommend derosa automotive on fell. Used them since the 90s

  • @elizabethshannon9964
    @elizabethshannon9964 Před 25 dny

    I’m having this exact same problem in Winnipeg!

  • @keiraskorner4924
    @keiraskorner4924 Před 26 dny

    sorry, there are caveats to this issue -- some banks of have stopped doing this, for business reasons.

  • @matkins3484
    @matkins3484 Před 27 dny

    Bricks are a bad idea in earthquake zones.

  • @shelleybleu4903
    @shelleybleu4903 Před 27 dny

    What them low so high tides will continually flood the home. My sister lives on the water and her neighbours get flooded every 5 or 6 years.

  • @shelleybleu4903
    @shelleybleu4903 Před 27 dny

    Buy a few portable AC units on wheels. They will cool down rooms enough, especially the bedrooms. That is if you can still find any left in the stores now.

  • @normanlogan9655
    @normanlogan9655 Před 27 dny

    If I understand you correctly,apartheid was the great days. Interesting that you never mentioned apartheid. Do you remember 1976-Soweto? Was that the epitome of law and order? All I can say to you sir is[good riddance].

    • @VancouverInsiders
      @VancouverInsiders Před 27 dny

      In 1976 I was 5 years old, so no, I don't remember it. I never mentioned apartheid as I don't believe it should be a valid excuse for the level of corruption and crime in South Africa 30 years after it was abolished. I also don't recall ever insinuating that apartheid was the great days, but then I suppose I can't help you understand things.

    • @samuellopesbaule5745
      @samuellopesbaule5745 Před 26 dny

      @VancouverInsiders what's 30 years of 500 damages to people?!? Nothing!! The generation of blacks born 30 years ago is unskilled, has no education, lives in slums with no hope abmnd that is the majority of black South africans! Who are the black people governing South Africa? The same who came from that situation and condition as above-described! Worse of all, who are the people who control the economy, the land, and the real source of development in South Africa? Are the 7.2% of white people who owns the economy against 82.8% non-white poor prople! That minority don't even pay taxes because all the money is deposited offshore (UK, Australia, Canada, USA, etc., etc.)!! Who created the corrupted BEE? White people as a tool to destabilize everything! I could go on and on! This is the legacy of your favorite Apartheid system and will take generations and generations to correct this situation!

  • @charliesadv8493
    @charliesadv8493 Před 27 dny

    Kwaai t-hemp 😂

  • @VenciVencislavov-id8ig

    I also want to visit Canada Vancouver I’m from Balkan country in Europe and Vancouver is amazing and street also is amazing

  • @samuellopesbaule5745
    @samuellopesbaule5745 Před 28 dny

    You have created Apartheid and all the problems, and now you're complaining about the problems you left: unskilled people, violence your Apartheid system created, etc., etc. This is the reality! You better stay where you're, I don't think you're missed in South Africa.

  • @nevenaneno9677
    @nevenaneno9677 Před 29 dny

    This is so inspiring, thank you so much for this interview, I've learnt a lot, and will give it a shot also as I am struggling now with a lot of things going on in life.

  • @rossmcdermott3822
    @rossmcdermott3822 Před 29 dny

    Folks it’s called resume… maybe that’s the issue…

  • @juanchoruso9189
    @juanchoruso9189 Před měsícem

    This is helpful, but on step 4, what information should I put in if I am not a resident yet? Or in process to become but not official?

  • @KhAL740
    @KhAL740 Před měsícem

    Why it sounds like you are from South Africa? Are you from there?

  • @jenishchoudhary8093
    @jenishchoudhary8093 Před měsícem

    You know at what time i get early appointment date in Vancouver Please tell me if you know 😊

    • @VancouverInsiders
      @VancouverInsiders Před měsícem

      It is up to the US consulate unfortunately... I don't think there are any early appointments left.

  • @abbeyndlovu1291
    @abbeyndlovu1291 Před měsícem

    What's the story about the aeroplane

  • @johnfrench741
    @johnfrench741 Před měsícem

    Western Cape is in better shape in 2024 than when I left in 2001. No litter, roads are great, economy is fairly buoyant. You still have to be alert for sure but it’s not worse than the 90s . The downside is whites are expelled from the economy so getting a job is out of the question. Entrepreneurship is the only way or you live off your assets generating income offshore. However that could change with the new govt. I’m seriously thinking of going back from NZ.

    • @VancouverInsiders
      @VancouverInsiders Před měsícem

      Interesting. Western Cape is great but for me the crime and opportunities are still a problem.

  • @sharonrobinson14
    @sharonrobinson14 Před měsícem

    Those oepsies look amazing!

  • @mollago
    @mollago Před měsícem

    They misspelled V-bucks

  • @warrenpeterson6065
    @warrenpeterson6065 Před měsícem

    Good fun post, well done! Someone I worked with retired early but still wanted to stay active. His idea was to assist seniors by providing home maintenance services on a contract basis. For example, one customer wanted their lawn cut regularly while another wanted their furnace filters changed every fall. His services expanded as time went on to include vehicle oil changes, fixing dripping faucets ... basically doing whatever the customer needed. In very short time he had several people working for him. Food for thought.

  • @eldonphukuile
    @eldonphukuile Před měsícem

    Howzit Callie. Hi Dirk 😊

  • @africasun
    @africasun Před měsícem

    This was awesome! Dankieeee 💜