S1 - Ep 240 - Carolusberg - A Copper Mining Community Near Springbok!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2023
- We were told that we must visit the copper mining community of Carolusberg, so we made a plan to stop off at the small town to see it for ourselves. We could not believe it when we were told by a local that Simon van der Stel's old copper mine was just outside of town. We did some research and learnt that his party sank a mine shaft here in 1685. We found out later that he was actually looking for gold, but found copper instead. I read somewhere that Carolusberg is actually a suburb of the town of Springbok. We took a drive through the streets of Carolusberg and to be honest, I was super impressed to see how clean and neat the yards, streets and houses were. This was a proud community and it was a great visit. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #carolusberg #northerncape #namaqualand #springbok
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Oh please! Who has the right to complain about sound. Especially as you always post apologies throughout the videos. How much would it have cost to go there ourselves. You guys are providing an essential service for FREE. We thank and love you for it!! Please don't take any unreasonableness on our part to heart. ... LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ADVENTURE😀😀😀👍
We understand that everyone has gotten used to our chattering in the vehicle as we drive, but it'll be back in our next series of videos. Thank you so much for being so understanding about it all, much appreciated! We're ready to pick you up for the next one real soon! 😁🚗
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Yes, we all love your happy, spontaneous chatter and laughter - so we are looking forward to hearing you again - but you did an impressive job editing with voice overs.
Many thanks for the videos keep well greatings from Italy to all south africa 🌈🌈🌈
Thank you for watching all the way from Italy! We look forward to seeing you again very soon! 🚗🇿🇦
WHAT CAN I SA Y, STUNNING !! THANK YOU BOTH !!!!!!!
The Namaqualand should be on everyone's bucket list. Seen it twice in the dry season and once during the flowers. A sight to behold
@Gerald Rafferty Thank you, so glad you enjoyed our trip through the Namaqualand region. We thought it was stunning too! 🤩🚗
I love your adventurous spirits taking the unintended roads- exactly what I would have done. Your commentary always more than compensates for any sound problems. This was really special and I loved travelling with you. You're absolutely right saying Namaqualand has so much more than just flowers- it's an undiscovered wonderland and very special. Fantastic and fabulous!! Thank you so much.
We were free to stop wherever we wanted to on the long trek home because no hosts were waiting for us at any accommodation establishment and if we arrived home at midnight, that would've been cool also! 😎 We're so glad that we turned in to Carolusberg and got to see Simon van der Stel's old mineshaft with our own eyes. To witness such incredible history, is amazing! Thank you for being so understanding of our sound issues and for discovering a little more of this 'undiscovered wonderland'. That is indeed exactly what it is! 🤩🚗
The growth of your subscription base says a lot about our willingness to overlook the sound problems. Well done and well deserved. I love your channel and hope to see you grow with each adventure.
I started subscribing when you were under 2000 subscribers and love watching how you have both grown in confidence and skills.
Thank you for your very kind words, they mean so much to the both of us! 😊 We appreciate you sticking around and are so happy to hear that you enjoy travelling with us to all these amazing places our country has to offer. Looking forward to taking you to many more! 🚗🇿🇦
Hi Curtis and Sonia,
Thank you for revisiting Carolusberg to supply us with the whole picture. It is much appreciated that, despite the sound issues, you returned and showcase the Simon van der Stel copper mine and this mining town. Valuable historical information.
Last time I saw Curtis so starved was when he was tucking into the curry vetkoek at Van Stadensrus I think it was.
Home sweet home reminded me of my student days.
We are just glad you are safely home. Wanted to say, have a welcome rest, but realise you are back to work.
It was super interesting finding the old copper mine and to think the first explorations were done 330+ years ago, just blew our minds! 🤯 Yup, the hunger was intense at almost 17:00 in the afternoon and those toasties were absolutely divine, so I gobbled them up in no time! 😁🥪 Your memory indeed serves you well. We bought those vetkoek (the best I've ever had by the way) in Zastron and had them on our way to Van Stadensrus. We were happy to be home, but did jump back in the saddle again immediately at work. We don't only travel hard, we work hard too! 😇🚗
Don't worry about the sound issues - we love your videos! Thank you!
That means so much, thank you! We love having you on the road with us to all these wonderful places! 🤩🚗
I always check up on the roadsigns....so thankyou for showing them!
Only a pleasure, glad they were of value to you! 🚗🛣️
Hi my friends, I can call you my friends now seeing as you took me on your travels, thank you for taking me along, what a wonderful adventure. Something tells me you love guitar music as I do 🎻. Love the strumming of the cords, plse take care till next time . Lots of love . The Kenny fam 🙏
You can absolutely call us your friends, friends! 😎 I absolutely love guitar music and, for some reason, it just fits with a gravel road so much better than any other, so I use it often! 😁🎸 I'm glad you appreciate the tunes as much as I do! Thank you for taking this trip through Namaqualand with us, we look forward to you guys joining us for the next series of videos! 🤩🚗
Hi there.
