Exploring Abandoned Ghost Town - Namibia
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Welcome to Vlog 2 of our 3 month Cape Town to Kenya expedition :) We camp in Aus, Namibia & explore Kolmanskop, an abandoned mining town from the diamond rush!
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Intro done by Nella Addy:
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You guys should really try visit a place in Swaziland called Bulembu. It's a small town (very beautiful town) which is currently being used as a child care ministry thing, but it used to be an asbestos mining town which was completely abandoned in the very early 2000s. There are still tons of abandoned buildings including a high school, 5000 houses, mine shafts etc that you should go check out. Plus the town has beautiful hikes, forests and waterfalls. I lived there for 3 years.
Love the new outro. "I'll see you guys when I see you guys" haha
Glad you like it :) I kind of like it too, might make it more of a thing.
Your content is getting better and better at an exponential rate. So happy to be on this journey with you.
Thank you :)
Absolutely been loving the vlogs Nicole! Keep it up
Thanks so much :)
I agree with many of the commenters, keep on teaching us when ever you get the urge.
Namibia is one of my favourite places in the world. Thanks for bringing back some awesome memories.
"I'll see you guys when I see you guys" I'm loving the new outro.
My favorite vlogs of all time on TH-cam!
Fantastic! You guys make it hard to get through the work week without planning new adventures.
Love history don't stop that. It makes every place you visit even more interesting :)
Way to shut down a cheeky ben at the end lol. - Loving the journey, glad you're taking us on it
you two are having fun... cheers
I found out about Ben's channel day before he published the his first vlog of your expedition. Luckily, shorty after I noticed that you also vlog. Because both of you have different takes on what to film, it is amazing experience to able to watch your journey with two different perspectives :)
Marius Borgarbúi Thanks Marius, and welcome to the family :)
I love that you do not try and force anything
Love your vlogs, the history and knowledge of the area is fascinating too and adds to the quality of the content and gives depth to your work. Part of traveling is learning and it's great that you can share that with us. Thanks. You guys are awesome! Hope it continues to be an amazing time.
Glad to hear it, thank you :) x
This is so beautifully edited!!! It is incredible how much you have improved!
Clancy Utech Thank you :)
the sand coming into those building is so cool. id love to do a trip like this in my life
I love the "chillaxed" atmosphere of your vlogs, Nicole :)
Something always told me Nicole had to be the level headed planner for this trip. Love this. I am so glad I found Ben Brown through Thomas Heaton to eventually find Nicole.
Haha, someone has to be :) Thanks for watching
Excellent - your vlogs just keep getting better and better!
Your camping set up is legit! That ghost town was super cool.
"1000 to 300" - Nicole's Jacob Zuma moment 😂
I really enjoyed this vlog! loved all the info and ive heard of the abandoned place you went to, its so crazy and spooky. I also love that whenever I watch you i learn something, laugh out loud at least once and feel amazed at the visuals! looking forward to seeing more of the trip!
A lovely natural relaxed tone to it all. Like it.
Thanks nicole for sharing all that with us ! much appreciated!! :) great vlog , good editing and nice shots :)
Thanks for watching :) x
Nicole this is so much fun to watch. Super enjoying the fact that it's not full of effects etc. but that it's calm, fun and focusing on the trip. Enjoy your time guys :)
Awesome. Have been in Sossusvley and than up north end of March.
Love following your trip through your 2 points of vue Nicole and Ben! Awesome adventure :)
Well done on your Vlogs Nicole! Thank you for being real and genuine!
Thanks Micah :)
super excited to watch
Beautiful vlog, Nicole. I am so glad you gave us a little history of the place. Namibia is so beautiful and has such horrific stories of colonization. The first genocide of the last century was there as well, where the Germans massacred the Herero people. It is a little known fact but your story just reminded me of that.
LOved this vlog! Especially the little snipets of info on the places you go:)
The most comforting video I've seen in a long time, awesome vlog Nicole.
Love it! Do like how you include a bit of the historical context to the places you visit. 👍🏼Can't wait for the next vlog!
