Chasing Smiles In Zimbabwe Ep. 3 4K
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2023
- In this episode I travel south along the Eastern Highlands and visit the iconic Birchenough bridge and discover some amazing places along the way.
I then head to Gonarezhou and meet the most Southerly family in Zimbabwe. The mother was not happy with someone
superb as ever Bruce, thanks for sharing your travels through the land of my childhood, I can't explain how magical it is to see many of the places that I remember. I stayed at the Chimanimani hotel for a week as a child with my parents. We explored the Bvumba (Vumba back then) mountains and Birchenough Bridge. I have a photo of me as a child in front of the bridge. I seem to recall we bought some carvings from a roadside kiosk near there. We also climbed Chimanimani. I returned to Chimanimani as an adult and did the climb again (it didn't seem as big as I had remembered it to be). There also used to be a campsite at Christmas Pass in Mutare that we used to stay overnight on the way to/from Beira or Gorongosa in Mozambique. The Christmas Pass campsite was in a pine forest which was so different to the flaura of most of Zimbabwe. My dad would not drive faster than 75kph as he said that it was safer if you had a blowout, so it used to take us a long time to get where we were going on big trips!
Such awesome memories John, thank you for sharing them. It's funny how that works. A month ago I managed to sweet talk some security to allow me into a complex where our childhood house still stands. They are refurbishing it but wow it seems so small and I have such clear memories of it.
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Colonizer, you are the descendant of thieves and murderers. Oppressors of African people. Shame!
Well done Bruce. Indeed this is a fulfilling lifestyle. I like the quality of your videos and narrations. Indeed Southern Africa is a paradise. Much love from Harare, Zimbabwe
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Excellent narration man . I am from the western part of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 our country is such a paradise it needs good leadership that can restore its past glory & build more infrastructure. Thanks a lot
Thanks so much. Very kind of you to say.
We can live in hope
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Zimbabwe is such a beautiful country! I hope one day we can have leaders that can realize this🇿🇼
It truly is a beautiful country. Thank you for watching
I so enjoyed this and your others! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. I grew up in Mutare in the 1965-76.
ah thank you. im so happy to hear that. I didnt realise Mutare was so popular and I should have filmed much more while there. I will have to go back.
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Great staff, Bruce. We have watched your videos with my whole family since yesterday. You have surely entertained us and your coverage is on another level. Indeed, Zim is beautiful. May God bless our country and once again thanks for your inspirational, informative and balanced coverage. Good vibes all the way 🇿🇼
Ah that’s awesome to hear. Thank you so much for watching. Very happy you enjoyed them.
This is a very good video thank you.❤
I really owe it to myself to go on a tour of Zimbabwe... Your vlogs have really inspired that in me thank you Bruce
That’s so awesome to hear. Thank you so much for letting me know and for watching
I dropped a tear watching seeing home. God bless Zimbabwe. We will fly the Fla ( one day with pride ). Mureza.
im sorry about that but sounds like you need to visit.
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I know Chimanimani through the book by Peter Godwin and I fell in love with the environment. I was so happy when you Passed Chimanimani and i want Chimanimani to be my retirement home
It’s a beautiful area for sure
Hello Bruce,
I remember when you used to tell us to forgive the video quality and your recording skills which confused me a little bit since your videos were well made... But now!! Oh man! You're making documentaries!!! Your humbleness elevated your videos to a whole new level!
You did a good job emphasizing the beauty of the country and its people.
Thank you and peace to you and all South Africans from a Moroccan fan!
Peace to you to.
Thank you so much. I am really trying to improve on the quality each time. I’m so happy to hear it’s being noticed but I still have a long way to go.
You need to come visit us one day. I too want to visit Morocco one day. Maybe we can enjoy a Fish Chermoula together one day.
Thank you so much for watching and for the compliment
@@OverlandingwithBruce Oh man! You're welcome anytime!!! It will be an honor, good man. And I am sure you'll love the food here.
Best content on Zim and well researched too Bruce. You bring back memories. Thank you.
Thank you so much. I’m very happy to hear that.
Thank you for watching
Please came back our brother this is you home our home together we do not how beautiful it is Zimbabwe,
Zimbabwe is very beautiful. Maybe I will be able to come back one day. Fingers are crossed.
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God bless the nation of zimbabwe it will flourish again because he blesses dertemined hard workers
Hopefully those blessings come soon.
@@OverlandingwithBruce its there already but those with eyes that believe and see things in a positive way its all about working with mentality
Sad to see Zimbabwe so run down, certainly since I left in 1984. Beautiful bush areas/landscapes we all know and love about Zim. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us all.