I just wanted to thank you.
My hubby has Parkinsons. He has always wanted to see our Country, but I work, and it never seems to fit our budget.
He watches your videos, he loves your videos, and even managed to subscribe now (previously he couldnt as we had an old smart box)
Tx you for being so entertaining. Love what you doing.
On behalf of my hubby Izak van der Merwe.
Tx Niki
Greetings to the two of you from the two of us! 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏼♂️ Thank you for your very special message. 😊 Please tell our new subscriber Izak that he is always very welcome to travel with us from the comfort of his armchair and we look forward to showing him many more fantastic and exciting places! 🤩🚗 And if we entertain him along the way, what a bonus! 😁 Our next adventure starts on Tuesday, tell him to be ready!
Thanks for the wonderful stories. It is great discovering the South Africa I did not know about. Makes me homesick.
And thank you for joining us on our travels! You're welcome to come back for more whenever you feel a little nostalgic and long for the beauty of this great country! 🇿🇦🚗
Sound problems was really no problem at all.
You guys put so much effort into these videos and we love it! ❤️
Voice overs are perfectly done but I'll have hearing you guys laughing in the car anytime. 🥰
Loved this trip! ❤️
Thank you so much, we're so glad you enjoyed this amazing trip through Namaqualand with the two of us! 🤩🚗 You'll be hearing us chattering and laughing again in realtime very soon again. We can't wait for you to jump on board with us again for our next trip! 😁
Thank you for bringing us along on your trip. I always get a little sad when a trip ends and a little excited for the next one. The sound issues happen (firstly) and they really gave us a new format for your videos with the voice-overs which adds great little anecdotes and info to the brilliant footage. May your dirt roads be sight-filled and well graded !
Thank you! May your wishes for those dirt roads in our future be granted! 😁We look forward to picking you up for the next episode! 😎🚗
Curtis and Sonia, I really enjoyed this video and your feedback. Just a couple of points:-
Australia was once connected to Southern Africa before the breakup so that is why the south of Western Australia looks similar.
Secondly, unlike SA which has a lot of mountains, Australia is pretty flat with only low hills.This is the reason I enjoy your videos as the scenery is magnificent!!!
Also I work for a truck company called Scania which sell a lot of trucks in SA and Namibia and have had people from SA work with us.(these are a lot of double trailer trucks there I notice like here)
Our 2 countries share a lot of similarities and hopefully I may get an opportunity to go there one day. Safe travels. I look forward as all your followers to your next trip.
Ah yes! Plate tectonics! 🌍 I had all but forgotten about that and how all the continents were once one called Pangea! 🗺 Sonia and I had a keen interest in this subject in the late 90's and even borrowed a whole NatGeo series (on video cassette still!) about that from our local library, so artfully presented by Sir David Attenborough. Thank you for the info, all which makes so much more sense to me again now! 👌 Hopefully we get to trade places with you one day and we can explore each other's continents. That would be super cool. 🚗😎
Thank-you for taking us with on this incredibly interesting and memorable trip. Carolusberg was another surprise. Yes neatness and tidiness is the lasting impression. The Simon vd Stel copper mine was a great find too. With regards to the format due to the microphone issues, as previously stated - I enjoyed the narrations, especially Sonia's narrations, her rich soothing voice-overs with interesting facts is a pleasure to listen to...as is yours Curtis...I might add...(before I ruin the friendship 🤣) The new building going up next to the N7 at Malmesbury is the new private hospital and shopping centre. The Strand really looked great in your closing shot...by far the best place to invest, and definitely the best beach in the City of Cape Town.
The friendship is intact! 😁 Let me tell you something, Sonia's voice was far from rich and soothing every time I called her to the office to come and do a voiceover. 🤣 Simon van der Stel's mine was quite amazing to see, especially if one thinks they didn't have the roads or means of transport we have today. Simply unbelievable! I missed the construction project next to the N7, but looking back on the footage, it seems quite a major project. Thanks for the info, I'll be watching it with keen interest every time we drive past. I don't know Malmesbury well, but it's also a town that seems to be growing in leaps and bounds. Strand has been home again now for almost a decade again after a few years away and, at this point in our lives at least, we can't imagine calling any other place home. As for its beach, it sometimes still takes my breath away. 😍🌊 Thank you for criss-crossing the Namaqualand with us!
