I can't believe I saw one!! So incredibly lucky! 🍀 [S5 - Eps. 47]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- In this episode I am making my way back into the Namib Desert after having my fork seal replaced in Windhoek. Via the Spreetshoogte Pass I ride towards a tiny town in the desert, called Solitaire. On the way, I encounter a rare animal that very rarely shows itself during the daytime!
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Noraly, what can I say, at 56 after over 40 years of riding bikes including being a Police motorcyclist and having been lucky enough to travel and see a fair bit of the world I am enthralled by your videos. I have followed your adventures through India, the Stans and back to Europe, back to your home in the the Netherlands, to South America, then around the Netherlands and Iceland and now to South Africa and Namibia. I really had no idea what South Africa and Namibia were like, the story telling, the humour, the educating, the motorcycling, the camera work, the time and the effort. Thank you for taking us on this latest adventure. It’s about time You Tube had annual awards for its most successful channels. If they did I am sure you would be winning just about every category. You and your channel shine like a 1 million watt bulb, Al, Airdrie, Scotland 👍
Here here Al, I would vote for Noraly because of all the reasons you have said there. Really amazing camera work, a lovely lady all around so no wonder she gets help wherever she goes in the world. 😊
Couldn’t agree more ,if your still at it ,ride safe chaps .😁🇬🇧❤️🏍
Well said Al!
Also here from Scotland
@@jonathanward8861 Well said that Guzzi-man...
So true 👍
I'm 81 and Noraly is a beam of light in my last years on this planet.; thank you so much...!!
@Ag Agios And then read the Eddas for the real truth.
The reading I suggest is Steinbeck's "travels with Charley"and Laurie Lee's "as I walked out one midsummer morning". Don't focus on what you've clocked up,but on the living well that still in you,stay "forever young 🎶" inside 💃 xx
Chuck book yourself a ticket to Namibia its never too late
@Ag Agios Lift your veil..
@Ag Agios There's NO God!!
My husband just came across this channel about 1 1/2 months ago. Season 6 was posted and we watched it. We had spent 20 summers in Alaska so we were very interested in that series. But then I started at the beginning with Season 1. I was totally addicted. She is awesome - what a personality! Beautiful lady (that smile and her gorgeous eyes!). With every country she travels through I just keep saying WOW! This is wonderful travelogue and she also is teaching me a lot of history and information I never would have known without watching this. Noraly you are amazing. Please continue your travels, what would I do in the evenings if you weren't on. 🙂
Her channel is not just interesting , and enjoyable ,I agree with you it is educational as well , you can learn so much about this world and the people in it as well , just by watching Noraly`s videos .
Like someone said... You have done more for the South African travel industry than the industry have done to promote this beautiful world in Africa. Thank you!
Just celebrating Independence Day here in the US, and no one exemplifies independence and freedom more than Itchy Boots! A true inspiration to enjoying this beautiful planet, and living life to the fullest!
None said it better...👍🏼
True that Kevin!
That pangolin probably thought how lucky he was to see a Noraly!
I doubt it Paul
@@luke6645 Lmao
I'm a proud Namibian and thank you Noraly for sharing your amazing journeys and adventures on our beautiful soil.
Are you namibian ? Yes you are , i see, would be interesting talk with you somehow
@@Beniamin1968 hi sure what do you want to talk about?
Nice, i always like to talk and knowing about different cultures directly with people , seems like travelling...
@@Beniamin1968 that's great. It's amazing to learn about other cultures indeed
@@helennamupala6636 ciao, do you mind if l give you my number from whatsapp?
My dad passed you at the roadblock comming from the farm haha I wished it was me to tell you how awesome your vidoes are.
your country there, looks like my country, here. pretty cool!
I never tire of watching the vastness of this desert. The drone footage of that little dot we all know as Itchy Boots is spectacular as always. I’m sure the pangolin was thinking to himself…I am probably the only pangolin to ever sight a Noraly! Have Fun and thanks for taking us with you! 🏍🇺🇸
😂😂😂😂😂. Omg. That can not be so much more true 😂😂. I can envisage pangolins asking its friend about Noraly and some of them saying are you kidding us? Are you sure she was the real Noraly?