It's a pleasure and thank you for watching. The bush and variety of bush/landscapes in Zimbabwe is truly spectacular and I am very lucky that I am able to experience it.
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Diana visited Leopard Rock in the 90’s….in one of the hallways there’s a pic of her wearing a LR t-shirt.👑 Great vid mate.
Thanks so much. We were meant to stay there in May but didn’t make it as we were delayed in Harare. Hopefully next time.
Thank you for the compliment and for watching.
Applaud you for not being blasphemous. great videos.
Thank you. I will definitely not ever be blasphemous. I have many other faults but don’t believe in that.
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Thank you Bruce for all these Zimbabwe videos you inspired me to tour my home country , funny I recently got my new defender can't wait for the experience
It’s a pleasure. I think next time I’m in Zim we need to arrange a New Defender owners meet-up somewhere. 😂 Hope you have many happy miles of smiles. Thank you for watching
What a lovely episode. You’ve certainly activated a lot of memories. I can even remember the smell of the crisp, fresh, cool air of the Chimanmani Mountains. Thank you
Thank you. Yes it’s a special place. Thank you for watching
Thanks Bruce, nicely arranged & casual without becoming monotonous (also like the snippets of info). When I was a kid I remember my dad & cousin climbing over the top of Birchenough Bridge. Recently we were in Gonarezhou and stayed at Rossi Pools. What spectacular location, in fact the whole of the Mwendzi river camps & sites are spectacular. I was interested that you used the Malapati BB road. I was contemplating using it back to Bulawayo, but decided to go back via Kyle Dam/ Great Zim - Matopos & home (Botswana). I like your alternative routes, many are roads/tracks I haven't been on for many years (decades).
Thank you very much. Your dad and cousin are very brave. I could never do that 😂
I always try do the roads less travelled and have been rewarded many times. That back road would be slow back to Bullies or Bots and after lots of rain impassable in places but it’s a really nice route. You could leave Gonarezhou, then stay at the Drummond farm about 80kms from Beitbridge then up to Bulawayo or just drive straight through. I made it to Johannesburg from there but it was a long day.
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The quality and filming style,story telling keeps on changing.From tenth floor to 50th
Thank you. I am really trying hard to improve all the time so I am very happy if I am able to do that.
Seeing the animals in their territory is so unreal.Filming alone without an assistant is very difficult.We appreciate the effort put in this video.I thoroughly enjoyed it and will watch with the rest of the family tonight ❤thank i for the ⚽️ they wll never forget you ❤I ddnt know They speak tsonga tht side of Zim
Thank you so much. Yes traveling like this is a huge privilege. Thank you for watching and commenting
A great overview of the eastern Zimbabwe, an area not really totally exploited by SA tourists. Bruce you need to spend more time in Gonarezhou - North and South. A wonderful wilderness. I will be back there at beginning August. By the way, loved your choice of music background.
Thanks so much Mike. Yes time is always a problem.
Thank you for watching and commenting and enjoy your trip
Amazing Bruce, next time pass through the Save Valley Conservancy esp Humani
Thank you. Yes my wife and I went through there about 4 weeks ago. We drove from North to South and stayed half way too. Will be coming up in a few episodes.
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@@OverlandingwithBruce thanks Bruce. Kindly give a shout out to the Humani Range chief Roger Whittall for the great job he has been doing. I was similar to those little boys you always give footballs to in the rural & he picked me up. I am now an Oncologist in Europe. Keep it up bro!
Wow that is amazing! Congratulations and thank you 🙏
Amazing content. As expected you delivered and kept us intrigued by your good story telling techniques. The south of Zimbabwe has a lot scenery to explored and enjoyed. thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for the kind words and thank you so much for watching
Wow, this must rank as one of the best videos you have ever produced. Ndatenda, Ngiyabonga kakhulu Bruce....
Oh wow thank you so much. Really happy to read that.
zvinofadza uye ndinokutendai nekuona
I always thought the Eastern Highlands was the best Zim has to offer - until I got to watch the trips to Kanyemba. My God Zim is beautiful.
I couldn’t agree more. There is so much in Xim. Thank you for watching and commenting
Awesome episode Bruce! Zimbabwe is on my list of places to go next year. Can’t wait!
And that lady at the end 😂 cracked me up!