I've seen that town on Instagram as the setting for some killer lifestyle shots! Thanks for sharing Nicole cause now I know where it is. Just to make the journey from the Caribbean to there now :)
Loving the Vlogs Nicole! Some serious nostalgia going on with this trip. Safe travels!
Hendri Mouton Thanks so much :)
Awww, you guys are hilarious when really tired. Loved the end of the vlog.
Love these Namibia vlogs, this trip looks amazing
LOVING THE VLOGS!!!! BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS :)
Such a great vlog Nicole!! Love the music too. Also... I HAVE to visit this abandoned town looks amazing!
Ah, thanks Dan :) Yes, you would LOVE Namibia, definitely have to make a mission out there sometime!
love these vlogs !
Awesome video, Nicole!
Really enjoying your videos, Nicole. Keep up the great work :)
My day has just been made brighter...Love your vlogs
This Vlog is beautifully done, Nicole. Love seeing your Vlog's hit my Subscription box. Keep up the great work! Hope all's well.
Thanks Josh :) Hope you're well!
Love this! Really cool hearing about the history. :D
I get addicted from this epic content! Love to follow you guys on this incredible journey, thanks for sharing ot with us. Keep it´e up Nicole you´re making huge progress! :)
Fantastic video! Keep it up!
Loving the timelapses!
Loved the vloggg
Lovely content! Keep it up!
love your vlogs! Namibia is on top of my bucket list! can't wait to visit
I really enjoy the history and information on the towns :)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE hearing about the history!
Great to hear, I'll get on my googling game ;)
Dank u! Ik hoop dat als ik comment in het nederlands u kan me verstaan. :p
oh yeeessss 🙌🙌
Funny ending and another great vlog.
was that bathtub at 7:44 the one that Carlos Costa brought out to slide on with his friend on his Namibia video? lolol loving the vlogs so much Nicole!!
In a Nat Geo article a few years back, there was a final report on the discovery of an old Portugise trading vessel from 1535 that didn't make it around the Cape of Good Hope to India. It was battered on the shoals by a storm, made it to the beach half intact, and was finally found buried inside one of those diamond mines on a Namibian Beach. They found records of survivors logs at the site who were shipwrecked, along with surviving mercantile records in Lisbon, Portugal. They said there were diamonds ALL over the beaches. Big, fist sized ones to tiny ones naturally washed down from inland rivers, that weren't collected yet in remote Namibia 500 years ago.
Woah! That's incredible, I'm definitely going to read up about this. Thanks so much for sharing this crazy piece of knowledge.
hahahahaha that ending got me!
beautiful vlog as always
that ghost town was interesting.... what i loved more is that no one graffiti
the walls etc... super cool...
Christina
Hamilton, Ontario Canada
Sociable weavers are so cute!
That gosht town was amazing!
Awesome places! Crazy how things worked back then....1 year for leave 5 days!!!
Great vlog.
Awesome. Love it :)
I live in Namibia.. and I've been there and it's pretty exciting
You are living my dream ❤️
I started thinking... What about the laundry on such trips? How much clothing do you pack and do you wash it, or collect dirty laundry till you get back? >.>
Tricky...and I loveeeee clean clothes! We're kind of friends with the endless dust & dirt by now, but whenever we are in a town we get some laundry done. And otherwise do hand-washing at campsites.
Oi!!!! You camped under that weaver nest??? I don't know a lot about Afrique but what I DO know is that cobras like to hang out near them... HAVE MERCY!!! (that's southern american for wow)
Great work as always.
Also, I meant what I twitted... if the relationship survives 3 months with just the 2 of you across the whole of that great continent and you don't want to throat punch each other..... just marry up at the great migration and don't tell anyone. You've found your true partner if you can roadtrip symbiotically
Hahaha, we're wanting to see snakes! But luckily it was a snake-free...at least we didn't see any. Thanks for watching :)
Not Cobras but not so friendly venomous snakes after the eggs
The fact that there was no music at the scary ghost town made it even more scary. I actually took my earbuds out so I wouldn't hear any scary screams or yells or something just in case Ben tried to scare you. 😱😵
Btw, the more history bits, the better. I love history.
