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Wander the World: Khayelitsha’s new luxury villa brings new opportunities · Wander the World with Pippa Hudson

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  Speaker 1: In wonder the world. Today, we're heading into the heart
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  Speaker 1: of Kayleicher, where a new kind of tourism experience is
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  Speaker 1: taking shape. It's been about a month since Stetu's Child Villa,
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  Speaker 1: which is a luxury space that blends industrial chic design
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  Speaker 1: with deeply local cultural experience, has opened in Kyle Leicher,
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  Speaker 1: and the owner says it's not just about high end accommodation,
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  Speaker 1: it's about creating a place where visitors can truly connect
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  Speaker 1: with the community while also opening up meaningful job opportunities
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  Speaker 1: for young people in the area. We are joined in
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  Speaker 1: studio now by owner Luzukom Teto joins us in the studio.
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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon, so lovely to have you. Yeah, I want
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  Speaker 1: you to take us right back to the beginning. What
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  Speaker 1: has inspired you to open up a luxury villa in
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  Speaker 1: the heart of Kyle Leicher.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, we've been on the space of the entertainment for
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  Speaker 2: quite some time now, about five years. So one of
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  Speaker 2: the things that we have experience, it's people coming from
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  Speaker 2: far different places around Cape Town, also outside Cape Town
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  Speaker 2: for entertainment and also the experience of Kailicha. So we
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  Speaker 2: saw there was a cap where people. They highly want
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  Speaker 2: to just sleep over sometimes when they are tired, they
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  Speaker 2: can be driving at night, and all the reasons that
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  Speaker 2: they could have. So we came up with that let's
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  Speaker 2: just create it started is we thought it's going to
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  Speaker 2: just be a P and B. But now as we
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  Speaker 2: started the building and looking around what will make us
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  Speaker 2: different and what will take people from their comfort zone
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  Speaker 2: to us, we just can't go normally as everyone would do.
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  Speaker 2: So that's how we got to the direction where we
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  Speaker 2: find ourselves in today whereby well, the villa so it is,
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  Speaker 2: it is, It is high end. It is a very
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  Speaker 2: very path taking and you will even forget where you
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  Speaker 2: are once you just enter the space.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, is this now when you talk about the
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  Speaker 1: work that you guys have been doing, this is with
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  Speaker 1: the extended work that you have been done doing under
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  Speaker 1: Spine Road Lifestyle. Do you want to just tell us
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  Speaker 1: a little bit about that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Spiral Lifestyle it's an app and lifestyle entertainment space
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  Speaker 2: where is rutly taken culturally because we mostly to cultural food,
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  Speaker 2: where we also host some outside and also local tourists,
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  Speaker 2: tourist true tourism. We also a restaurant where just a
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  Speaker 2: family people will want to come just in a day,
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  Speaker 2: walk in without without having to pook in and all that.
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  Speaker 1: I see that luxury travel is actually a category of
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  Speaker 1: travel that is on the rise. People won't necessarily associate
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  Speaker 1: Kaylicha as the first place that comes to mind when
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  Speaker 1: you're thinking about a luxury travel experience. You guys have
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  Speaker 1: been open for about a month now. What has some
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  Speaker 1: of the things that surprised you about it? And then
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  Speaker 1: some of the challenges maybe that you feel like there's
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  Speaker 1: still some perceptions here that we need to address.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, For the past few weeks we have opened, it's
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  Speaker 2: been surprisingly going very well. People they've been calling from
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  Speaker 2: different part of the country. Mostly they will be calling
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  Speaker 2: from Johannes peg Stern Cape. They really really got their
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  Speaker 2: interest and what the question that they've been asking them
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  Speaker 2: more is how far away from the airport do we
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  Speaker 2: have a shuckle transfer and all those things, because people
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  Speaker 2: will want to if they come Sometimes others they don't
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  Speaker 2: have transmans of transport to get to us, and also
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  Speaker 2: they don't want to be driving around Kayla looking for
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  Speaker 2: the place. So we have also partnered with with with
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  Speaker 2: with travel shuckle agents whereby they're going to be running
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  Speaker 2: that for US airport transfers and also just going around
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  Speaker 2: keep Town.