@@tetedur377 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fortune favours the brave, how true is that! To see such a rare creature as the pangolin is breathtaking. You were SO lucky! Never seen one myself. (Live in RSA 🇿🇦)
I don't often comment on your videos, but always watch each and every one of them. It makes me happy to see and feel your joy of life! Keep enjoying it and stay safe!
Thanks Vladimir! :)
Me too! What a pleasure to admire 2 miracles of nature at the end of this video! The Namib desert of course, and the happiness of this incredible charming woman, which makes her look double as beautiful 😊 At least!
@@ItchyBoots As you are a geoligist I would like to ask a question. The great flood in the Bible is diskribed as a very violent event. So violent that water covered the continents in a matter of days. I suppose that would give rise to un emaginable sediment displacement and earthquakes and eruptions. How would that, if tru be the impact on the layers you date the earth by. They would be meaningless if you consider the time sediment is put down today.The sudden burial of entire forests and animal species would be explained as well.
@@andrecloete2006 The bible is a collection of fairy stories written by iron aged goat herders that didn't know any better. Where do you suppose all the water came from to cover all the continents and more importantly, where did it go afterwards. It's not a historical account and even less one that withstands scientific scrutiny.
I have a feeling your video's get better the more I watch of them. The Namib desert is really mesmerizing. That place you stay seems like a slice of paradise on earth. Thanks Noraly for the joy you bring to us, and to someone who is shackled to a post, forced to stay home not being able to travel or move anywhere. You widen my world view and I am very grateful.
I understand being shackled to a post, as I am a dialysis patient, however Noraly has unshackled my brain and I am able to see the world through her eyes!
Hi Noraly
I don't blame you for wanting to get back to the desert that scenery is amazing and very calming.
Your drone shots are getting better and better they are mesmerising.
Ride Safe!
I think she fell in love with the namib desert.its really amazing
Great to see you back on the dirt roads Noraly. You are not just a solo motorcyclist, adventure rider, you are indeed an accomplished documentarian and cinematographer, I now love the drone footage at the end of each video, simply stunning.
Some people find the desert wilderness forbidding, Noraly finds it fascinating. Glad to have such a guide to tour us around places we will likely never see ourselves. BIG THUMBS UP!
Only a few weeks ago, as reported per CNN: "Today, Thai Van Nguyen, a Vietnamese conservationist, was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, for his work to protect the animals ( pangolins ). The annual award is given to six pioneering environmentalists, each working in a different continent.".
Pangolins were a common sight at the fateful Wuhan Market - they kill them to eat !
@@thetessellater9163 Yes sadly,they are a lovely gentle natured animal, don't bite hiss or spit,very solitary creatures,their only defense is to curl up in a ball,so that makes them easier to pick up and carry them off to markets, definitely a four leafed clover day,I loved that touch 🍀💪
As a fellow geologist, I think that many geologists like the solitude of deserts. It also means that we can see the rocks and it's easier to understand the structure of the landscape we are seeing. Deserts are certainly one of my favourite places on the planet.
@@andytheflyer So what's your favourite desert,and then what's the largest 😂
Well, I don`t know about any of you other viewers of these amazing videos but to me, it is like I travel to another planet when I am watching and simply forget everything that is happening around me. I have watched every single video in the 5 series and this series beats all the others, by far. The landscapes and sheer vastness of this continent makes you realise how little most of us see when we travel on a plane. The best thing on TH-cam or TV.
Welcome to my country (Namibia 🇳🇦 ) and it’s Good Luck to see a Pangolin in my culture. I’ve never seen one in my life! I’m enjoying your channel because it’s educating me on places that I’ve never even visited.
Not your country it's her country fr you just live there
@@KaazamWay it's Malcon's country, you're just jealous.
Yeah me too tangina
As someone who has previously resided in South Africa and Namibia, I think your series is fantastic... grandioos gedaan, Noraly!
Thank you!!
You are truly very, very lucky to see a pangolin.
I've lived in Namibia my whole life and am yet to see one.
Selwers
WOW!
If they are really so rare then it is truly shameful, that the Chinese should eat them or use them in their ridiculous 'medicines'
@@carolflower8015 They do the same with the rinos, and now the Chinese are taking advantage of our governments corruption and are overfishing in our waters.
