S1 - Ep 325 - Boesmansriviermond - We were Greeted by an Expansive Landscape of Sand and Sea!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2023
- Our visit to Boesmansriviermond was a truly enchanting experience. As we made our way into the town, the road welcomed us with a breathtaking sight of majestic trees standing proudly on either side. Arriving at the river mouth, we were instantly captivated by the sheer beauty that surrounded us. The lush greenery and vibrant plant life embraced the river mouth and adorned the sandy dunes, creating a picturesque scene. The river mouth itself was a sight to behold, with its crystal-clear blue water gracefully merging with the vastness of the Indian Ocean. Climbing up the sand dunes, we were transported to another world, greeted by an expansive landscape of sand and sea that left us in awe. Driving through the streets, we were charmed by the sight of charming houses, their well-tended gardens filled with lush greenery and towering trees. Boesmansriviermond truly offered a spectacle of nature's splendor, leaving an indelible mark on our hearts. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #easterncape #boesmansriviermond
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Very blessed you 2 guys. I think its a great oppertunity to spread the gospel as you visit so many places. Enjoy and may God bless you.
We are indeed very fortunate to witness the incredible natural beauty all around us when we travel, thank you for joining us! 🚙🌳🌊
Thanks for showing off our abundant natural heritage, we are blessed to call this home!
Thank you. It was great memories to see Bushmans River Mouth area again where Mike and I used to live
You must know the area so well! 🚙🤩 I'm always happy to hear when our videos remind our viewers of good and special times in their own lives. Thank you for letting us know that this video did that for you! 😍👌🏻
Hi you two! Thank you for taking me along. This was really fascinating. One can hardly believe that such greenery and wonderful indigenous plant life can be all over a town. The place is clearly well planned and kept. The beaches and the river are equally exceptional.
Your drone views and music was wonderful again -- showing how everything fits together. Thank you for the background information Sonia, history always completes the picture.
Thank you again for this wonderful trip. I'm ready for the next one!
Keep safe!
So happy you enjoyed! 🚙🌳 We both had green eyes when we left town, it was fantastic! The river joining the ocean was truly a sight to behold and quite spectacular from the air. The music had to be dramatic to befit such a wonder of nature! 😁🎶 This was a great visit to a place we've heard about so many times before! You'll love the next one just as much, I think ... and hope! 🤩
Thanks for taking me back, retracing my travels along the Eastern Coast👏👏👏🥰
Great morning with you guys be blessed take care and stay safe
Thank you, always happy to have you along on our travels! 🚙😁
Curtis, I really enjoy your drone, seeing the whole breathtaking vista of the whole area. I also never knew Boesmansriviermond is such a beautiful place.
Thank you! I also thought the drone shots showed this place off beautifully from the air! 🤩🌊 Enough beauty here for a dozen lifetimes! 🌳💚
So green and it's winter!!!!
"Peace be with you" ...says it all...what an incredible place you have taken us to today...words cannot describe it..I am lost for words...all those churches boast congregations who care for their upkeep, such a wonderland. South Africa through your lense is truly a magnificent place...
Indeed. The churches set the example and the rest of the town followed suit. 💒🏡 We certainly encountered a peaceful place where the residents have incorporated Mother Nature literally into their backyards and we so, so love that! 🌳💚 South Africa is without any shadow of a doubt a magnificent place! 😍🇿🇦
Cool little place. Wish I could see the Hornbills. Did not know there were so many species.