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  Speaker 1: So really what people are looking for is that end
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  Speaker 1: to end service where everything is taken care of and
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  Speaker 1: they can kind of just get in the plane or
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  Speaker 1: get in that shuttle and the rest is just a breeze.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, definitely, definitely, definitely.
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  Speaker 1: Some people would say, oh, but you know what about
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  Speaker 1: safety concerns? Okay, do you guys ever have any sort
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  Speaker 1: of because you've been working in the space now for
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  Speaker 1: a while, you know, would you say that this is
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  Speaker 1: not necessary? Is this one of the perceptions or challenge
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  Speaker 1: maybe that you need to store address or is it valid.
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  Speaker 2: The safety concerned It's one of the things that we
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  Speaker 2: got to stack on it and make sure that we
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  Speaker 2: take time to look at it, survey and we also
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  Speaker 2: founded that we cannot do it alone. We just need
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  Speaker 2: the whole community, the whole stakeholders that are based on
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  Speaker 2: safety and security. Beside us having to have high walls,
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  Speaker 2: security measures of like electric fens sensitivy cameras, security on
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  Speaker 2: site twenty four hours, but also have the off site
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  Speaker 2: monitoring where the site is being monitored and surrounding of it.
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  Speaker 2: But also we do work with the local stakeholders like
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  Speaker 2: from subs, law enforcement and community, neighborhood and security company
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  Speaker 2: at large.
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  Speaker 1: Now you said it's been about a month Sinatous child
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  Speaker 1: Vela has launched and it is a luxury place that
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  Speaker 1: blends industrial ship design with this deeply local and cultural experience.
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  Speaker 1: For someone who is intrigued and very curious, how would
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  Speaker 1: you describe the experience?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I would say just to give it for someone
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  Speaker 2: that vision, it's a it's it's a very nice small
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  Speaker 2: space and very cozy, and that gives you both indoor
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  Speaker 2: and outdoor set up where we've got some beautiful pasture
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  Speaker 2: on your walkaway as as you enter the venue. And
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  Speaker 2: also besides being just outside other people they will want
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  Speaker 2: to come and just have the time of their own.
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  Speaker 2: Their rooms are so breathtaking. Their rooms are beautiful. We've
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  Speaker 2: got two presidential suits in with pathtop that is on
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  Speaker 2: them on the window where when you when when it's
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  Speaker 2: at night, you want that part type. You can easily
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  Speaker 2: see the sunset from these table mountains. And also it's
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  Speaker 2: got a nice beautiful gold in our time in your
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  Speaker 2: pathtop is you're also looking towards side of Seleemosh you
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  Speaker 2: also get beautiful Hardbak mountains, French Ucken Salemush mountains, so
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  Speaker 2: even if you are still there in Kailisha, you can
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  Speaker 2: still have to connect with the nature far, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And also I mean the culture of just being around
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  Speaker 2: the community and all that the loving and people they started.
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  Speaker 2: We had some girls they're coming in as some group
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  Speaker 2: of kids coming chasing this car. You know, it looks
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  Speaker 2: very beautiful as something that it says this thing is
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  Speaker 2: all about getting and integrating the community and people that
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  Speaker 2: they are really really living what they see in their
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  Speaker 2: community that they've never thought like we would have such
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  Speaker 2: a beautiful Axerica standing here dropping VIP people coming in
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  Speaker 2: in this beautiful space. So the community is very positive.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's absolutely key. And Lezuco, we know that
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  Speaker 1: it's not just about the high end accommodation. It's also
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  Speaker 1: about opening up meaningful job opportunities for young people in
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  Speaker 1: the area. I think with the work that you have
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  Speaker 1: been doing, you have been creating real opportunities. To just
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  Speaker 1: talk a little bit about why that is so important
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  Speaker 1: in terms of that community cohesion as well and for
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  Speaker 1: the community to have ownership, but you know, creating job
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  Speaker 1: opportunities for young people in that community.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm also a young person, so the struggle
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  Speaker 2: of young people, I know it very well that we
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  Speaker 2: were struggling very tip of outy unemployment in South Africa.