This adventure looks like a lot of fun guys. I would love to explore "The Ghost Town" Mah ha ha ha.. :)
You guys should put a couple of bikes on the back of Pumba for day trips and running to the shops!
Nicole you are the best at adventure I absolutely love it 😘😘😘😘😘😘👌
Hello Nicole. I have been following you and Ben since he joined Chris Hadfield in the Arctic last fall. I really enjoy your vlogs. It's a lot of fun for a (later)middle-aged person from a tiny little province in eastern Canada where we have really long winters. This vlog on the abandoned mining town was interesting to me in that we have an acclaimed local photographer from here named Freeman Patterson who winters in Africa and he's done some breathtaking photography of an abandoned mining town in Namibia like the one you visited. If you got a chance to take a look I bet you'd really enjoy his photos. Looking forward to your future vlogs about this journey!
Hahahaha did you swifty in the tent after all? Great vlog, Nicole!
You two are great. I showed my wife these and asked why couldn't we go on an adventure. I need a Defender.
...and car insurance.
It would appear so.... :)
Love Ben's longer hair!
The sand inhere is amazing. This is literally so cool! Looks like a movie set! My crew and I were happy to drop a sub! We would love to hit this at night. Looking forward to more!!!
If Nicole says it's haunted, it's haunted !
the end was great hahahaha
ben hasn't a clue whats going on haha
Now I feel like fish and chips... might go to Kalk Bay but it's flipping cold XD also loving the vlogs Nicole keep up the kiffness
Hopefully some rain to accompany the cold at home!
Luderitz 😀 We couldn't go in to that ghost town 😯
Yes, please tell us the history of the places.
I live in Cape Town and for our spring break we took a road trip to and in Namibia and we did this town, and I was just wondering if you guys went into the hospital and doctors house because those were my favorite buildings from this abandoned town.
"Colonization vibes" hahahahahahahahaha and the British dude called it european hecticness. That made me laugh 😂
You guys 🙌🏼❤️ I'm so excited every time a blog goes up!
Snowbabe! Thank you :) Can't wait for you guys to join us!
Hey. Nice video. Crazy abandoned place. I think I recognize that town from Prof. Brian Cox's "Wonders of the Universe" where he explained Entropy. By the way what happened below your nose dear? Did something bite you?
Your trip looks amazing !, will you be going to Mana Pools when you pass through Zim?
Oh definitely!! Any recommendations?
I always stay at Nyamepi camp, that is the main nationality park campsite. It's amazing and you will love Mana Pools.
When will you guys be there?
Tame Impala brought me here. 10/25/19
Always room for a foam roller in pumbs!
Awe, n paar namibianers op youtube vir n slag ♥️
Greetings from Russia. Great release. We are a very nice couple. Vsego good to you.
Can someone tell me if this is the place Professor Brian Cox did his High and Low Entropy (2nd law of thermodynamics) demonstration in Wonders of the Universe?
Cheers
I haven't seen it, but many people have said the same thing so I assume that it is :)
Who’s Swifty and is there room for him in the tent? 😭😭😭 Did you hear any voices, besides yours and Ben’s, during your explore of the ghost town? It so cool you got to be there by yourselves. Love the shots at the beginning of desert all around you as you were driving. 👊👍😎🤘🤘
Love hearing about the history of the areas you're visiting. Adds the necessary depth to your vlogs/blogs.
The ghost town that has a restaurant and sells local wares I was the in May 2017 and it was spoiled by the commercial aspects
Pat Roberts Yeah, I didn't quite enjoy it as much as I thought I would to be honest, interesting but I have no need to go back.
Should do the ghost town after dark then you can mos "behoorlik jou broek beskuit!"
I'm in Philippines now but I want to sleep in the ghost town man..have u been to Upington? We're in Mindanao now
I love how similar African and Dutch are. (dutchie over here)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language
Afrikaans, nothing African about it - it's a Germanic language.
Afrikaans originated from the Dutch settlers who colonised South Africa. It has evolved a little bit so has become slightly different but pretty much the same
Yip, what Kelby said.
Why do I get the idea that the last 30 seconds of the video was a bit too true... haha Ben