A cool place indeed! 😎🌊 Not that we would've known they were hornbills, but we would also have loved to see some of them birds, they sound incredible! I'm with you on the hornbill species, we always thought there were only three! 🤷🏻♂️🐦
Hi guys another gem as Sonia said the beauty never ends I agree 100% .the tree lined streets and the dappled light on the road amazing. All Christian s catered for in churches all with unusual architecture! Voortrekker monument with the wagon fantastic. Lucky you spotted the train carriage on tracks always something surprising love it .drone footage was outstanding 👏 the horses on the beach the dunes vegetation incredible beauty. All the history and information great the whole place had a peaceful relaxing vibe. Good to see the pot holes being worked on .what more can I say stunning place great video thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one
The architecture of the churches was very interesting! 🚙💒 We haven't seen many potholes being worked on on our travels, so it was something to celebrate! 😁🛣️ Yes, the natural beauty is literally endless. From ocean to river to vegetation to beach to horses. There really is nothing left to say about all the beauty! 🤷🏻♂️🌊🌳🏖️🐎 The train coach in the one garden was cool, never seen that before! 🚂
Wow that is beautiful!!!!!!🙃
I'm glad you enjoyed the beautiful town of Boesmansriviermond! 🤩🌊
Another absolutely marvellous start to my day - as you repeatedly stated, those trees were truly magnificent! I found them just as mesmerising, Sonia! And with so much lush greenery every-which-way we turned, it seemed unbelievable that they have been in a drought - clearly, recent rains had fallen though, judging by the lovely road puddles in evidence. I, too, was delightfully impressed by their Reverse Osmosis treatment works and the care taken to preserve their environment with its abundant flora and fauna.
The three churches we visited/saw were so lovely - clearly loved by their respective congregants.
Such interesting snippets of history you shared, too - I also found it rather amazing that they only received electricity in the 1980s. Potable water, perhaps not quite so surprising?
The town has clearly exploded since then, I’d imagine. It’s a very beautiful place and I’m so grateful to you both for having shown it to us. Your drone footage and the accompanying music was quite spectacular, Curtis! I loved the drama of it all - simply perfect!
The trees, the trees, the trees! 🌳💚 Our eyes were green by the time we left Boesmansriviermond! It still blows my mind that electricity only arrived here in the 80's, that's wild! 😳💡 The desalination plant was super impressive and I really hope it has a positive impact on the water shortages they experience in this area. I'm so happy you enjoyed the visit and of course the drone shots! 🚙🤩
Absolutely wonderful. So beautiful! You make my day. The sky was spectacular. Appreciate both of you.
That's great to hear, thank you! 🚙🤩 We're just too happy to bring all this glorious beauty to you!
Love this place❤
I don't blame you! 🚙😍 We do too!
Another lovely little place...it is getting better by the day! And congratulations to 16K subscribers!
Thank you for celebrating 16k with us, we're happy to have you on this wild ride with us! 🚙🥳 The scenery in this part of our country is next-level! It was fantastic to experience the beauty of the Eastern Cape again! 🚙🌳🌊
Just stunning!!! Everything is!!!!
Lime green Anglican Church👌👌👌👌
❤ I was so excited when I saw the title of this video. Knew it wouldn't disappoint. Thank you again for such a beautiful put together video and the effort you make showing us the beaches etc, whether by a hard trek up the dunes or via drone. What a paradise it turned out to be. Hope Sonia's knee improves so she can move about again and see those beautiful sights first-hand with you. I wish her a speedy recovery.
I'm glad you enjoyed all the beauty! 🌳🌊 I thought the drone shots really showed it off beautifully, there was just so much of it at street level! 😁 After three major knee surgeries, all which failed miserably, the prognosis for Sonia's right knee isn't great unfortunately. She is totally happy exploring by car and getting out wherever and whenever comfortable for her. 🥰
@@DustBugsTravel Oh no, I am sorry to hear that. She is still so happy and positive through it all. Don't give up hope, she hopefully will improve with time.
Loved your drone footage of this area. The little towns along the sunshine coast are quaint all different and gorgeous in their own way. You two stay safe and I trust you picked up a few pineapples as well. Lotsa love T❤
Thank you! The beauty of the area really came to life with the aerial shots! 🚙🤩 This part of the Eastern Cape coastline is breathtakingly beautiful and so incredibly green, which we really enjoyed! 🌳💚 I prefer my pineapple in liquid form if you know what I mean! 🍍😉 My mom made an alcohol-free version for us as youngsters already! 😁
That was just too good. Another possible retirement spot. Thank you so much.
