Thanks so much Stephen 👍 the drone has been a game-changer for filmmakers like us, can't imagine life without it now 😊 The presenters all did an amazing job. None of them had done this before.
Hey @mdradwan963, thanks for your comment and checking out our channel 👍Hope you get to visit us one day. If you do get to planning, you will find the best range of holiday accommodation on the island, here: travelsthelena.com/
Hi Paige: Happy 19th birthday to you for today, July 24. I have been to the top of Diana’s Peak back in 1993; at that time the only place with a letter box (stamp). To all the young ladies introducing all those lovely places: thank you for the great job in promoting your wonderful home island.
Hi Naushad, thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it. 😊 Hope you get to make that visit to the island soon. You will find good travel information plus a full range of holiday accommodation on Travel St Helena: travelsthelena.com/ All the best from St Helena
Thanks Richard 👍😃 they were fantastic. No practice run, just the one session to get it done, no time for a second opportunity. Lot's of hidden talent, for sure 😊
I am from Egypt, but I love this island very much. I have seen many documentaries about it. It is really a wonderful island with history. I sympathize a lot with Winnie, the wife of Brian Thomas, who died at the age of 48, and their child I love very much. Greetings to all the islanders and I will visit you soon
Such wonderful trees on this so spell-bindingly pretty island to be found right in the middle of the Atlantic ocean !!! A true island's heaven on Earth !!! Blessed are all those who dwell there !!!
P.S. It seems so wonderful,so deeply thrilling one to walk,to hike ,to wander at will amidst all these amazing island's trees and to behold the endless blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean !!!
Hi Lahm, thanks for your comments. Yes, the interior of the island is quite lush and beautiful. A lovely cooling relief from the heat of the coastal areas. 🙂
You're welcome, Imjin 👍Each of the presenters chose the part of the island they wanted to showcase and were then tasked with writing the first draft. It was a great little project but also quite intense, the whole project was filmed and edited in 12 days! Thanks for the feedback 😊
Hi @sibongisenindimande1712, thanks for that feedback, much appreciated 👍 If you bookmark Travel St Helena, travelsthelena.com/ you will have a starting place for planning a future visit to the island 😊 Thanks for stopping by.
I visited Jamestown in the early 60s when I worked as an engineer on board cargo ships of Clan Line, Glasgow. The company had the responsibility of delivering mail. Our company vessels stopped at James Town to and from South Africa from UK ports. From the ship one used the lifeboat to go ashore. I remember there was no jetty. One had to jump ashore while the lifeboat was rising and falling in the open Atlantic Ocean. In those days James Town did not have cars or fancy shops and cafes. A short stroll took one from one end to other end of the town. Fantastic Jacob’s Ladder took one to the top of the hill. I am so surprised that the video did not show the main attraction of St Helena; the house at the top of Jacob’s ladder where Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned and where he died. If he died of poisoning, many still believe, it happened here. From the house, one can see the Atlantic Ocean on a 360-degree view. This house is maintained as a museum where the personal belongings and clothing of the emperor was on display. It also had a description of how his body was carried to France on a French naval vessel. St Helena and Ascension Islands are on the sailing ship route, almost equidistant from Africa and South America. It was a stop for most sailing vessels. However, the powered ships take a direct route which bypasses St Hena. Nowadays only tourists visit St Helena.
Hi ThirdWorldCharlie, thanks for stopping by and checking out the video 👍 We don't have a Longwood House video just yet, but hopefully at some point in the future. All the best from St Helena 😊
@@whatthesaintsdidnext you did an incredible job...your filmmaking skills just get better and better 🙂 I'll be keeping an eye out for more great content from you guys 😁
Ah, thanks again Matt. We have a couple more in the queue, just waiting on some final details to be completed and will be posting soon 😃 (one of them waiting on some rough sea before we can finish it)
My family comes from Saint Helena. That's my grandmother. My mum is 85 years old now and has told me all about our family in Saint Helena. I would love to visit and find my family tree. I'm glad I found your channel. Much love ❤
Hi Ian, glad you found us also 👍 The St Helenian diaspora has a very long reach, it would be lovely for more people to be able to visit their roots more easily. If you ever visit one day you should plan ahead for a visit to the St Helena Archives where it is possible to research family trees. Hope you enjoy our videos here. We are also on Facebook where we post content more regularly: facebook.com/saintsdidnext/ All the best ❤️
@@whatthesaintsdidnext thank you very much me and my mum loved watching your videos I will follow you on Facebook. I know all the stories about Saint Helena from what my grandmother told her and passed down to us. Tracing my family tree would be amazing as I know we still have family out there that my mum sends Christmas cards to. Thanks again 😊
Great video! I was planning to visit your beautiful island. Now i will definitely do! Thank you for this introduction and looking forward to seeing more great footage. Greetings from London.
That's great to hear, Michael 👍the 12 young ladies who presented these short films will be delighted to read your comments. Good luck with planning your visit - keep an eye on WTSDN, we will be announcing something new soon that may well help with this 😊 Greetings back to the fantastic city of London!!
Thanks Kevin 👍 The contestants all came up with the concepts, what they wanted to feature, and also wrote the first drafts of the script. We did the film production. Really proud of the 'presenters' they were all stepping outside their comfort zones, none of them had done this before.
Congratulations. By far the best and most informative presentation for tourists visiting st helena. Also to note are the great people you will encounter on your visit. Do remember to try plo and tuna fish cakes. Its the place to visit if you want something different.
Love the video, so very informative. We'll done to all the young ladies. I hope to visit the island sooner than later, my great grand parents are from St.Helena island. Greetings from Cape Town.