😂 she shouldn’t be messed with😂 thank you for watching and commenting
I wouldn't stay for dinner either, rather scary lol 😂
The work that you are doing in filming these natural exotics is so amazing and beautiful
thank you so much. It is very rewarding seeing these places, meeting the people and having the online support like yours so thank you for the kind words and support
Thanks for this Bruce 🙏🏽you got me so emotional in tears actually as I remember the wonderful times I shared with my family especially my late father who loved visiting Leopard Rock Hotel….such wonderful childhood memories, that I’ll forever cherish…
its a pleasure. Im sorry that you are in tears but I am sure they are happy tears. We were very privileged to grow up there. Thank you for your support
great videos of Zimbabwe.
Thank you very much
Excellent video Bruce. Iam from Greenside Mutare. Never new Marymount used to be a Catholic boarding school.
It was so well built, we used to go there to swim.
So many memories, I love Mutare
Thank you so much. Very happy you enjoyed it. You right it is so well built. When I look at it to me it has a German type influence but of course I could be totally wrong
Such beautiful country. Glad to see all the soccer balls handed out.Keep on trucking.
That it is Doug. Thank you for watching
That lady yoh and the "thokoloshi" cracked me up 😂😂 you are so funny Bruce
😂😂😂😂 haha thank you……. I think
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Brilliant as usual. Sitting here in Wales telling my wife that we must visit Zim before I kick the bucket lol. Left Bulawayo many years ago.
thanks very much. :)
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Excellent Bruce, awesome episode , your cooking skills are .. ja.. well.. only just better than mine 😂 Zimbabwe is impressive through your videos. Well done ,
🤣 thank you.
Thank you sir for visiting my birth town Chiredzi
It’s a pleasure. Thank you for watching.
Thank you soo much Bruce for showcasing our beautiful country ❤ 💙
It's my pleasure. Thank you for watching
the Mutare to Chiredzi drive was nostalgic! Great episode!
Thanks very much. It’s a stunning drive and the baobabs are just incredible
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As a Zimbo I have never seen some of the places you’ve shown in your video. Thanks for sharing your adventures from what was my home 😢The country has always had such huge potential
There are so many amazing places in Zimbabwe and I hope I can continue to share them. I also can not wait to share the next few episodes of this amazing adventure we had.
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Great filming Skills. Indeed Africa is beautiful beyond doubt
Thank you so much. And thank you for watching and commenting. A comment like that makes all the work worth while
“Loved it Bruce“ ❤ Great pics of Cross Kopje, Marymount, the Vumba etc! Well done xx
Im so glad. Does Marymount still look the same? Thanks for watching and commenting xx
Hi Bruce, you’re a true ambassador for Zimbabwe. God bless you!!!
Thank you so much. That’s really nice of you to say that.
Thank you for watching
I hope your mum enjoyed your tour of her old teachers college!
Mutare is lovely as always, Vhumba just gorgeous along with Chimanimani.
That camp-site at Bridal Veil Falls was outstanding!! Hope Zimparks gets back to you for payment(sure they can use every cent)
Yes I spied the face with the hat or was it a tortoise head I saw
The smiles on the kids faces just warm your heart. God bless for your generosity
You must take Ryan, Edward,Chris along for an epic adventure there as well!!
Hope another adventure will be on the cards soon
Cheers for another great episode
Thank you so much. I am so privileged to be able to do these trips and yes the kiddies reaction is priceless.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting........and now I tortoise too. Glad im not the only crazy one. :)
Hello Mr Turner, yet again we get to see beautiful Zimbabwe, hear excellent English spoken and an overall quality production. Keep it up. Tell us more about your lovely 110 D300, please.
Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and commenting again
spectacular views we have in ZIM!!! I love the smiles on those kids' faces. You are doing a great job there Bruce. Thank you so much May you be blessed❤
Thank you very much. Yes Zimbabwe had some amazing places and I can’t wait to return
❤❤❤next tome i love to going in zim😊😊😊
You should it’s a great place. Thank you for watching
Tozoonana nguva inotevera
I hope so. Thank you for watching
Great video…as usual my fiancé really enjoys seeing the sights from home. She really appreciates your efforts!
Thank you for letting me know. Please send my regards and thank her for watching.
And thank you to you too.
Weldone Bruce
Thank you
@@OverlandingwithBruce would love to join you one of these days if you do not mind.
Thanks very much for filming this beautiful part of Zimbabwe. In the nineties I traveled as a tour guide through this great country. Your vlog brought back lots of beautiful memories on that period.