Beautiful place and so much to do and see in this area too! Glad you enjoyed! 🚙🤩
Exceptional beauty, love Boesmans, don't you wish just sometimes when you find such a beautiful place that you could stop over for a few days ? but then us passengers wouldn't see as much of our beautiful country if you did so thank you for that. I will definitely be with uf you do happen to " swing by" Mozambique. Safe travels take care 🚗🚗
Honestly, the only places we ever wish we could stay for extended periods of time are our National Parks! We could actually live in them to be fair, we love them that much! 😍🐘🦒🐆🦓🦏🦛🐃 We set out on this journey to visit as many places as we can in South Africa and be literally like tourists. So many places, so precious little time on the road! 🚙😁 You're so close to all this Eastern Cape beauty! 🤩
A very nice trip. The trees and drone footage was very nice and well done. Another jewell of our country. Thanks guys i really enjoyed this one as well. Till the next one in my usual seat!
The scenery was rather spectacular in this area and I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it as much as we did! 🌊🌳 The drone really gave a bird's eye view of the river flushing out to the ocean, that was quite cool to see! We're picking you up bright and early on Thursday! 🇿🇦🚙
Wow! Those trees!!!Love the Cape Dutch artwork on the DR church, its so amazing. Always glad to see a Voortrekker monument, our people should be remembered. Wie sou nou dink daai stukkie kus sou so dodelik wees! It all looks sooooo peaceful and innocent. I am sure many artists have already painted that scene of the mouth. Its just so paintable!! So amazing that they have a desalination plant. I think its the way of the future, with all the climate change. If Dubai can do it , so can we. Just a bit of better budget planning, ne! Nice bit of exercise for you, Curtis, I dont think I could do that with my knee. Osteoarthritis is a bitch! But that view!! Total amazeballs!!! What a beautiful church! Love the stained glass. Oooh! How did you stop yourself giving the bellrope a tug? The Catholic church is also very beautiful. So lovely that you do a church round.
You know us and churches! The architecture just astounds us every time and it was no different here with the gorgeous DR Church in Cape Dutch style! 😍💒 I always have a fleeting thought of ringing the church bell, but just can't bring myself to do it! Now if it were up to Sonia, let's just say it'll be 12 o'clock at every bell! 😁🔔 The desalination plant is super impressive, they surely need it! 🚙🌊
@@DustBugsTravel yes I love all those churches. Architecture and history
It is all so beautifull. Almost unreal and surreal. Just taking it all in. ........our town is drowning in garbage. 😪
The scenery is rather spectacular in this area, I must say! 🌊🌳 It's always great to see such beautiful and clean places on our travels! I'm glad you could join us in Boesmansriviermond! 🚙🤩
So glad I found your channel! will definitely share!
I'm so happy you found us too, welcome! 🚙🤩 Thank you for spreading the word about our channel, we really appreciate that so much.
Goedemiddag vanuit een nog steeds subtropisch warm Nederland 🏖️☀️ vandaar dat ik wat minder binnenshuis ben dan normaal. De DustBugs weekend episodes moet ik dus nog inhalen😊. Zeer zeker een bijzonder ontwerp van de NG kerk in deze plaats. Je zou bijna denken dat de architect kennis had van Nederlands Indië of een andere Oosterse reiservaring als achtergrond gezien de stijl van de gevel. Een soort Dutch Kaap met een Aziatische sierlijke twist. Ook bijzonder die blauwe zonneschermen aan de zijkant voor de ramen. Zou dat oude houten kruis bij de ingang soms nog een overblijfsel zijn van een eerdere kerk op die plek? Machtig mooi die duinen, dat was jouw stijle klim up & down wel waard. Paardrijden langs het strand deed ik vroeger ook op Terschelling, heerlijk uitwaaien. Een goed onderhouden stadje met prachtige strandhuizen waar zelfs de potholes onderhouden worden! De ananassen zullen vast heerlijk smaken 🍍, mogelijk zien we dat in de volgende aflevering 😋
Good afternoon to you from a very chilly South Africa! 🥶🇿🇦 The town is very old, so it's very possible that the wooden cross comes from another church. We can't find anything online pointing to that though, so I'm not sure. ✝️💒 The beach with the horses was just special to see and worth the little pangs I felt in the left knee afterwards! 😁🦵🏼 Enjoy your great weather! ☀️
Now that's more like it! (I mean the extension of Addo Elephant National Park. The country needs _much_ more of this. (Existing property owners - apart from those sitting tight on a piece of undeveloped land, waiting for a sucker, who don't matter - would benefit from a boost in property values by making their places relatively scarcer, by not letting any more to be built.)