Hi Vincent, thanks for the comment and stopping by, viewing the video 👍 Greetings back from St Helena. We love Cape Town and miss stopping by since the ship went offline. Hope all is well there. cheers 😊
Thanks @thewalkerromnor4956 👍 Yes, travel is somewhat limited, although, to be fair, it's now much improved to what it was pre-2017. Today we have a regular weekly flight from Johannesburg, South Africa which only takes about 4 hours flying time each way. Before the air service began in 2017 you would have had to take a 5-day voyage be ship from Cape Town to get here! The 5 days back! So the time-factor has certainly improved drastically. If you're ever planning a trip (for the chance to do some of our post box walks 😊) at any time, go to Travel St Helena: travelsthelena.com/ Best wishes from St Helena.
Good to hear! You will find the Travel St Helena website is a great place to start planning a trip to the island: travelsthelena.com/ Look forward to seeing you here 👍😊
a great idea, exceptionally well executed: well done! The range of accents is interesting: some young lasses had touches of Australian, some American and some... well, must be unique to St Helena! :)
Thanks for viewing & the comment, @Banana11 👍 the accents stem from a combination of things - ancestry is a big one (English settlers, slaves from West Africa, Madagascar, Bengal and Asia), but then more recent cultural influences, especially movies and tv shows, and the increased travel opportunities in recent decades. We tend not to notice it much ourselves until someone from outside points it out 😊 The stronger Saint dialect is something we're also beginning to value and appreciate more as time goes on as part of what makes us unique.
I was thinking what a peculiar tourist video until I read that it was produced for the 2022 Miss St Helena pageant. They all did very well, but I just had to look up who won. It was Aliyah Crowie. She starts at 6:35.
Hi Michael, thanks for checking out the video and your comment. 👍 Yes, these were the 'Showreel' videos that were part of the 2022 pageant. We were the organisers for that event and the two previous. The aim was to design a round that showcased the contestants' ambassadorial credentials as well as providing ongoing benefit for St Helena as something of a legacy from the pageant. When we take into account how shy most of the ladies are/were, none of them had done anything like this before and that they all chose their own topic & concept, wrote the first draft of the scripts, then had one attempt each to do the shoot over approx 2 hours, it's actually quite an impressive result by them 😊 We also posted a blog about the night's pageant: whatthesaintsdidnext.com/aliyah-crowie-wins-miss-st-helena-2022-show-reel-edition/
This looks like an AMAZING place! ☺️😍 This really reminds me of the Delfino Plaza of Mario Sunshine! (Which is a tropical island paradise where everyone is very friendly and it's very beautiful and nice) I'd love to visit! 🥰
Hi there. Great videos, ladies. I'm hoping to visit your lovely island some day. I live just down the road in Cape Town😏 Back in the 80s and 90s i used to hear Radio St Helena on my shortwave radio and communicated by post with Tony Leo who was the station manager.
Thanks Vincent, glad you enjoyed the videos. We love Cape Town, unfortunately not been able to visit since the RMS St Helena went offline, but hoping to get back there again one day soon. Radio St Helena was replaced by South Atlantic Media Services (SAMS) at the end of 2012. Tony had long left Radio St Helena by that point, however, he still presents shows sometimes on Saint FM, the other radio station on St Helena. Hope you get to make your visit here one day. When you get to the planning stage, be sure to check out Travel St Helena for accommodation booking online: travelsthelena.com/ All the best from St Helena 😊
Thanks Mark 👍 You'll find even stronger accents once you're on the island 😊hope you get to make that visit. If/when you do start planning a trip, start at Travel St Helena for great accommodation options: travelsthelena.com/ Cheers
You're welcome, Richard, thanks for the comment 👍 we returning now to weekly flights from Johannesburg, South Africa. The direct flights from UK finished in March, after 2 years, there are no plans (not that we're aware of) to do this again. The island's mandatory quarantine requirement is due to be dropped from 8 August, next month, so travel will soon be back to the setup that was in place, pre-pandemic.
@@whatthesaintsdidnext This is why I call you the complete package. Not only do you bring us great videos, you also respond to us, your followers questions with real and informative information. Thank you.
@@whatthesaintsdidnext OK thank you do you what airline it is from Johannesburg. I could get from the UK to Johannesburg then on to St Helena. Thank you for your help.
Hi Samson, thanks for checking out the video and your feedback 👍Most foodstuff is imported, however, there is a local farming industry that supplies a wide range of fresh vegetables, including potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beans, pumpkin, aubergine, courgettes, cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, bananas (amazing bananas), corn (sometimes), cauliflower, cucumber... There are shortages from time to time, as you would expect on such a small island, and supply can be impacted severely by drought or pests etc. But overall, supply has generally been improving as farmers have been investing more into their operations. The island's fresh water comes from springs, mostly fed from run-off from the island's central peaks. You may enjoy learning more from this video about the island's Water Security: ua-cam.com/video/-tMwOD1eKn0/v-deo.html All the best 😊
Hi @AdventuresofanoldSeadog, that's fantastic, hope the journey is going well. When are you hoping to make St Helena? It's our summer season at present, the warmer weather last for another couple months.
Thank you lovely young ladies. You have a beautiful and rich history in your island. Seeing your lovely faces some are almost similar to ours in the Pacific. We were once a colony of Spain and we knew for a fact Magellan and some of his men were from Portugal. Our very first migrants were also African descents million years ago. They must have traveled by foot from Africa. We are a melting pot of the east and the west in the Pacific. I wonder if they must have traded some of our ancestors to yours? Hope someday I can visit St. Helena 🇸🇭...From another Saint town, San Rafael, Iloilo, Philippines 🇵🇭.
