Why Cape Town, South Africa is one of the best places to live as a digital nomad (+ latest Covid info happening in South Africa right now)

In this episode, Marisa interviews Diego about his love affair with Cape Town, South Africa, as he’s nearing the end of 2 months living in this incredibly unique destination with 25 other digital nomads.

Diego has spent the last 6 years working remotely while living in a new destination every month or two, and moved internationally with his family every 1-2 years as a kid. So when he says that Cape Town is THE place that he can see himself potentially setting up a home base…you know it’s a special location.

But what makes Cape Town so special? Give this episode a listen to find out!

In this episode, Diego shares:

We also recorded this episode about 2 weeks after the breakout of the Omicrom Covid-19 variant. Diego shares the drama the ensued in Cape Town as South Africa got blamed for this new variant, and his take on why the number of Covid cases reported went from 312 to 18,000 cases in the span of literally 24 hours from Nov 22nd to Nov 23rd, 2021.

(While recording this episode, Diego was quarantining in a hotel room away from his girlfriend and friends, and tested positive several days later. You can quite literally hear his symptoms come on more strongly as the episode unfolds).