Thank you very interesting is learning about Simon van Der Stel by mine
We also thought it's such an interesting part of history that we weren't even aware of. Glad you enjoyed it too! 👌🏻😊
Just want to say your travels were incredible. Sound was not so bad. Well done to you and your dear wife. Would have liked to see her as well in some of those shots taken. You both make an awesome couple. Loved all those old church's. I came across your travels by per chance. So I have many more places to view. I would love to do trips like this. I still have many more to view. Praise God that you both have arrived safely home. 🙏🏡🤗🙏🏡🤗
Thank you for watching, I'm so glad you enjoyed travelling with us through Namaqualand. My darling wife is so camera-shy that she refuses to be filmed. I hope to convince her otherwise one day though. 🥰 I can hear your longing for the open road as I read your comment and my wish for you is that you're able to make that dream come true in the not-too-distant future. Until then, you're very welcome on our backseat! 😁🚗 There are certainly enough videos to keep you busy for a long time!
Thanks for all the clearly displayed road signs. Children's graves are always a sad sight, yes, and what touched me in our nation's history - the children that died in the Anglo Boer War aka the South African War, and then the kids at Kinderlê. The latter such a descriptive name in typical Nama Afrikaans tradition
No matter how many children's graves we come across on our travels, it always fills us with deep sadness, irrespective of how the child(ren) may have died. 😥
WHOA! That VIEW from 24:18 - 24:30 ... at the sign for Melkboom coming down on the winding N7 is just awesome! I'm definitely going to visit the area around Clanwilliam Dam.
And you should, it's really gorgeous! 🤩🌊 We spent an evening at the Clanwilliam Dam early in 2022 and drove around the area a little bit. Check out Episode 62 sometime! 😁🚗 I'm so glad you enjoyed the drive home with us! 👌🏻
Hi you two!
This was another interesting trip in the stony country.
A super clean town, again with a centuries old heritage. I was really surprised by Van der Stel's turning up there. I thought he was only into wine.
Your trip home was also nice, but looong. Those passes on the N7 had me gripping my seat every now and again.
I am glad you made it home safely and looking forward to get on board again soon!
We're done for now with the stony country, but what a wild and fantastic ride it was! ⛰️🚗 Mr van der Stel seems to have had a finger into a few other pies, not only the wine variety! We found the mine (I almost said wine!) extremely interesting and couldn't believe that we were looking at the actual site where his party sunk a shaft 330+ years ago. That was awesome! 🤩 The trip home was indeed very long, we were both rather bushed that evening! Don't get too comfortable in that armchair, your seat is reserved for the next episode on Tuesday. 😎🚗
As a University student from Windhoek, Namibia, I travelled along these roads multiple times over the years in the sixties, usually in a clapped out VW beetle with four people and all their luggage in it. Thank you for letting me ride along with you to experience that long road once again, mile after mile, and re-live those 24 hour endurance drives. I have lived in Australia since then (chicken run!) and must express my amazement at the superb condition of the roads, after what I saw further north in Africa, and after reports of mass neglect and lack of maintenance of infrastructure in the new rainbow nation. My compliments!
It was fantastic having you on board all the way from Australia! 😁🚗 I'm glad you got to relive your looong drives from way back then. It certainly sounds like you stuffed those Beetles to the max! 🤣 It was indeed a nice drive home for us too and the roads were in fantastic shape, I had zero complaints. We expect to see you back on our back seat for our next series of videos! 🤩🇿🇦
Hi there.. I am Tommy Cooper of Cape Town... I have watched quite a few of your travels to the towns, especially Northern Cape. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanx for sharing.
Hope to visit these towns myself in a year's time. I thus have saved a few of your videos. Keep well both of you. I can't believe you did those trips all in a kwid. I traveled in a kwid to Durban.
Thank you for joining us in the Kwid, it was fun having you on board. Our experience of the Kwid has only been good and we find it economical, comfortable and just all over a joy to drive. Having done a long-distance trip in a Kwid yourself, you must be familiar with all these fantastic attributes though! 🤩 It sounds like you're planning a trip of your own in a year's time. The planning part of any trip is part of the fun, so enjoy it. Until you hit the road yourself, you're welcome to hop onto our backseat anytime! 😁🚗
Thank you. Very nice hidden town with a rich history. Well done
Glad you enjoyed the visit to Carolusberg. That old mine was absolutely amazing to see! 🤩🚗
Totally loved this trip...having never been there myself. You did an amazing job with the sound....its alot of work to redo sound 🙏🙏 you digging up history thats just lost these days. Mining history in SA is totally facinating. 😘ugh you guys🤩
Thank you for always jumping on board! We appreciate that so much! 😊 Happy to hear that we found a fellow mining history enthusiast in you, we had no idea of this part of the history of our country and fascinating is the perfect word for it! 🤩 Get ready for the next places we want to show you! 🤩🚗
Ai...nou ek verlang na ons 2021 trip Richtersveld toe...ons het daai pad Augrabies toe gery... dankie vir julle videos...ons het dit geniet...ons wag in spanning vir die volgende ...🇿🇦👍👍
I'm so glad you were reminded of special times on one of your own trips. Thank you for joining us on ours, we always so appreciate you hopping on board, although we know you're used to 4x4 travels for the most part. 🤩🚗 We hope you'll enjoy our next series of videos, dropping soon! 😁
Goooood morning. Thanks for allowing me on the back seat of the bugmobile. Beautifull, well kept little town. It facinated me that nomatter how dry it is around most of the towns, there will always be some green trees and well kept gardens in the smallest towns. Well I had to leave the backseat to get back to Pretoria but just a last story about the road between Springbok and Van Rhynsdorp. In the 60's it was a gravel road but then slowly but surly the goverment started laying down the tare road. Much to our delight. Somewere in the Knersvlakte, before Van Rhynsdorp there must be a road turning off to Dowsetheylight. Always tickled us that one
Thank you for a nice, educational trip for people to get to know SA better. Specialy places like Namaqualand. I still have to sit down and look at the full series. Will do so when I have time and if Escom allows me. Thanks once again. Be safe.