We’re catching up on season 5 during your “off season”. We are really enjoying it!! # missing itchy
I love how they build these custom mini resorts out in the middle of nowhere! All of them have been very nice so far!
Aww, the ending drone scenery with the sun going down was just spectacular. Thank you for that! I share your love for wide open, unpopulated places. Your videos are really transmitting the wonder of the vastness of such places. Most people wouldn't think that such a place would hold much interest. But sometimes it's just the energy of being there that really matters....
Hello Noraly! The sunshine of the internet.
😅😅❤❤❤ So very well said!👏👏👏👏👌👌
She truly is the Sunshine of the internet!!!😁😁😁🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
So cool that you went to stay at Boesman's farm. I have been there so many times with big groups of campers. It was so nice to see Frans, the receptionist. If you could do a walking tour with him around their farm you'd hear that he has a wonderful way of speaking and is incredibly knowledgable of the Namib desert. I miss traveling so much, so glad to see the places you are traveling through again
Hi. Please could you send me the contact details for Boesman's Farm. We are planning a family trip to Nambia from SA and would love to stay there. Thank you. Elise
@@derykmorton8250 Hi Deryk. Unfortunately I do not have their contact details. You can look for Cha-re camping or accomodation perhaps. Hope you come right. Enjoy Namibia
The lone rider has found the Desert, Itchy Boots and Savanna.
I enjoy reading the comments below because they add another dimension to the fascinating itchyboots story, but there are too many of them to read,
which is a sign of the immense popularity of this unique series.
Wow you saw a pangolin. I’m Namibian 🇳🇦 and it’s very Rare to Find one. Criminals catch them and sell to Chinese People for a lot of money. But if Caught with it you will be locked up in Jail also for a lot of years. They are so endangered
I just looked it up without looking at any comments at all but the pangolin is an anteater in English. You never cease to amaze us with you understanding of different languages. What a lovely trait to have.
It's almost surreal to find such a luxurious little place in the middle of the desert. The place could pass as some location on a desert planet in a SciFi film anytime. Out off this world-beautiful! :oD
…and how very handy to be able to fly the drone right of the dinner table! ^^)
There are quite a number of 'desert lodge' type of accommodation around the Namib, some basic, but some super luxurious - you've just got to get there!
there have been some sci-fi movies made here - Mad Max and a few others
My thoughts exactly. I can't imaging, comparing our daily 'rat-race' style of living with the lodge-owner overthere ... just wondering what they do all day ...
@@joshocht3483 Oh, the lodge owners will be busy enough keeping their places in shape.
NORELY WHAT YOU ARE DOING
IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
"where are you going?"
" To the Desert! :D"
So inspiring Noraly, You are solely responsible for me wanting an adventure bike.
"Alone?!"
"OF COURSE! :D"
Gravel Travel the only way and it is much easier on the little Honda, I did it on a big GS still an incredible Experience! Stay safe!
Me 2.
Amazing Thank You
Noraly, you bring life to my life. Your extraordinary travels take me to the places I dream about and you bring to life the world I love. Please.never stop your journey, it feeds me and I am sure millions of others. Respect and love for all you endure for us that follow you. You are truly an angel
I wish my dad were still alive. I'm sure he'd love Noraly's adventures.
I was about to start writing notes for my research paper and saw notification and I was like wait I need to see the video first
Priorities! 💪😜
@@ItchyBoots it was amazing video I loved it ! You always give kinda inspiration to work more harder so one day I can just start riding like you !
The drone shots at the end of the recent videos are such a beautiful way to close them.
Noraly: "this is the pass...didn't expect that." Sounds very disappointed it wasn't a winding broken trail of 20+ degrees inclination.
But to see a pangolin. That's truly exciting, right? Another great video - thank you.
Pangolins are nocturnal so shes very lucky
Hi Jim, I didn't see your post before I posted!
it's schubdier!! that was so cute NORALY
Beautiful ending to a terrific day!
The brick paved roads were just such a surprise! I don't know that I would see all of the interesting things you do if I were traveling alone in such a sparsely populated piece of our earth. I so appreciate the explanation about the inversion of the clouds, creating fog! The quiver trees are magical,, along with your drone filming of the evening light in that desert.