Greetings San Rafael 😊 just looked up your beautiful municipality landscape on UA-cam, looks similar in many parts to our own St Helena. Our population on St Helena is about a third of yours but we seem to share a similar history in many ways. We also describe our identity as emerging from a 'melting pot' of travellers, ours from those making passage up and down and across the Atlantic! Hope you get to visit us one day, and hope we also get to experience the Philippines one day also 👍
@@whatthesaintsdidnext Thank you lovely Ladies. There was a Manila Galeon trade before going to Acapulco. You mentioned some of your Ancestors were Asians too? Most likely they came from our islands in the Philippines. Our town San Rafael is just one of the many towns of Iloilo City. We have Hispanic, Americans, Pacific, Asian heritage. We have many ancestral houses in the city but my town is in the mountain side like yours. You have a rich history and a beautiful islands. Hope someday you can visit ours too especially Boracay island. God bless Dear.
Hi there, thanks for checking out the video and the comment. Yes, you are correct, there is a history. St Helenians (Saints) are predominantly descendants of English settlers, enslaved people from West Africa, Madagascar, Bengal and Asia, and Chinese indentured workers. In more recent years, the population is seeing new people coming to work and settling from countries in Africa, Europe and one or two from the US and other places. But to your point, yes, when we have been in Cape Town ourselves we are also always struck by the similarities in the people there and on St Helena. Cheers
One day, one day I will get there, hopefully flights will eventually go to and from the UK. Really cool video, some awesome sights, but please do not get to connected to the outside world. Do you have fish n chips shops to? Love that green tshirt of St Helena.
Hey Tommy, thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, understand about not being too connected. It's always the challenge to develop without losing identity, something we worry about ourselves. We have fish & chips, although not quite in the way you would know it in the UK. Fried fish and chips (we tend to call them French fries) is more of a thing here. Fish in batter is also made, but perhaps not as popular. Personally we love fried conger 😊 Funny you should mention the green shirt 💖 it is available from our Capricorn Studios online shop - just be sure to read the shipping notes as the mail is slow at the moment. All the best 👍👍 capricorn-studios.com/online-store/
@@whatthesaintsdidnext Fried conger, hopefully I will get there one day and try that. Thanks for the info and the shirt link, I've just ordered one, will wear it proudly. All the best mate.
Hi Mihai, thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video. Check out this blog post we did about coffee production on St Helena. It includes Amazon links to Sea Island Coffee who sell the coffee produced in Sandy Bay. Cheers whatthesaintsdidnext.com/st-helena-coffee-growing-one-of-the-worlds-best/
Thanks for your comment on the video 👍 these particular film topics were chosen by each of the presenters as part of the Miss St Helena 2022 pageant, where they each were given 90 seconds to promote a feature of the island from a tourism perspective. We do recognise there are plenty of other aspects of St Helena that we could produce videos about that people would find interesting, and will add pubs to our list and try to fit it in when we have time 😊 You may have seen our 'Driving on St Helena' video? which is one of those we had gotten plenty of requests for. Thanks again for the comment and checking out our channel. Cheers.
Hi Cybrman, yes it does 👍 The government's Health Directorate manages a 28-bed General Hospital in Jamestown. Included in the facilities is a two-bed intensive care unit, an operating theatre, a radiology suite with CT-Scan, X-ray, Mammography and Ultrasound facilities. There are four outpatient clinic sites: one located in Jamestown, and three other outlying districts. Dental and Pharmacy Services with dispensing facility is also located within the hospital complex. Non-prescription medications are on sale from a range of the larger supermarkets. Thanks for dropping by, glad you liked the video. Cheers 😃
Hi Tu Chenz, thanks for checking out our video 👍 Napoleon died on St Helena in 1821 where he was entombed and remained until 1840, when his body was removed to France where it now rests in Les Invalides, Paris. His empty Tomb on St Helena is, today, a very popular tourist attraction, as is Longwood House, his last residence. 😊
I understand the ship from Cape Town no longer goes there. How do you guys get big container goods shipped there now. And what happened during covid quarantine? And what on earth happens when the plane can't land?
Hi Samkelo, you're right, the RMS St Helena which carried all the island's passengers and cargo, went offline in 2018 ua-cam.com/video/uh90iTgLoGs/v-deo.html Once air travel became the primary method of transportation for people, a small cargo vessel was contracted to meet the island's cargo demands. From April 2017 to February 2023, this vessel was the MV Helena, a 112m general cargo ship, with a capacity to carry approx 6,900 tonnes. The MV Helena served the island throughout Covid 19. Strict protocols kept crew isolated from stevedores discharging the cargo. Since the MV Helena finished, a temporary arrangement is in place for a year, until a more long-term solution can be implemented. That ship currently serving the island's cargo requirements in the 100.6m long 'Maria Da Paz' with a capacity of 378 containers (20ft). With regards the plane landing - a weather forecaster based at St Helena Airport keeps a close eye on conditions at St Helena and is in close contact with the aircraft throughout the flight. If conditions are deemed unsuitable, which usually means low cloud cover, then the flight is postponed a day or two. We've made a detailed film about this, in partnership with the airport, which you can see here: ua-cam.com/video/MWfCh_S0_ow/v-deo.html Hope that helps 😊 Thanks for watching the video. Cheers.
Thank you ladies for this presentation, I'm very interested in British colonial history, since my family fought against it as a minuteman, and personally as a melungeon tribe decent of slaves and native Americans. St Helena has evolved into a gumbo of cultures and is its own race, which is intriguing to search back the history
Sorry to hear that, Tony. Hopefully our videos will at least allow you to have a little insight to the island. Thanks for checking out the video. Cheers 😊👍
Thanks Kenny. Our accents do cause great interest with visitors. It's no one thing really, rather a blend of influences down the years, including Saints travelling and working abroad, new people coming to St Helena and modern day media. The only spoken language is English, however, a strong local Saint dialect can be quite difficult for outsiders to understand. All part of the charm 😊
A well produced video which clearly sets out the '12 Great Reasons' - the producer and the presenters are to be congratulate on this video.. The real question posed is however this - Would I travel circa 6,000 miles to visit the island to see the '12 Great Reasons'? Reluctantly the answer for me, at least is, no. Whilst the '12 Great Reasons' are in themselves interesting, they are not in themselves sufficient for me to expend significant funds (and time) to visit to the island - the world is a big place with much more to see and experience.