Carolusberg was a very neat and tidy town with many well cared-for properties, which was a joy to see! So interesting that you mention Dowsethelight. We completely missed the sign, but another regular viewer commented under our Garies video that it was some kind of signal to soldiers in the Anglo-Boer War to dim the lights so as not to be seen by the enemy. But I really don't recall the specifics. If you scroll through the comments of Episode 222, you may find it there. 🤷🏼♂️🛣️ Happy watching of our earlier trips before you jumped on board, there are certainly enough to keep you busy until we collect you again for the next episode on Tuesday! 😁🚗
By accident we came across your videos and we fell in love with the "forgotten " towns of SA.
We are both from Southern Africa and living abroad for the last 23 years.
Keep up the great work, greetings from Germany
Greetings to you in Germany! Thank you, we're glad to hear that you enjoy our videos. And so happy that we can take you to some of the smaller towns at the southern tip of your home continent. We look forward to both of you coming along to many more places with the two of us. 🚗🇿🇦
Hello hello, thank you for these amazing videos, all these towns throughout your videos they each have so much history behind them and it was really nice to have experienced it with you...even with all the sound issues, the saddest part of your videos are always that they come to an end, keep up the good work with these videos..stay safe. blessings😇
Thank you, thank you! 🤩 We're always happy when you join us on the road and it's great that you enjoyed this series through Namaqualand as well. We know you'll join us again in the next episode when the next series start, so the sadness at this one ending, will be very short-lived! 😎🚗
@@DustBugsTravel i cannot wait to go on our next adventure 🙂
Hi guys no worries about the sound still enjoying the videos I noticed some concrete fence panels with wagon wheels I agree with Curtis nice neat town the old copper mines so interesting the drive home magnificent scenery wimpy in Malmesbury great 👍 guys you certainly live in a beautiful part of the world thanks for the video cheerio till the next one
Carolusberg was an interesting last stop on our way home, that rich copper mine history was just unbelievable in how far it dates back to. 330+ years, no less! 😳 How awesome that you saw the Wimpy in Malmesbury, you must also be a fan of their breakfasts! 🥓🍳 We appreciate you exploring the Namaqualand region with us and taking the long drive home with us too! We do live in a beautiful part of our country indeed, we fall in love with Strand every time we come home. We look forward to showing you the next place in the next episode, get ready so long! 😎🚗
Loved the different scenery and the vastness of it all. Thankyou so much for sharing.
'The vastness of it all' is also what blew our minds about this entire region. So glad you enjoyed this trip with us! 😁🚗
Dankie ek het op Carolisberg gewerk.
Thank you for watching our video, you must know the town very well! I hope our video reminded you of some good times there! 😁🚗
Awesome 👍👍 wow and congratulations on your 250th Video. 😎
Thank you, appreciate the good good wishes so much! 🥳🚗
Welcome back to cape Town 😊
Thank you, it's always great to be back in this place we call home! 😍🌊
My wife and I are such fans of your show - we joined your channel now on the Namaqualand trip. Don't worry about the sound issues you handled them well. Looking forward to seeing where you go next. Greetings from Mitchell's Plain, we're almost neighbours!
Greetings neighbours! 😁 We're so glad you joined us, welcome to our channel! Happy to hear you enjoyed our trip through the spectacular Namaqualand region. I hope both of you enjoy the next series of videos just as much! 🚗🇿🇦
Thank you for the tour of Namaqualand. I learnt quite a few things. Always wanted to visit and never got the chance. So thanks for the back seat in your car, waardeer dit, baie dankie! No worries about the sound, it was a challenge and I think you coped beautifully. Aha! Gruispad! Very interesting about the historic mine. But for me the rock landscapes are the crown. This is another town that made me feel slightly creepy and uncomfortable. Enjoyed your trip home. Come to Bellville and see why CY! 🤣😂Thats where I grew up.