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  Speaker 2: So for me to be blessed in a way that
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  Speaker 2: I can be able to open such big opportunities where
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  Speaker 2: in spiral about forty to fifty of workers that are
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  Speaker 2: working on a spine road, that's a very big number
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  Speaker 2: that we we dominate in South African economy. So Bytto
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  Speaker 2: Child Villa coming, it's also adding more numbers into it
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  Speaker 2: and also just hospitality on its own. It's my first
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  Speaker 2: time being in hospitality. I'm telling you, I'm enjoying the transition.
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  Speaker 2: I'm leaning a lot around it and just I think
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  Speaker 2: from time to time we'll have to be doing this
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  Speaker 2: kind of work, maybe opening some other branches, some different locations.
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  Speaker 2: But it's just interesting space.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking to. Luzuko Tetu has just opened up. It's
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  Speaker 1: been about a month since they've launched the luxury villa
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  Speaker 1: in the heart of Kyli Chur. It's called Tata's Child Villa.
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  Speaker 1: It's a luxury space. It's about high end accommodation, creating
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  Speaker 1: a place where visitors can truly connect with the community.
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  Speaker 1: You say this transition into the hospitality industry is new
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  Speaker 1: for you. Tell us a little bit about yourself and
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  Speaker 1: how you as a youth yourself on now creating opportunities
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  Speaker 1: for other youth in your community. How did you get
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  Speaker 1: into the tourism business and hospitality business.
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  Speaker 2: At school, I did a Chardian youth care where I
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  Speaker 2: was working with the young people. But what I've noticed
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  Speaker 2: about me is that I'm very I'm very into business
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  Speaker 2: mind mostly so I left the industry not saying I've
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  Speaker 2: abandoned it. I'm still gonna go back as soon as
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  Speaker 2: I've found my feet in business. I will do that
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  Speaker 2: as a hobby, helping people and helping kids the most
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  Speaker 2: because me personally, I'm also the product of growing up
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  Speaker 2: without parents and all that, so I know how it
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  Speaker 2: feels to be a child without all those primary needs.
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  Speaker 2: So to get on this industry, I said it from
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  Speaker 2: the streets where we were selling food, traditional food for
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  Speaker 2: people in the in the markets and all that. So
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  Speaker 2: it grows from the created demand. During COVID, Luckily, we
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  Speaker 2: also got an opportunity to be cooking for some of
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  Speaker 2: the hospitals that had people that were working during lockdowns.
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  Speaker 2: So it also brought us very closer to to understanding
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  Speaker 2: our direction where we want to be. That's why after COVID,
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  Speaker 2: when things were starting to ease up, that's where Spinal
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  Speaker 2: Lifestyle was opened and we tap into that market with
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  Speaker 2: the lifestyle of course, trying to balance and also plan
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  Speaker 2: the culture and lifestyle knowing how how the world is
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  Speaker 2: going on that space. So, like I said earlier that
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  Speaker 2: with having to have all these guests every day coming
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  Speaker 2: in and trying to also get to hear what they
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  Speaker 2: need after this, you know, that's where we got ourselves
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  Speaker 2: into hospitality where people also need to have places to
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  Speaker 2: sleep for them to drive sometimes intoxicated and also when
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  Speaker 2: they are tired, they just do not want to be
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  Speaker 2: driving out after their experience of Kai Lecha. So that's
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  Speaker 2: how we've got to be on this direction.
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  Speaker 1: It really is truly entrepreneurial. I mean, you really have
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  Speaker 1: an entrepreneurial band. So it's like see a need, fill
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  Speaker 1: a need for young people who may be listening, who
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  Speaker 1: maybe feel a little bit hopeless or not as optimistic.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what advice would you would you give them?