Hi Richard, thanks so much for your feedback, much appreciated 👍 Yes, unfortunately the costs of travel to St Helena, compared to the huge array of lower priced options, continues to be a big negative for many people considering a holiday destination. Even here on the island, travel costs severely limits a large portion of our own people the opportunities to travel and experience the outside world. 😞 But thankfully the numbers we would like to see visiting are not huge, so hopefully (now the island is opening up again following the lifting of Covid quarantine restrictions) we will soon see a return to 2019 numbers, which would be very welcome. Thanks again, best wishes from St Helena, enjoy your travels 😊
The speakers are all St. Helena natives? I thought they were Maoris at first, but then I got to thinking...maybe this is how St. Helena natives look and speak. All of these isolated British Oversees Territories have interesting accents...like Pitcairn islands.
Hi T Diddle, thanks for the comment 👍yes, all of the presenters are Saints. There are different 'strengths' of local accent across the island, often influenced by age and exposure to travel 😊 Another of our videos that's a good example of local accents is this Cloud Forest film: ua-cam.com/video/QoK5v7iAe2I/v-deo.html Accents are fascinating, eh 😎
Jacob's Ladder (as appears in the video) is currently (Feb 2023) undergoing some refurbishment work, so is not available for another month or two, but then, yes, it is open to all to climb and descend at any time. Not quite sure how you mean "angels leg" but as long as you and anyone else with you are staying safe on the Ladder, all should be ok. Thanks for checking out the video 👍😊
That was a really nice video - well done to the ladies and all the work in putting it together. The drone shots are awesome!
Thanks so much Stephen 👍 the drone has been a game-changer for filmmakers like us, can't imagine life without it now 😊 The presenters all did an amazing job. None of them had done this before.
This is the most purely English language ever heard,even I live in London.
Amazing video.
Beautiful people Well done.
Hi Maria, thanks for stopping by and your comment 👍 So pleased you enjoyed the video. Best wishes from St Helena 😃
Amazing St Helena. Lots of hugs from your islander friends in Cyprus 🇨🇾
Hi Lucas, thanks for the comment - hugs back to Cyprus from St Helena 😍❤️
Wow.. very beautiful island and lovely people.
Love you st Helena, one day i will go, the wonderful magical island.
Hey @mdradwan963, thanks for your comment and checking out our channel 👍Hope you get to visit us one day. If you do get to planning, you will find the best range of holiday accommodation on the island, here: travelsthelena.com/
What a magical and beautiful island. I hope that some day soon I could visit St. Helena.
Hey Kurt, thanks for checking out the video 👍 hope you get to visit us soon 😊 cheers
It grabs you from beginning to end , the young ladies were a credit to the Island , and it made me very home sick , thank you for all your hard work x
Hi Rosie, great to hear from you, thanks for the feedback 👍 100% agreed, the young ladies have made us so proud.
Best wishes from us both, cheers 💖💖
Looks like a great place to visit.
We're a little biased, of course, but would have to agree with you 👍😊
Hi Paige: Happy 19th birthday to you for today, July 24. I have been to the top of Diana’s Peak back in 1993; at that time the only place with a letter box (stamp). To all the young ladies introducing all those lovely places: thank you for the great job in promoting your wonderful home island.
Hi Manfred, thanks for dropping 👍 glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers 😊
We share the same birthday whoever was born on 24th July...
What a beautiful island country, St.Helena's best drone shots capture ever seen .greetings from the Philippines.
Hi Erwin, thank so much for that kind feedback 👍glad you enjoyed the video. Best wishes from St Helena to the Philippines 😊❤️
Excellent description of St Helena by those beautiful ladies .Maybe I will visit in the near future,God Willing
Hi Naushad, thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Hope you get to make that visit to the island soon. You will find good travel information plus a full range of holiday accommodation on Travel St Helena: travelsthelena.com/
All the best from St Helena
Fabulous video!Great to to our young people involved.
Thanks Richard 👍😃 they were fantastic. No practice run, just the one session to get it done, no time for a second opportunity. Lot's of hidden talent, for sure 😊
I am from Egypt, but I love this island very much. I have seen many documentaries about it. It is really a wonderful island with history. I sympathize a lot with Winnie, the wife of Brian Thomas, who died at the age of 48, and their child I love very much. Greetings to all the islanders and I will visit you soon
Thanks for checking out the video, glad you liked it 👍 Would love to visit Egypt one day. Best wishes from St Helena 💖
Such wonderful trees on this so spell-bindingly pretty island to be found right in the middle of the Atlantic ocean !!! A true island's heaven on Earth !!! Blessed are all those who dwell there !!!
P.S. It seems so wonderful,so deeply thrilling one to walk,to hike ,to wander at will amidst all these amazing island's trees and to behold the endless blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean !!!
Hi Lahm, thanks for your comments. Yes, the interior of the island is quite lush and beautiful. A lovely cooling relief from the heat of the coastal areas. 🙂
Outstanding -outstanding narration! Thank you Saints!!!
You're welcome, Imjin 👍Each of the presenters chose the part of the island they wanted to showcase and were then tasked with writing the first draft. It was a great little project but also quite intense, the whole project was filmed and edited in 12 days! Thanks for the feedback 😊
Wow beautiful ladies and beautiful island. Love to visit your country.