Come to Bellville and see why, you say! 😁 We say come to Strand and see exactly why (CEY)! I couldn't resist! 🤣 It was our pleasure to have you on our backseat for the duration of our trip through this stunning region. No arguments from us that it's the landscapes that made us gasp again and again. Oh, and the mighy Orange River. ⛰️🌊 We'll see you very soon again! 🚗
@@DustBugsTravel .🤣😂 Can't wait to see where you end up next. God bless and stay safe 🤗❤️
This was so interesting. Never en heard this name before. Also a very very clean town. Lovely houses too.
We heard about Carolusberg the first time in Okiep and it was an interesting place to check out on our way home. Glad you thought so too! 👌🏻🚗
Dankie dat ons saam kon gaan met vakansie , dit was asemrowend
You're most welcome! It was the biggest pleasure for the two of us to have you along on every kilometre of this trip through the stunning Namaqualand region. Get packed for the next one, we're leaving soon again! 😁🚗
Good morning dust bugs
Hello to you! 😁🚗
The walls near the vd Stel mine were retaining walls built above more recent exploratory addits which were closed up when the mine was rehabilitated
Thank you for that interesting info, we had no idea! 👍🏻
Hi Curtis and Sonia,
There is also a third option, redo the trip with working sound 🤔😆😆 No, seriously the footage was awesome. It would be great to see Kakamas, Hotazhel, Keimos, Upington and surrounding areas. I traveled through these areas but never in the town itself so was great to see what these towns looked like. If you can, another place to go is Namibia and following places, Oranjemund (across Alex Bay) road to Rosh Pinah along Orange river, Aus, Luderitz, Fish River Canyon.
😁 If it were just that easy! Thank you for joining us on this trip, it was fantastic that you explored the Namaqualand region with us. I've finalised our route for our next trip already, but I'll certainly keep those places in mind for a future trip. Thank you for the suggestions! 👌🏻Once we've worked our way across South Africa, Namibia is definitely next in line. 🇿🇦🇳🇦
I appreciate these uploads as you constantly take me places I've never been to or heard of. It's great to know of these places for my own travelling endevours.
By the way, the first background song you played was good. It would be great to know the artist who recorded this version of "God Rest You Merry Gentleman". The following song seems to be by the same artist.
We love having you on board as we discover and explore new places and I hope you get to see some of them with your own two eyes in the not-too-distant future. 🚗 I'm glad you liked the tunes too and so cool that you know at least one of them! All the music in our videos is from the TH-cam Library. The artist in the first song is DJ Williams and you were spot on with the title! 😎 The second song does indeed appear to be by the same artist.
@@DustBugsTravel Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. All the best on your future travels, and may this channel continue to grow and be a success.
Once again a lovely trip. Often wondered how did the Gov Simon v d Steel make the arduous journey all the way to the Copper mountains. How did he find out about the copper. Looking forward to your next journey
Thank you, glad you enjoyed exploring Namaqualand with us! They were tough guys back then, so they didn't let a few cliffs and mountains and passes and such stand in their way! I would imagine their modes of transportation would've been oxwagons and horses. 🐂🐎 It was difficult to get complete info about his trek to this region, but as far as I understand it, he was in the area looking for gold deposits and happened upon copper deposits instead. The info available online is rather vague. 🤷🏼♂️ We look forward to you joining us as we visit more places soon! 🤩🚗
Thank. You for. The ride I come. From south Africa
I am always so happy to see large, healthy trees in these otherwise arid towns and villages, where water is evidently very precious and scarce. I imagine there is water in the deep recesses of the earth, that their roots are able to reach. Initially, all “baby” trees require regular watering, so someone clearly nurtured all of these mature adult trees whilst they were still becoming established.
Carolusberg looks so neat and well maintained. Most of the homes you drove past, clearly well-loved. Some very pretty gardens, as well - belying the arid countryside.
Your homeward bound trip was a quite a contrast after the Namakwaland adventures. The Kardoessie stop clearly provided much appreciated sustenance 😁
The views approaching your home sweet home were glorious.
Do you usually feel buoyed up after a trip, or is there a brief moment of anticlimax when you finally arrive home?
We heard more than once on our travels through this arid region that there are indeed large bodies of underground water and even springs in some places, so it does sound like there is water deep down in the bowels of the earth which these root systems tap into. 🌴💚 I do think though that perhaps some of the springs have dried up in recent years, the country has experienced severe droughts the last few decades. I was so excited to finally be able to stuff my face with those toasties, I was starving!! 😨 When I edited the video and I saw the views overlooking False Bay and Strand, I caught my breath because it was so beautiful. One would think that we would be used to it after living here for such a long time, but it just simply never gets old. 🤩🌊 To answer your question, we never feel buoyed up, we're very happy when we arrive back home after a week on the road and are then ready to contribute to the economy again for four weeks before we take to the roads again. Our motto, if I haven't told you before, is Work Hard, Travel Hard(er)! 😇
Excellent motto 😁
I had no issues with sound... I was only tortured .......by the cool food we dont get here in the east. eg. Pofadder breakfast !