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  Speaker 1: As someone who started also from very little and as
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  Speaker 1: now built something where you're actually creating opportunities for others.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of advice would you give to them?
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  Speaker 2: M I mean that's almost every day chat that I
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  Speaker 2: got to chat with people that I've got to come
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  Speaker 2: across where they say they're very inspired by the moves
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  Speaker 2: that this has been happening into my life. I've been
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  Speaker 2: highly favored and highly placed. Not that the road has
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  Speaker 2: been easy, the road is not. There has not been easy.
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  Speaker 2: I have been putting too much work, sleeping less and
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  Speaker 2: all that. But I'm growing from the community and changing
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  Speaker 2: within the community. I'm not a fly by night where
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  Speaker 2: I just arrive as a as a as an investor
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  Speaker 2: trying to do something. But I started all in front
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  Speaker 2: of them seeing me how I started and growing this thing.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm still looking at myself. I still feel like
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  Speaker 2: I'm far from reaching where I want to be, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so the community or the people around they will see
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  Speaker 2: that I've done it all. But no, no, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: We're still far. You know. I still put more work
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  Speaker 2: given today and also always be reachable to people when
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  Speaker 2: they want to to ask their advices and all that.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking to Lazuko and Teto about this Tetu Child's Villa,
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  Speaker 1: which is a luxury space space, luxury Airbnb and Kyliecha
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  Speaker 1: that has just opened just about a month ago. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: there is a conversation around township tourism sometimes how do
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  Speaker 1: we ensure that it's done in a way that's respectful
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  Speaker 1: and authentic? How do you how do you do that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean part of it, I suppose is because it's
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  Speaker 1: such a homegrown business, right and it takes a village.
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  Speaker 1: So there's this village is seen this grow. But how
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  Speaker 1: what would you say to people who want to come
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  Speaker 1: but they want to make sure that it's grounded in
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  Speaker 1: that respect and authenticity? What is it that you guys
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  Speaker 1: do to maintain that?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, when we're building on our final stages, we had
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  Speaker 2: to bring in the grading councilor form where we looked
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  Speaker 2: at what they really need and also our call we're
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  Speaker 2: hoping to get foster, which is we're still working on it.
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  Speaker 2: So whatever we did within the space, we took that direction.
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  Speaker 2: It's about three hundred things that they need, little small things,
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  Speaker 2: but the very detail and also straight to the point.
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  Speaker 2: And so we've been doing all that. We are almost done. Now,
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  Speaker 2: it's just a few things. Then we're going to be
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  Speaker 2: calling them in to come and evaluate the space and
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  Speaker 2: grade us. Then we'll hear from them, and we're sure
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  Speaker 2: we're going to get Foster.
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  Speaker 1: So proud of you, really so super proud of you.
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  Speaker 1: This is incredible. How do you be on the villain outsuff?
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  Speaker 1: How do you encourage guests to engage with Kylich's culture
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  Speaker 1: and community? Obviously it's rich food, music, dance, just people.
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  Speaker 1: How do you bridge that with visitors that come in
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  Speaker 1: and stay at Tabella Okay?
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  Speaker 2: On our rooms, we got a file. That file it
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  Speaker 2: tells you everything about Kylita and what you need to
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  Speaker 2: know from hospital, from doctors around, from restaurants around, and
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  Speaker 2: what they have to offer from places of tourism if
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  Speaker 2: you need. And also there's also contacts if you would
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  Speaker 2: like to get those services directly from the boule that
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  Speaker 2: or if you want us to help facilitate the process.
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  Speaker 2: We also offer that also within our space. We also
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  Speaker 2: have a slow lounge where if you just don't want
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  Speaker 2: to be going out anyway, you can still entertain yourself
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  Speaker 2: within the space.