Hi @sibongisenindimande1712, thanks for that feedback, much appreciated 👍
If you bookmark Travel St Helena, travelsthelena.com/ you will have a starting place for planning a future visit to the island 😊
Thanks for stopping by.
I visited Jamestown in the early 60s when I worked as an engineer on board cargo ships of Clan Line, Glasgow. The company had the responsibility of delivering mail. Our company vessels stopped at James Town to and from South Africa from UK ports. From the ship one used the lifeboat to go ashore. I remember there was no jetty. One had to jump ashore while the lifeboat was rising and falling in the open Atlantic Ocean.
In those days James Town did not have cars or fancy shops and cafes. A short stroll took one from one end to other end of the town. Fantastic Jacob’s Ladder took one to the top of the hill.
I am so surprised that the video did not show the main attraction of St Helena; the house at the top of Jacob’s ladder where Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned and where he died. If he died of poisoning, many still believe, it happened here. From the house, one can see the Atlantic Ocean on a 360-degree view. This house is maintained as a museum where the personal belongings and clothing of the emperor was on display. It also had a description of how his body was carried to France on a French naval vessel.
St Helena and Ascension Islands are on the sailing ship route, almost equidistant from Africa and South America. It was a stop for most sailing vessels. However, the powered ships take a direct route which bypasses St Hena. Nowadays only tourists visit St Helena.
Hi ThirdWorldCharlie, thanks for stopping by and checking out the video 👍
We don't have a Longwood House video just yet, but hopefully at some point in the future.
All the best from St Helena 😊
Great job to all involved and a wonderful insight in to the island. I can't wait to visit! :D
Thanks Matt 👍 was a lot of fun making these. Surprised ourselves with how much we could fit into a 90 sec film!! 😃 Cheers
@@whatthesaintsdidnext you did an incredible job...your filmmaking skills just get better and better 🙂
I'll be keeping an eye out for more great content from you guys 😁
Ah, thanks again Matt. We have a couple more in the queue, just waiting on some final details to be completed and will be posting soon 😃 (one of them waiting on some rough sea before we can finish it)
@@whatthesaintsdidnext amazing stuff, I'm very excited to watch 😁
Subscribed. Great video series
Awesome, thank you Nick ❤️😊
Fascinating video.....what an amazing island.
Thanks Steve 👍😎
My family comes from Saint Helena. That's my grandmother. My mum is 85 years old now and has told me all about our family in Saint Helena. I would love to visit and find my family tree. I'm glad I found your channel. Much love ❤
Hi Ian, glad you found us also 👍 The St Helenian diaspora has a very long reach, it would be lovely for more people to be able to visit their roots more easily. If you ever visit one day you should plan ahead for a visit to the St Helena Archives where it is possible to research family trees.
Hope you enjoy our videos here. We are also on Facebook where we post content more regularly: facebook.com/saintsdidnext/
All the best ❤️
@@whatthesaintsdidnext thank you very much me and my mum loved watching your videos I will follow you on Facebook. I know all the stories about Saint Helena from what my grandmother told her and passed down to us. Tracing my family tree would be amazing as I know we still have family out there that my mum sends Christmas cards to. Thanks again 😊
Great video! I was planning to visit your beautiful island. Now i will definitely do! Thank you for this introduction and looking forward to seeing more great footage. Greetings from London.
That's great to hear, Michael 👍the 12 young ladies who presented these short films will be delighted to read your comments. Good luck with planning your visit - keep an eye on WTSDN, we will be announcing something new soon that may well help with this 😊 Greetings back to the fantastic city of London!!
Hey Michael - this is the 'something new' we were alluding to previously 😊 travelsthelena.com/
Amazing place! Wish I could visit it one day! Greetings from Mallorca island, Spain 😄
Thanks Mauri5io, great to hear from Mallorca. Yes, hope you do get to make the trip one day soon. Best wishes from St Helena 😊
Great video and very informative, well all who made it 🙂
Thanks Kevin 👍 The contestants all came up with the concepts, what they wanted to feature, and also wrote the first drafts of the script. We did the film production. Really proud of the 'presenters' they were all stepping outside their comfort zones, none of them had done this before.
Yes nice video.
@@Sandra-vanscoyk thanks 👍😊
Hopefully someday could be there. From Bali, Indonesia
Hey @mahendraadit1602, same here, hopefully one day we can be lucky enough to visit Bali 😊
Thanks for stopping by, best wishes to you from St Helena 👍
Congratulations. By far the best and most informative presentation for tourists visiting st helena. Also to note are the great people you will encounter on your visit. Do remember to try plo and tuna fish cakes. Its the place to visit if you want something different.
Hi Stephen, thanks checking out the video and your feedback 👍
Good point about the food, especially the tuna fish cakes, can't beat them 😊
Love the video, so very informative. We'll done to all the young ladies. I hope to visit the island sooner than later, my great grand parents are from St.Helena island. Greetings from Cape Town.
Hi Vincent, thanks for the comment and stopping by, viewing the video 👍 Greetings back from St Helena. We love Cape Town and miss stopping by since the ship went offline. Hope all is well there. cheers 😊
I just love it!Wish was easier to get there🥰😍❤❤❤
Thanks @thewalkerromnor4956 👍
Yes, travel is somewhat limited, although, to be fair, it's now much improved to what it was pre-2017. Today we have a regular weekly flight from Johannesburg, South Africa which only takes about 4 hours flying time each way. Before the air service began in 2017 you would have had to take a 5-day voyage be ship from Cape Town to get here! The 5 days back! So the time-factor has certainly improved drastically.
If you're ever planning a trip (for the chance to do some of our post box walks 😊) at any time, go to Travel St Helena: travelsthelena.com/
Best wishes from St Helena.