😁 I'm glad we could make your mouth water for our food! We love Asian food too, so we'll send you some Pofadder food if you send us some Asian food. 🤣 Thank you for being so understanding about our sound issues and for joining us on this trip! 🚗🇿🇦
Baie smart en baie dankie!
Thank you for taking the trip with us through this spectacular region of our country! It was fantastic having you on board! 😁🚗
Thank you lovely place didn't envy you the long drive home but beautiful as you watch the countryside changing. Well done.
It was indeed a very long drive home and we almost just fell into bed when we arrived. It was such a gorgeous drive though and, although we've done it many times in the past, we manage to see something new every time. Thank you for joining us on this trip! 😁🚗
I recall playing rugby here on a sand field, was Sub A or gade 1 these days. The club was key for all activities, same as Nababeep and O'Okiep
How interesting! We found Carolusberg much smaller than Okiep and Nababeep, but perhaps we didn't get to see the whole town. 🤔 I love it that the sports facilities played such a big role in the lives of the folks who used to live in these towns and worked on the mines. 🏉😎
the work around work out just fine, keep up the great adventure
Thank you so much! We appreciate you tagging along! 😁🚗
The sound doesn:t matter. I enjoyed the trip do much!!!!
Ons twee oud Soutpansbergers geniet julle "Stofgogga" program sommer baie. Alhoewel n mens soms verlang na Suid Afrika, woon ons nou ook al amper drie dekades in Kanada. Ons kinders en kleinkinders woon ook hier. Ons is dankbaar want soos Suid Afrika is Kanada ook baie goed vir ons.
Greetings! Thank you for taking this trip through Namaqualand with us all the way from Canada! It was great having you on board and we're happy to bring the incredible beauty and history of your homeland into your living rooms through our videos. We look forward to you joining us on the next one! 🇿🇦🚗
In the beginning of this episode when Sonia started to talk it sounded like she was telling us...goodbye...we are done with our travels...and I shouted at the laptop..."Dont you dare stop travelling now!!"...and then the message became clearer...and my hart got kack to it's normal rythm.. Don't worry abouth the sound problem...it is now forgotten...the footage is awesome.. And a BIG thankyou for visiting the Westcoast and Namaqualand and showing many people again the places where they grew up and some people the places that they probably never will be able to visit. And those trucks that drive the ore, if ever you use the road between Hanover and Petrusville you will see the destruction those trucks are doing to the roads. And just something on the Engen garage at Klawer...if you come from Namibia and you still have Namibian $ with you then you can use it here to fill up with fuel. See you in the next trip. I am emailing you about something I want to discuss with you.
Nope, we're still very much on the move! 😁 We waited a very long time for our nest to be empty of four-legged and feathered children and now that we're finally there, there's no stopping us. 🚗🤩 Every so often, Sonia will tell me with a very serious face that she has something important to talk to me about and then I think uh-oh, she's going to tell me she's tired of travelling every five weeks and my heart does exactly what yours did. I think she just messes with me because she loves it just as much as I do. That's how she keeps me on the straight-and-narrow. And it works! 🤣🤣 So glad you enjoyed our trip through Namaqualand, we loved every moment too! Good to know that I'll be able to use my NAD at that Klawer Engen, I shall definitely do so one day when we've crossed that bridge! 😉🇳🇦 I can only imagine what those sidetippers must do to that road, judging by how many of them there are on the roads we travelled on. Crazy! No wonder the roads look like they do in some areas. 🚛🤷🏼♂️ I'll be looking out for your email. It might take me a few days to respond though, between work commitments and all.
Oh noo. I thought you guys were coming to Kakamas, Keimoes, Upington etc😔
We had to head home some or other time to get a bit of work done too! 😁 I finalised our next route already, but we'll certainly keep those places in mind for a future trip. 👌🏻🚗
Love your up-beat travels and have enjoyed seeing these places with you which I will never visit 'cause there just isn't enough time 👌 Looking forward to the next travels. Enjoy your home time 🤩
Thank you for your kind comment! 😊 We were happy to have on board through the stunning Namaqualand region. I hope you enjoy our next series of videos just as much! 😁🚗
Hi Curtis and Sonja.
Sonja thank you so much for the lovely poem.