We are so incredibly lucky 🍀 to have the opportunity to join you on your adventure through the most deserted desert that I’ve ever seen❗️ Absolutely beautiful scenery and a great place to stay and park Savannah. Ride safe Noraly!
Another breathtaking adventure with NORALY! Love, Light, Life, Laughter & Joy. Magnificent. 💥👏💛😁
Itchy Boots, I have followed your travels for years.. and at 68 years old, you have inspired me and I now have my first motorcycle... a Moto Guzzi... to start my travels in N & S America. You are a real inspiration and your videography and music have improved every year... so awesome. I hope you are able to travel for the rest of your wonderful life... and to bless us all with your world imagery.
The Namibian desert and Namibia as a whole, are just breath taking. It seems the people there are just wonderful as well. Wow!
Noralie, right now I am very jeaulous because in 2019 I worked as a volunteer on a farm close to the Gamsbergpass, called Rooiklipfarm. I traveled the Namib desert on a weekly base and I enjoyed it so much. Working on the farm close to the namib desert was such an unique experience with hunting, farming, watching animals in the wild, repair water pipes throu the desert and things like that. The desert lives and has so much surprising moments to offer. I hope I will be back soon and ride the namib desert again with a motobike ….. in my mind, this area/desert is the most beautifull spot on earth that I know. So take your time in the namib and enjoy it….
Good idea to travel in the winter time.. even though our winters is not that cold.
..."not that cold"!? 😂😂😂
I'll have you know this is coldest I've ever felt 😂.
Ending drone footage and the music... beautiful
Namibia is a paradise. The drone shots at the end of the episode, simply breathtaking.
I wish I was there. Thank you for showing us the beauty of this planet.
Wow.. nice.. another beautiful view..
I love the music and panorama drone footage. That desert is stunning, and it is easy to understand why you so greatly enjoy the beauty and solitude.
A pangolin, the oldest desert, the views, your story telling. Always a joy to watch your videos. Thanks for lighting up a raincloud covered day
Günter früm Nürnberg/Germany
" Lets hit the dirt." what a way to go.
That was nice seeing savannah being repaired in Windhoek Namibia with love from Zambia 🇿🇲👉🆗
Good morning Noraly! Great to see you and Savannah back on the trails in Namibia after your side excursion to the Yamaha shop in Windhoek. Hope all is well and that you are enjoying the adventure as much as your fans are. Stay safe, keep well, and happy trails! Let's go!
I'm looking forward to the television series of your travels.
Wow, a non-yellow brick road in the desert leading to another gem Noraly found to stay at.
Your sure making up for all the days you have had to spend in cities around the world.
There’ll be a time when a nurse or love one will hold you’re old feeble head up to view one of theses videos and you’ll know it was a wonderful life you’ve lived. Youth=Heaven. We all were young once, but did we waste our youth dreaming about living the life that are living right now. To say you are an exceptional person would be a huge understatement.
“That was literally 2 kilometers on tarmac, heheh”
Nobody fools Noraly, she finds her favourite kind of roads anyhow!
Awesome place you have found at he end of this day trip, really beautiful with the flowering trees!
I'm from Namibia.. And I never knew that am from such a beautiful country.. 😂..
❤️
Spreetshoogte pass - have riden it with my mountain bike. We have done training rides on our mountain bikes from Windhoek to Solitaire - in one day. Stunning area that you are in now.
geology classes students hands up.... always a pleasure seeing and learning Noraly. Amazing views.
Such a surreal moment to see you ride on familiar roads.
Pangolin…love them 😍
I have an Armadillo that lives in my backyard; his name is Andy.
Your classroom on two wheels is the best Noraly 👏
Noraly having grown up in Namibia I can say that you were extremely fortunate to have seen a pangolin. Being a shy and mainly nocturnal creature they are seldom encountered. Sadly the pangolin is hunted extensively and it’s tragic to know that extinction of this species looms:(
I've many times had a feeling of, "let things go" in my down times but my God Noraly, watching one video of yours definitely gives that power and unimaginable feeling of willingness. All the History of great people and old inspirational stories pass by my thoughts too.