I randomly found this on Google maps amazing
Shout out to Google Maps 😊so glad you found us, thanks for dropping by, Mohammad.
Beautiful island with Beautiful ladies. Am coming my vacation there. #Kenya
Good to hear!
You will find the Travel St Helena website is a great place to start planning a trip to the island:
travelsthelena.com/
Look forward to seeing you here 👍😊
Great video and really captures one 💯👍📸 well done!!!!
Hey Adam, thanks so much 👍😊
a great idea, exceptionally well executed: well done! The range of accents is interesting: some young lasses had touches of Australian, some American and some... well, must be unique to St Helena! :)
Thanks for viewing & the comment, @Banana11 👍 the accents stem from a combination of things - ancestry is a big one (English settlers, slaves from West Africa, Madagascar, Bengal and Asia), but then more recent cultural influences, especially movies and tv shows, and the increased travel opportunities in recent decades. We tend not to notice it much ourselves until someone from outside points it out 😊 The stronger Saint dialect is something we're also beginning to value and appreciate more as time goes on as part of what makes us unique.
I wish to visit, beautiful island ❤
Hope you get to visit someday 😊 when you do, you should visit the Travel St Helena website for assistance: travelsthelena.com/
I was thinking what a peculiar tourist video until I read that it was produced for the 2022 Miss St Helena pageant. They all did very well, but I just had to look up who won. It was Aliyah Crowie. She starts at 6:35.
Hi Michael, thanks for checking out the video and your comment. 👍
Yes, these were the 'Showreel' videos that were part of the 2022 pageant. We were the organisers for that event and the two previous. The aim was to design a round that showcased the contestants' ambassadorial credentials as well as providing ongoing benefit for St Helena as something of a legacy from the pageant.
When we take into account how shy most of the ladies are/were, none of them had done anything like this before and that they all chose their own topic & concept, wrote the first draft of the scripts, then had one attempt each to do the shoot over approx 2 hours, it's actually quite an impressive result by them 😊
We also posted a blog about the night's pageant: whatthesaintsdidnext.com/aliyah-crowie-wins-miss-st-helena-2022-show-reel-edition/
This looks like an AMAZING place! ☺️😍 This really reminds me of the Delfino Plaza of Mario Sunshine! (Which is a tropical island paradise where everyone is very friendly and it's very beautiful and nice) I'd love to visit! 🥰
Hi Green Cappy, great to hear you enjoyed the film 👍 hope you get to visit us one day. All the best from St Helena 😊
Hi there. Great videos, ladies. I'm hoping to visit your lovely island some day. I live just down the road in Cape Town😏 Back in the 80s and 90s i used to hear Radio St Helena on my shortwave radio and communicated by post with Tony Leo who was the station manager.
Thanks Vincent, glad you enjoyed the videos.
We love Cape Town, unfortunately not been able to visit since the RMS St Helena went offline, but hoping to get back there again one day soon.
Radio St Helena was replaced by South Atlantic Media Services (SAMS) at the end of 2012. Tony had long left Radio St Helena by that point, however, he still presents shows sometimes on Saint FM, the other radio station on St Helena.
Hope you get to make your visit here one day. When you get to the planning stage, be sure to check out Travel St Helena for accommodation booking online:
travelsthelena.com/
All the best from St Helena 😊
St helena has been added on my bucket list because of napoleon. It’s a great place
Hey Jonathan, thanks for the comment 👍hope you get to make that visit and see the historic Napoleonic sites on St Helena 😊
Excellent
Thank you! Cheers! 😊
Great video. I’d like to visit. I like the accent, it’s not one that I’ve heard before. 👍
Thanks Mark 👍 You'll find even stronger accents once you're on the island 😊hope you get to make that visit.
If/when you do start planning a trip, start at Travel St Helena for great accommodation options: travelsthelena.com/
Cheers
Love the St. Helena accent. A bit of South Africa mixed in.
Hey Jonathan, yes, the St Helena accent is surprisingly varied across the island with various worldly influences coming in 😊
Amazing video! 👏🇸🇭
Thanks Megan 👍 glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thumbs up and shared thank you for the video.
So are flights to St Helena now open from the UK ?? Thank you
You're welcome, Richard, thanks for the comment 👍 we returning now to weekly flights from Johannesburg, South Africa. The direct flights from UK finished in March, after 2 years, there are no plans (not that we're aware of) to do this again. The island's mandatory quarantine requirement is due to be dropped from 8 August, next month, so travel will soon be back to the setup that was in place, pre-pandemic.
@@whatthesaintsdidnext This is why I call you the complete package. Not only do you bring us great videos, you also respond to us, your followers questions with real and informative information. Thank you.
@@whatthesaintsdidnext OK thank you do you what airline it is from Johannesburg. I could get from the UK to Johannesburg then on to St Helena. Thank you for your help.
Thanks Phil. Interacting with people on WTSDN is one of the most enjoyable parts of the whole thing 😊 always nice when we can help.
Hi Richard, it's Airlink that operates the service to St Helena.
It’s certainly a fascinating place. What kind of food stuffs are grown there. Do you have local farming etc and is there a source of fresh water. ?
Hi Samson, thanks for checking out the video and your feedback 👍Most foodstuff is imported, however, there is a local farming industry that supplies a wide range of fresh vegetables, including potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beans, pumpkin, aubergine, courgettes, cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, bananas (amazing bananas), corn (sometimes), cauliflower, cucumber...
There are shortages from time to time, as you would expect on such a small island, and supply can be impacted severely by drought or pests etc. But overall, supply has generally been improving as farmers have been investing more into their operations.
The island's fresh water comes from springs, mostly fed from run-off from the island's central peaks.