Dit was nou regtig uit die hart geskryf. Ek geniet elke oomblik saam met julle. Weens omstandighede kan ons op hierdie statium gladnie reis nie en hierdie gee vir my die geleentheid om 'bietjie uit die huis te kom' en veral die geliefde Kaap te besoek. Die Noorde was regtig vir my n belewenis en om dan uit die dorre landstreek na die mooie Kaap te kom, was soos om in 'n oasis in te stap. Ek wens julle alle voorspoed toe en veilige myle in 2023. Ek sou net baie graag 'n foto van julle albei wou sien. Om Sonja se pragtige stem by 'n gesiggie te kan sit sal vir my baie beteken. Liedgegroete. Nikki
So glad you enjoyed Sonia's poem! 😊 We're very happy to take you virtually to the places you may not be able to get to yourself. You're always very welcome to join us from your armchair, although we can see you clearly on the backseat! 😁 Our trip through Namaqualand was indeed a very memorable one and we enjoyed the fascinating landscapes changing from one kilometre to the next. ⛰️🌊 And then the beautiful Peninsula which is so close to our own home and which was absolutely wonderful to experience again. We hope you enjoy each and every one of those outings too! We wish you many happy travels with us in 2023 and may it be a wonderful year for you and your loved ones too. 😁🚗 My darling wife is super camera-shy and flatly refuses to appear in front of the camera. For now, her voice and laughter will just have to do. Hopefully one day I will be able to change her mind. 🥰
We obviously understand your mic problems but wanted to say we really missed your normal comments. A great channel. Thank you
Great series. Well done on the Northern Cape tour in your Kwid. The microphone problems accentuated your voice over narration; and the narration got better with each subsequent episode.
You showcased features of hidden tourism gems of the Northern Cape towns not often captured in many of the marketing brochures.
I truly enjoyed your channel and look forward to you touring again...
Thank you so much, I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed our trip through Namaqualand. We had a fantastic time and we were happy to share it with you. The landscapes and the other hidden gems you're referring to are so worth seeing and everyone should really visit this area at least once in their lifetime. It's worth it on every level imaginable! 🤩 We appreciate your kind compliment about our voiceovers. We're such in-the-moment travellers and the voiceovers were difficult, but we just had to push through. 😁 We hope you will join us again soon for our next series of videos! 🚗🇿🇦
Congratulations on completing another wonderful trip in spite of the challenges. We look forward the the next edition of inspiration 😆.. Drive safe 😁
Thank you kindly for accompanying us on yet another adventure! It's always fun when you hop on board! 😁🚗 We hope you'll enjoy the next series of videos which will be dropping soon! And, if you hit the road soon yourself, travel safe!
Hi to you both … sound issues happen .. these things happen 😁but I must be honest .. the background music that you have been using I have totally and thoroughly enjoyed !! So thank you for the video .. and the music !!! 🤗🤗
Thank you so much, I'm so happy you enjoyed the tunes too! 🎼 We appreciate you taking this trip through Namaqualand with us! 😁🚗
I am from India. I love your videos. My son is working in gamesburg.
Baie Danke for all these trips!!
Anytime, glad you enjoy them! 😁🚗
Wud love to know where th people who live in these dry places you visit get water from
Occasional rain, patient boreholes, some pumped from Orange River. But those people live like my wife and I:
@@noyota
We are also conscientious water consumers - but not to the extent that you are.
Would you please be so kind as to give some details as to how you are able to achieve this? I am truly interested!
@Bernard greville Most of these towns are located within farly close proximity to the Orange River and water is piped from the river to the various settlements and towns. In Episodes 229 and 238 you'll see us driving next to some of these blue water pipelines. Water is such a scarce and precious commodity in this arid region. 💧
Would you like some of our Welsh rain , as we have too much at present.
We would love some! 🌧️ If it were just that easy! 😏 We almost always have too little again.
Yes please!!!!
Curtis and Sonia, thanks again for a great video! Personally, the sound didn’t bother me at all- I was so focused on the great scenery! As I mentioned before, we emigrated to the States 22 y ago, so I’ve been enjoying your videos tremendously. Seeing those Stellenbosch mountains brought back a lot of memories( I studied there in early 80’s) Wow! I am curious: do you have a limit on the distance you travel from Strand? I grew up in the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme, and I would love if you would do a video on it, but I do realize it is very far north of you guys. Again, thank you SO much( I even got my husband hooked on your videos 😃)! 🌻
I'm so happy to hear that the two of you enjoyed travelling with us on our trip through Namaqualand. It was certainly a memorable one with all the incredible landscapes and one we won't ever forget. It was awesome having you on board and we look forward to you hopping on again to wherever the roads may lead us! 🛣️🤩 I must admit when I watched back the footage of our trip home and as we got to the Boland and closer to home, I was also blown away by the sheer natural beauty of this area we call home. From the Stellenbosch mountains to the white sandy beaches of Strand, everything is just wow! ⛰️🌊 To answer your question, we don't really have a limit distance-wise, but because we have a week set aside for travelling every time, we have to ensure that we don't have to travel for longer than a day (in daylight hours if we can) to reach our destination. I see Vaalharts is near Warrenton in the Northern Cape and we still have some exploring to do in that province, so I've made a note and I hope to be able to include it in the route of a future trip somehow. 😎🚗 Ultimately we'll have to fly to our destination and rent a vehicle from there to explore the area.