Keep it going Itchy Boots! 👍
True bro
@@ammuanandagal1637 yup yup
Who operates the drone?
Reliving my love of Namibia through Noraly's eyes...
Our country is very beautiful 🇳🇦🤗💖💃
Oh when you came over the hill the view was absolutely stunning. Yes you are so lucky, but so are we to have you sharing this.
Most TH-cam channels I watch to waste time but with your channel, every episode, I get a little smarter. Thanks! 😎
the last 60 seconds is always my favorite
I’ve never seen a pangolin in the wild and I grew up in Namibia .
amazing desert ..!! beatifull Noraly !!!saludos desde chile!!!✔✔✔👍👍👍👍
Hello Noraly, your big smile and the joy you get when you left the city limits and return to gravel road, amazing. The scenery and landscape changes from breathtaking to beautyness every few minutes. Stay save and healthy and as always keep the rubber to the road. Greetings from Germany
Super shots.
Critically endangered in the wild here in Malaysia.. the panggolin. So sad. Lucky you to meet them there. Good luck & take care Nora.
Saludos cordiales desde Cusco Perú que buena la traducción al español gracias .
The place has changed quite a lot since our visit 25 years ago. But the small general store is still there it seems. This was such an amazing place to visit, and still is. It really lives up to its name: Solitaire! Thank you for showing us this amazing place (again) Noraly!
Simply stated…FABULOUS Noraly!
These are wonderful adventures, Noraly! Thank you so much for sharing them! I love your relaxed presence and editing style. I always feel like you are taking me along for the journey.
Beautiful desert mountains rocks off road riding lovely people's very very nice video Noraly 👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙂
Noraly, you are so much more than my favorite adventure motorcyclist. Amazing the knowledge, information and adventure youo share with us:). You certainly are a "country girl", don't like hanging out in cities! Thank you for another fantastic ride.
Spreethshoogte pass was build by my husbands, grand fathers ,brother. So cool to see.
like that giggle when you hit the dirt road. you really love bad roads.! beautifull video shots! wish yousafe riding.
The landscape, fantastic, brilliant Noraly!
An amazing desert and an extremely rare sighting of a pangolin!
Sometimes a lifetime is not enough. Sometimes a place gets into you and years later a line of words stretching across a page stretch out to the horizon and your mind wanders back to the sweeping desert vistas you've not seen for however long it's been. Those nearby might notice the hint of a smile at the corners of your mouth, and the far away look in your eyes.
Good evening, you had an awesome privilege to see a Pangolin, in Afrikaans it is known as an Itermagog. I like many other people have never seen one despite working in the wild areas of South Africa for more than 25 years. You are very blessed, God bless
Just joined your channel. Love it. Greetings from Savannah, Georgia USA.
Utterly magical film thankyou
Thanks for visiting our beautiful country Namibia
Thanks for another fantastic episode.
I really enjoyed the explanation about the Namibian desert from professor Noraly. 😊👌
55 mio years 😳 Amazing. And no rain for over 20 years.
Well, here in Denmark we haven’t had rain for 20 minutes and counting.
Thanks ma wonder woman for allowing us to live our lives vicariously through your lens.
Watching from Sydney Australia
Bless up
You have certainly had a very rare encounter with the pangolin. Enjoy!
Wow! The Places We Get To Visit With You! Awesome! Just Awesome!
I love the way that for most of the video its all beautiful landscapes and smooth riding, then bam!!!! At around the 15:00 mark you hit us with the 'air inversion' deep info (that was very interesting by the way). Thanks for another great video! :)
Our wonderful earth has many sublime vistas for the native born and traveler.
The location you stayed at in this episode is STUNNING. Second only to the lodge you stayed at in episode 45 when you first crossed into the namib dessert. Enjoy every minute Noraly.
did you get the name of the place?
No. I did not discover the name. Both places looked so very nice. Well.... They all do truthfully. 👍
It’s really clean everywhere….!!!!!
Just rewatching season 1, you’ve come a long way from India 😊
Wow,Wow!!! The Namib desert is so beautiful!! The drone shooting are superlative!! Noraly go go go!!!
The drone footage at the end of your videos is absolutely stunning!