You may enjoy learning more from this video about the island's Water Security: ua-cam.com/video/-tMwOD1eKn0/v-deo.html
All the best 😊
Veeeeery beauuuuuutiful video,much love from Kenya
Hey, thanks for watching 👍and much love back to Kenya, from St Helena ❤️
AWESOME!!!!
Thanks!! 👍😊
Awesome I love history
Kewo, that's great, St Helena is full of interesting history 😊
Thanks for checking out the video 👍
Amazing video 👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much Mohamed 😊
One day about my 30, I'm going to migrate to this island. Believe me it's my dream.
@@Mohamed-du3ck it's a good dream to have 😊good luck.
Truly well done 👍🏻
Thanks so much, Scott 👍😊
Im sailing there on my boat re tracing my 7 times Great Grandfather Mathew Bazett's voyage to the Island
Hi @AdventuresofanoldSeadog, that's fantastic, hope the journey is going well. When are you hoping to make St Helena? It's our summer season at present, the warmer weather last for another couple months.
Thank you lovely young ladies. You have a beautiful and rich history in your island. Seeing your lovely faces some are almost similar to ours in the Pacific. We were once a colony of Spain and we knew for a fact Magellan and some of his men were from Portugal. Our very first migrants were also African descents million years ago. They must have traveled by foot from Africa. We are a melting pot of the east and the west in the Pacific. I wonder if they must have traded some of our ancestors to yours? Hope someday I can visit St. Helena 🇸🇭...From another Saint town, San Rafael, Iloilo, Philippines 🇵🇭.
Greetings San Rafael 😊 just looked up your beautiful municipality landscape on UA-cam, looks similar in many parts to our own St Helena.
Our population on St Helena is about a third of yours but we seem to share a similar history in many ways. We also describe our identity as emerging from a 'melting pot' of travellers, ours from those making passage up and down and across the Atlantic!
Hope you get to visit us one day, and hope we also get to experience the Philippines one day also 👍
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Thank you lovely Ladies. There was a Manila Galeon trade before going to Acapulco. You mentioned some of your Ancestors were Asians too? Most likely they came from our islands in the Philippines. Our town San Rafael is just one of the many towns of Iloilo City. We have Hispanic, Americans, Pacific, Asian heritage. We have many ancestral houses in the city but my town is in the mountain side like yours. You have a rich history and a beautiful islands. Hope someday you can visit ours too especially Boracay island. God bless Dear.
Fascinating island,. You ladies look very similar to the people in Cape Town, maybe there is some correlation/history?
Hi there, thanks for checking out the video and the comment.
Yes, you are correct, there is a history.
St Helenians (Saints) are predominantly descendants of English settlers, enslaved people from West Africa, Madagascar, Bengal and Asia, and Chinese indentured workers.
In more recent years, the population is seeing new people coming to work and settling from countries in Africa, Europe and one or two from the US and other places.
But to your point, yes, when we have been in Cape Town ourselves we are also always struck by the similarities in the people there and on St Helena.
Cheers
One day, one day I will get there, hopefully flights will eventually go to and from the UK. Really cool video, some awesome sights, but please do not get to connected to the outside world. Do you have fish n chips shops to? Love that green tshirt of St Helena.
Hey Tommy, thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video.
Yes, understand about not being too connected. It's always the challenge to develop without losing identity, something we worry about ourselves.
We have fish & chips, although not quite in the way you would know it in the UK. Fried fish and chips (we tend to call them French fries) is more of a thing here. Fish in batter is also made, but perhaps not as popular. Personally we love fried conger 😊
Funny you should mention the green shirt 💖 it is available from our Capricorn Studios online shop - just be sure to read the shipping notes as the mail is slow at the moment. All the best 👍👍
capricorn-studios.com/online-store/
@@whatthesaintsdidnext Fried conger, hopefully I will get there one day and try that. Thanks for the info and the shirt link, I've just ordered one, will wear it proudly. All the best mate.
Hi Tommy, received ok, thanks so much for that. Will be in touch by email soon. Looking at the quickest method of getting your order to you. Cheers 👍😊
@@whatthesaintsdidnext Dont worry mate, as long as it gets to Kent while the sun is shining 😂 no rush mate but thank you.
@@whatthesaintsdidnext Tshirt just arrived. Love it mate, thank you. 😊
To all the young laddies in the video, "Thank thee". 🙂
Thanks for checking out the video, Lewis 👍cheers 😊
Congrats for amazing job you did. One question from my side: Is there any chance to approach a local coffee provider for dropp delivery in Europe?
Hi Mihai, thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the video. Check out this blog post we did about coffee production on St Helena. It includes Amazon links to Sea Island Coffee who sell the coffee produced in Sandy Bay. Cheers
whatthesaintsdidnext.com/st-helena-coffee-growing-one-of-the-worlds-best/
thank you
You're welcome 👍😊
Disappointed about no information on Half Tree Hollow (where the pubs are ?).
Thanks for your comment on the video 👍 these particular film topics were chosen by each of the presenters as part of the Miss St Helena 2022 pageant, where they each were given 90 seconds to promote a feature of the island from a tourism perspective.
We do recognise there are plenty of other aspects of St Helena that we could produce videos about that people would find interesting, and will add pubs to our list and try to fit it in when we have time 😊
You may have seen our 'Driving on St Helena' video? which is one of those we had gotten plenty of requests for.
Thanks again for the comment and checking out our channel.
Cheers.
I enjoyed your video. My question is does Jamestown have a pharmacy?
Hi Cybrman, yes it does 👍
The government's Health Directorate manages a 28-bed General Hospital in Jamestown. Included in the facilities is a two-bed intensive care unit, an operating theatre, a radiology suite with CT-Scan, X-ray, Mammography and Ultrasound facilities. There are four outpatient clinic sites: one located in Jamestown, and three other outlying districts. Dental and Pharmacy Services with dispensing facility is also located within the hospital complex.