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Nywee nywe Zimbabwe this and that yini leyi .im proud of my country one days is one day we will forget that we being chased away Guys it will pass
KUZOLUNGA 🤞sizoyavota kuzolunga we pray day and night 🙏🙏
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this is awesome
Thank you and thank you for watching
Gee Bruce, this is arguably your best yet.
Thanks so much. Thank you for watching
Wow❤❤❤ the 🌙.The waterfalls ❤❤,the birds so tranquil
Chimanimani is amazing with so much to explore
Great to watch Zimbabwe being still such a magic place, my experience here in Kenya is, when animals in a remote area are shy and running away, it mostly points to them being hunted by poachers. Animas that haven't seen cars in a long time usually stand an watch in awe, as happened to me during Covid Lockdown time in Tsavo when I was the only person in the park after month and month. Great Video, keep up the good work...
I agree. I also did hear lion in the area so they were possibly on edge but I do think you are right.
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Hi Bruce once again a exellent video and coverage of the areas you traveled you are a great ambassador to Zimbabwe try pronounce Mabalouta like "Ma-bala-hoota" take care be safe H 👍 👍 🍺 😊
Thank you so much. It’s funny I can say it in my head but not out loud 😂
Thanks very much for watching
Indeed great ambassador to Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
@@freemanndhlovu4370 thank you 🙏
Zimbabwe is beautiful
I agree. Thank you for watching
Excellent work Bruce. I have had the chance to visit most of the areas in the documentary. Look forward to more of your exciting history laden documentaries ❤
Thank you so much and thank you for watching and commenting. I will certainly try and do more of what you suggest.
You just hit 8,560.. something subscribers! Amazing. Thank you for sharing your travels with us. Loved the series and seeing Zim. Cheers, Bruce.
I know how amazing. I really appreciate every single subscriber.
It’s a pleasure and thank you for supporting by watching and commenting
Amazing footage. My home 🏡 is in Chimanimani village, overlooking the beautiful Chimanimani mountains. Bridal Veil falls was a favorite family picnic spot. The highlight was a deep in the pool. Thank you for visiting Chimanimani.
Bridal veil is awesome. I plan to go back and spend more time exploring the area. What an awesome place to grow up in
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Amazing footage again. Thank you for letting me see parts of home I have not as yet seen.
You welcome and thank you for watching and commenting
Well done Bruce. Great video. Anyone able to translate what the last lady was was saying. Im just guessing, but I think her husband was told politely not to come home? 😂😂
Not sure but she wasn’t pleased with her husband. Not sure why I think that 😂
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Spectacular views there, zim is surely beautifull. Well done Bruce you work so hard to give us pleasure, history and information to all these places.
Thank you 🙏 I love doing it so it’s not so much work.
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Thank you for this quality video
I really enjoyed it
I'm from Chipinge South Mkhukuzi village on your way to Chiredzi before the jack Quinton Bridge on the Save River.
I love Birchenough so many fruits sold there 😅
It’s a pleasure. Thank you for watching. I also found the baobab forests in the area spectacular. Beautiful country.
Bruce you know this country (history) better than us the citizens do 😅😅😅😅
A little secret. I don’t. I do a bit of research during editing. 😂
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🍾🥂Sunday afternoon well spent.
I enjoyed watching every bit. Thank you..
That’s awesome. Thank you for watching and commenting
Excellent, I had been looking forward to this episode Bruce, so I made that this evening's viewing as soon as I saw it was up. It was just right and took us back into the bush for another very real ride along with you. You get it right and it is so easy to be caught up in the trip and enjoy it along with you. Thank you very much for this, I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much Brian. I am very happy to hear that. Thank you for watching again and commenting.
"Come to Umtali and get bombed"...lekker one again Bruce. I think I was about 12 yrs old and I went on a Geoff Cox tour of Eastern Highlands, Birchenough Bridge, Hot Springs and Zimbabwe Ruins. At the Bridge, we abseiled from the road level down to the riverbed, a memory I will never forget. Then in Std 5, the class went to the Lowveld and visited Gonarezhou. We went into the riverbed to checkout the Chilojo Cliffs. Your overland tours are bringing back so many awesome memories of old Rhodesia. Cheers!!
Those are awesome memories. Thank you so much for sharing them Bruce. Im glad my videos are helping with those.