Now just imagine the whole coast in that Addo state. Wow! How beautiful! (And with enough of that bush you could bring in elephants to prune it their own way, even. Imagine elephant back in the dunes.)
It was fantastic to see such dense vegetation remaining in a town, so we echo your sentiment. The more conservation areas we see in between the developments us humans have built, the better. 🚙🌳 Sadly those developments are also the reason we won't ever see elephants in the dunes again. They simply won't have enough contained space to roam around in. 🐘😥
@@DustBugsTravel I suppose the places to see their effect would be the Maputo Elephant Reserve in Mozambique (maybe one day you guys will make it there?) or the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park in Northern KZN. (I remember it from the days before they brought in elephants and big predators, and apparently it's quite amazing now they have. Bonus is they got rid of a lot of the pine plantations around there, so the bush will be on its way back.)
But ja, it might be difficult to incorporate elephant into the Boesmansriviermond conservation area. Big thing would be the cost of putting a "wildlife bridge" over the main highway. For the rest, I've heard electric fences work well on elephant.
So all we have to do is wait for load shedding to end next week, and the road would become clear.
I haven't heard about the Maputo Elephant Reserve, but it sounds very interesting! 🐘 Our goal is to see as much of our own country as we can do safely and then venture further afield. I have family in Moz, so might just swing by there sometime! 🚙😁
@@DustBugsTravel I haven't met anyone who's actually gone there, but I hear there really are elephant there. Elephant and nature reserve beaches - something like the stretch from Sodwana to Kosi Bay, probably. (So no 4X4, apart from the rangers 4X4 being another one of those activities where people go and love nature to death - or just love machines and kill nature with unconcern, sometimes.)
Looking forward to your Moz series one day, anyway!
Looks more like a catholic church, I think. Thanks for the ride!🙃🙏❤
Not sure which church you're referring to. The last one we stopped at, was a Catholic Church. 🚙💒
A name change of that town will be good. Otherwise, I'm hooked 👌
I hear what you're saying. For us though, it couldn't be any more beautiful, regardless of the name. I fear that a country that can already not provide a basic service like electricity to its citizens shouldn't spend any funds on name changes until they've addressed every other essential service which is currently lacking. A name change is certainly not going to improve the lives of its people. 🤷🏻♂️
Vreeslik dankie vir hierdie julle twee! Ek woon in Riversbend. Hierdie is my dorp en my trots! 🤗💞
Our pleasure! It was a fantastic experience visiting your beautiful hometown! 🚙😍
Those trees... indeed. I would love to know the age of the georgious tree aloe. 😍
The trees left us gushing and speechless, all at the same time! 😁🌳 I thought those aloes were exceptionally tall, we've never seen ones quite that tall before. They've certainly seen a few comings-and-goings I'd say. 🚙🙂
The trees are called Coraltrees. Beautiful coral- red flowers in early spring.
absolutely beautiful this town is. feels like I'm in some costal town in America. is it safer area compare to urban area? I saw a runner in your video around 3:15. thank you for the video as always! God bless you and your wife.
It is truly a gorgeous place where the folks live close to nature! 🌳🌊 Safety is a relative term in South Africa and, no matter where one finds oneself in our country, you simply have to be vigilant. Generally I do believe the smaller, less urban environments are safer, but you'll find runners in the biggest of centres too, so that alone shouldn't be an indication of the safety in a specific area.
Hi guys. Man this is blerry good. But I just open anywhere. You met a friend of mine Ronnie Smith. We had the same idea and spotted this channel recently. Keep it up.Kindest regards.Graham Leigh.
Welcome to our channel, I'm happy to hear you enjoy our videos! 🚙😁 We're happy to have you travelling with us to all these incredible places!
I guess port Alfred is next
I can't remember where we were headed to next. You'll just have to wait and see! 🚙🤩
@@DustBugsTravel 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I know you like surpricing us, you might end up going to Southwell/ Glenretha
Hopefully Kenton will be included.
@@61sunset haha, for me this is Kenton Already
That isn't a dune! I remember duin 7 at 2SAI Walvis ,now that was a dune!!😂
My knees told me this was a DUNE, never mind a dune! 😁🦵🏼