Non-prescription medications are on sale from a range of the larger supermarkets.
Thanks for dropping by, glad you liked the video.
Cheers 😃
So many beautiful ladies on St Helena
Thanks for dropping by Radley 👍 best wishes to you from St Helena 😊
Isn't napoleons tomb in france?
Hi Tu Chenz, thanks for checking out our video 👍
Napoleon died on St Helena in 1821 where he was entombed and remained until 1840, when his body was removed to France where it now rests in Les Invalides, Paris.
His empty Tomb on St Helena is, today, a very popular tourist attraction, as is Longwood House, his last residence. 😊
I understand the ship from Cape Town no longer goes there. How do you guys get big container goods shipped there now. And what happened during covid quarantine? And what on earth happens when the plane can't land?
Hi Samkelo, you're right, the RMS St Helena which carried all the island's passengers and cargo, went offline in 2018 ua-cam.com/video/uh90iTgLoGs/v-deo.html
Once air travel became the primary method of transportation for people, a small cargo vessel was contracted to meet the island's cargo demands. From April 2017 to February 2023, this vessel was the MV Helena, a 112m general cargo ship, with a capacity to carry approx 6,900 tonnes.
The MV Helena served the island throughout Covid 19. Strict protocols kept crew isolated from stevedores discharging the cargo.
Since the MV Helena finished, a temporary arrangement is in place for a year, until a more long-term solution can be implemented. That ship currently serving the island's cargo requirements in the 100.6m long 'Maria Da Paz' with a capacity of 378 containers (20ft).
With regards the plane landing - a weather forecaster based at St Helena Airport keeps a close eye on conditions at St Helena and is in close contact with the aircraft throughout the flight. If conditions are deemed unsuitable, which usually means low cloud cover, then the flight is postponed a day or two. We've made a detailed film about this, in partnership with the airport, which you can see here: ua-cam.com/video/MWfCh_S0_ow/v-deo.html
Hope that helps 😊
Thanks for watching the video. Cheers.
@@whatthesaintsdidnext Thanks for the reply. Informative. Do South African navy ships go there once in a while
@@samkelomambisa1897 you're welcome 👍no SA navy in recent memory.
Thank you ladies for this presentation, I'm very interested in British colonial history, since my family fought against it as a minuteman, and personally as a melungeon tribe decent of slaves and native Americans. St Helena has evolved into a gumbo of cultures and is its own race, which is intriguing to search back the history
Thanks for checking out the video and your comment.
Best wishes from St Helena 😊
Hello from a Saint in orlando usa.
Hello back from the Saints on St Helena 😊 thanks for dropping by 👍
Il like to live here
It's a peaceful place to live, for sure 😊
best nature i m from algeria
Hi Algeria, thanks for dropping by 😊
Are there any job offers from people from Africa.
You may want to keep an eye on this website which posts adverts for recruiting from abroad.
sthelenapublicservicejobs.sh/
I'd have loved to visit this island, but too old now.
Sorry to hear that, Tony. Hopefully our videos will at least allow you to have a little insight to the island.
Thanks for checking out the video. Cheers 😊👍
Great video. I’m not sure if they have an Australian or New Zealand accent..
Thanks Kenny.
Our accents do cause great interest with visitors. It's no one thing really, rather a blend of influences down the years, including Saints travelling and working abroad, new people coming to St Helena and modern day media. The only spoken language is English, however, a strong local Saint dialect can be quite difficult for outsiders to understand. All part of the charm 😊
A well produced video which clearly sets out the '12 Great Reasons' - the producer and the presenters are to be congratulate on this video.. The real question posed is however this - Would I travel circa 6,000 miles to visit the island to see the '12 Great Reasons'? Reluctantly the answer for me, at least is, no. Whilst the '12 Great Reasons' are in themselves interesting, they are not in themselves sufficient for me to expend significant funds (and time) to visit to the island - the world is a big place with much more to see and experience.
Hi Richard, thanks so much for your feedback, much appreciated 👍 Yes, unfortunately the costs of travel to St Helena, compared to the huge array of lower priced options, continues to be a big negative for many people considering a holiday destination. Even here on the island, travel costs severely limits a large portion of our own people the opportunities to travel and experience the outside world. 😞
But thankfully the numbers we would like to see visiting are not huge, so hopefully (now the island is opening up again following the lifting of Covid quarantine restrictions) we will soon see a return to 2019 numbers, which would be very welcome.
Thanks again, best wishes from St Helena, enjoy your travels 😊
The speakers are all St. Helena natives? I thought they were Maoris at first, but then I got to thinking...maybe this is how St. Helena natives look and speak. All of these isolated British Oversees Territories have interesting accents...like Pitcairn islands.
Hi T Diddle, thanks for the comment 👍yes, all of the presenters are Saints.
There are different 'strengths' of local accent across the island, often influenced by age and exposure to travel 😊
Another of our videos that's a good example of local accents is this Cloud Forest film: ua-cam.com/video/QoK5v7iAe2I/v-deo.html
Accents are fascinating, eh 😎
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Is available the option of climb the giant ladder holding a angels leg without fighting?
Jacob's Ladder (as appears in the video) is currently (Feb 2023) undergoing some refurbishment work, so is not available for another month or two, but then, yes, it is open to all to climb and descend at any time.
Not quite sure how you mean "angels leg" but as long as you and anyone else with you are staying safe on the Ladder, all should be ok.
Thanks for checking out the video 👍😊
When I have money I'll go to St Helena
That's great to hear. We hope you don't have to wait too long 😊 thanks for checking out our channel 👍
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Cheers 👍
Wow!
Amazing video that's made me really homesick!
Thanks so much BonerFI 👍 sorry, those amazing views will do that to you 😊