Baie dankie vir die pragtige reis. Ek self sou graag baie van die plekke wou besoek. Maar ouderdom tel teen my.
Annette Bloemfontein
Greetings to you in Bloemfontein! It was our pleasure to bring these amazing places throughout Namaqualand to your living room! 😊 We look forward to taking you to many more and are sure you'll enjoy them just as much! 🤩🚗
Please give us your revue of the Renault you were travelling in.
I only have good things to say about the Renault Kwid. All but five of the 250+ videos currently on our channel, were shot while we were travelling in a Kwid. It's reliable, economical and comfortable and with its high ground clearance for a sedan, we're able to navigate 95% of roads fairly easily with no issues. Two things to keep in mind always with a Kwid when travelling long-distance, especially on gravel. Keep the speeds low, we never do more than 80 on gravel and seldom more than 100 on tar. We're not into high-performance vehicles anyway, so that doesn't bother us. We prefer going slow because for us it's about what we can see as we travel and not how quickly we can arrive at our destination. They almost always have a few squeaks and rattles too, but we're used to that by now. That's it as far as our experiences with the Kwiddie goes. 😍🚗
The road from Pofadder to Bitterfontein go through Kliprand and you did that raod when you did the Calvinia Loeriesfontein tour.
Exactly! We still have very fond memories of Kliprand and all the gravel roads we took from Loeriesfontein that day. 😁🚗 We visited Calvinia on an earlier trip.
Do u intend on visiting the whole of south Africa
Our plan is to work our way across South Africa and visit as many places as we are able to safely. 🇿🇦🚗
I haven't watched all the videos of this trip, I fell behind a little. I have a hearing problem so either you fixed the problem and re-uploaded or it wasn't too significant.
That road from Vanrhynsdorp heading south, and really from the time you hit the OliphantsRivier, must be one of my favourite drives. Until Picketberg at least.
I'm curious if the road past Porterville wouldn't be shorter for you, that first one after the pass? It is certainly more scenic.
Carolusberg must be flippen hot in summer. I saw hardly any vegetation growing there.
You stopped short of Kakamas. Do yourself a favour, when you get there, go to Die Pienk Padstal and order the ribs. I know the guy there (family of my ex). He does the very best.
Keep up the vids.
Yup, we had to head home sooner or later! We have yet to explore the rest of the Northern Cape, including Kakamas. I'll definitely keep Die Pienk Padstal in mind when we're headed in that direction again. I'm a big fan of ribs, so don't need much convincing to give those a try! 😁 I've finalised the route for our next trip already and let's see where that takes us. We worked around the sound issues with voiceovers and edited-in background sounds and such, but that's so not us and we had a really hard time with that. We uploaded as is and that was that. 🤷🏼♂️ Fortunately we have a brand new upgraded mic system, so hopefully we won't have a repeat of those woes. I'm glad the sound issues didn't bother you too much. The road from Porterville is definitely shorter as far as I can remember, but we try and take different routes every time as far as possible and this was a straight shot home after a fantastic, but extremely tiring, trip through the Namaqualand region. I hope you catch up on some of the videos you've missed, those landscapes are something else! Always happy to have you along for the ride! ⛰️🚗
Can someone explain why those mountains are so boulder-strewn?
I so often wish we had a background in geology, but we don't. I would imagine the shifting of the earth plates could have something to do with the crumbling up of the shale or volcanic activity of some kind, but I really don't know! 🤷🏼♂️⛰️ I found them just as fascinating as you clearly did though!
Why do we never see the wife in the videos always the husband she also does the talking so she should also be in the videos (just saying) haha love the videos.
Sonia is camera shy. She prefers to not be filmed.
@Bernard McCracken The wife flatly refuses to appear in front of the camera. For now. 😍 I'll continue trying to convince her otherwise, but she hasn't bitten so far. 🤷🏼♂️
It's all good. I prefer less talk and more visual. I frequently stop watching various channels, even block some, when their is too much talk or music.
We're such in-the-moment travellers that it was hard for us to have lost our original sound, but so the cookie crumbled this time around! 🤷🏼♂️ Thank you for joining us on this trip, it was great having you on board! 🚗😁
Pragtige video baie Dankie. Was dit die Strand die laaste bietjie van die video ? Baie mooi.
Jip, die einste
@Boer Plaas So glad you enjoyed this episode. 😁 It was indeed Strand, our hometown, at the end of the video. 🥰🚗
@@DustBugsTravel Beautiful place. Maak n video van die strand 🏖 en al sy omgewings. N ou moet daar n vakansie plek koop 😂. Baie mooi plek .