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  Speaker 1: Sounds like you've really really thought about everything. Who would
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  Speaker 1: you say is your perfect guest.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, my perfect guests will be a couples, couples that
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  Speaker 2: are coming in for it's either for honeymoon, okay, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: because we also give that man. Our space gives that
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  Speaker 2: and our own lie. It's not childs friendly because we've
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of esthetics, crokeries, things that you can't
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  Speaker 2: find them in any shop if they are broken, you know,
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  Speaker 2: So we are very careful about that to our cast
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  Speaker 2: as well, not to bring kids. Maybe in the future,
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  Speaker 2: when the place becomes big, you will think of how
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  Speaker 2: can we plan it to be a familiarccommodition.
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  Speaker 1: But for right now, it's adults. Yes, and you're looking
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  Speaker 1: because it's bespoke, it's pamper it's takes time. Would you
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  Speaker 1: say gold troops. I'm thinking that's perfect for that too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Mostly mostly, mostly, mostly beautiful. They've got their beautiful gowns.
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  Speaker 2: They can do great content today. Yes, a lot. There's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of memories that can come out of the space.
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  Speaker 1: I love this. We are talking to Luzukum Tato has
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  Speaker 1: opened up a high end B and B. It's called
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  Speaker 1: Mitato's Child Villa. It's a luxury space and it is
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  Speaker 1: in the heart of Kyle Leecher, How do people get
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  Speaker 1: ahold of of you guys and where do they book?
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  Speaker 1: Just tell us a little bit about about how they
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  Speaker 1: find you.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, we just recently launched our website, which is you
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  Speaker 2: can go at ww dot Mitato's child Villa, dot co,
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  Speaker 2: dot z A and you can book directly from the
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  Speaker 2: website or you can easily call at one five, one
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  Speaker 2: eight three Treble four. So too one five, one eight
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  Speaker 2: three Treble four our front of desks twenty four hours.
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  Speaker 2: Anytime you old riches.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic and like you were saying, you guys are bespoke,
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  Speaker 1: you are high end. So you are there to cater
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  Speaker 1: to your guest's needs. So whatever it is that they need,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's that shuttle booking or to take care of
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  Speaker 1: the itinerary or whatever it is, you guys are more
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  Speaker 1: than welcome to be high touch or low touch, depending
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  Speaker 1: on what your guests requirements are.
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  Speaker 2: Most definitely, most definitely.
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  Speaker 1: Now ntatus Chandveller is nestled in the heart of Kylie
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  Speaker 1: Chenet's described as a sanctuary that's been carefully curated to
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  Speaker 1: accommodate domestic and international visitors. It's fitted with five suites
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  Speaker 1: two presidential suites, three luxury standard rooms. Architecturally, it combines
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  Speaker 1: industrial and modern finishes, creating that industrial chic esthetic with
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  Speaker 1: a focus on minimalism, detail, texture, and comfort. And it
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  Speaker 1: really is build a home away from home, a space
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  Speaker 1: to recharge, to immerse yourself in that rich and diverse
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  Speaker 1: culture of Kyleleacher. I love the fact that you guys
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  Speaker 1: are creating five permanent employment opportunities for locals as well
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  Speaker 1: as that spine Wald Lifestyle employees forty permanent staff members
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  Speaker 1: as well, who are predominantly youthed and of course from Kyleacher,
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  Speaker 1: what is next for you?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, to grow this baby, to grow this baby and
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  Speaker 2: say it's taking off, then we will look to at
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  Speaker 2: what next after. But to make sure, you know, because
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  Speaker 2: most people what they really really get their downfall in business,
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  Speaker 2: it's when you do something immediately jumped to do other
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  Speaker 2: things and then you leave this one dying, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so we want to make sure maybe we take your
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  Speaker 2: move to another adventures maybe after five years when we
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  Speaker 2: have seen that this one it really really is stable.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic. Thank you so much for coming in to join
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  Speaker 1: us today. It's luzukom teto go and check out Amtato's
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  Speaker 1: child Villa. Their website is upgo and book and tell
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  Speaker 1: us about it.