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Thanks i enjoyed watching. Shame you didnt manage to get to zims tallest tree in chirinda forest. :-(
Thank you. Yes it’s a shame but that’s just another excuse to go back for another visit
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A - Z the episode is absolutely amazing well-done and keep going Bruce 👏
Ah thank you so much. Really appreciate that. Thank you for watching
Bruce camping sites out of this world, footage flippen nice as always that bridge wow mooi verby Zim a beautiful country thanks for sharing Bruce
It’s a pleasure Shaun. It really is a great place to explore. Thank you for watching and commenting Shaun
I love your video really captures the richness of Zimbabwe... the detour you took passed by my parents house!!!
Thanks so much. Did you see your parents house?
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hope u injoy in zimbabwe❤
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for the tin foil paper tip 📝 😊❤
It’s a pleasure. Hope you enjoy. Thank you for watching
Hello Bruce I realy miss home 🏡. Thank you so much.
Im sorry but I hope you enjoyed the episode and it bought back some good memories.
Thank you for watching
Enjoyed all your Zim episodes! Hoping to do eastern Zimbabwe at some point in the future so its great to get a glimpse of the travel conditions and campsites.
Thanks so much mate. I didn’t do the area justice as there just is too many awesome places and I spent to little time there. Shout any time if you have any questions.
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I enjoyed travelling with you. Thank you for taking us along and thank you for the soccer balls 😄.
Thank you so much for coming along. Really appreciate the support and the comment.
I have fond memories of the leopard Rock Hotel. What a great place
I still need to stay there sometime. Thank you for commenting and watching
Very nice 👍
Thank you 👍
Thanks Bruce Excellent TH-cam
Thank you and thank you for watching
Thankyou for sharing this video. My Grandmother is from Mutare. I'd love to visit sometime 😊
It’s a pleasure. You should visit.
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Thanks Mr Bruce,i always enjoy you adventure.its so inspiring,keep on homeboy in Africa is where we belong.big up son of the soil
thank you so much for watching again. Africa is truly where we belong. All the best and thank you for the comment
the food
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When you passed through Chipinge from Chimanimani I saw my home village near banana plantation heading Birchnough bridge, that was awesome. I miss home
Oh how awesome. You need to visit. It’s a beautiful area.
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Hie Bruce really wanted to see how you prepared your verg and nyama I like bundu life bro keep it up
😂😂😂 hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching
looks like the old days
I hope that’s a good thing. Thank you for watching
Mutare my hometown. That's were I was heading to when we drove past each other in messina.
Oh wow. Nice place. Hope you had a great trip. Thank you for watching
Came across your video and sbd b4 watching bcz of the name Zimbabwe. You made my day thank you so much for sharing..❤❤❤✅️👍🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼💯🙏
Thank you very much that is so great to hear.
Thank you for watching and letting me know
Thanks Bruce 👍 manicaland is my area dankie for the travel
Beautiful area. Thank you for watching
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤ one love murungu
Thank you man. Same to you. Thank you for the support
Enjoyed this, Bruce you always raise my nostalgia up. Thank you, keep visiting Zimbabwe
That’s so nice to hear. Thank you for watching and commenting
I enjoy your travel guide. Please film some more
Even though it was just the petrol station it was awesome to see a glimpse of the Chiredzi surroundings. Next time you go through Chiredzi / Triangle grab some more footage for me haha
I will try do so.
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Great Bruce. I really enjoyed this one. Lots of memories too 🤙
Thanks so much Peter. Really appreciate the support and compliment mate
Well done Bruce, keep safe bro
Thank you mate
Hi Bruce, wonderful episode, thanks for sharing. See we going to have to maybe work on that pronunciation tho, give this a try, Ma - bala - (h)uta. Translation, or so I have been led to believe, would be something along the lines - ‘blah, blah, hooter’ and having to do with the onetime almost continuous sounding of the train ‘hooter’ as the train drivers struggled to move the herds of elephant from the line of rail thereabouts.
Oh wow that is so interesting. Thank you Mike. Love that
Thank you for watching and yes I need lots of help with pronunciation 😂
Hey Bruce, great episode mate. Really enjoyed watching it as always. Be great if you did a tag along with some of your followers. All the best, cheers.
Hi Fanie. Thanks so much. I have a mad plan, so watch this space. (Not a tag along as I’m not qualified but I do have a plan coming soon)
Thank you Bruce truly worth the wait keep up the good work and God bless
Thanks so much and thank you for watching and commenting again
Its nice to see Zim through your videos thanks Bruce
Thank you so much Simba and thank you for letting me know and for watching
Thank you Bruce, much needed Sunday viewing 👍🏼
You are welcome and thank you for watching and commenting
Thank you Bruce for your travels nice one 😊
It’s a pleasure. Thank you for watching