Leaving South Africa... Ep278

Two amazing days in Langebaan with our friends Monja and Gustav before crossing the land border into NAMIBIA.
Join us as we travel the world overland, exploring the cultures and traditions of all the countries we visit.
In our Land Rover Defender camper which is our full time home we will take you rock climbing, hiking and exploring across all the continents on this planet.

[@dantheman6159]

Gustav is a legend. What a great host.

[@evah787]

Wonderful people in South African 🇿🇦- you certainly have met and made friends with some good people.😊🇦🇺

[@DieselBarks]

Namibia is incredible, one of my favourite places on the planet.

[@jackrolfson312]

Thank you for taking the time to share a small part of your life with us. That country is so diverse, beautiful all at the same time!

[@jacquesblom367]

Hi Leigh and Stef. Finally we can see Langebaan and ourselfs through your eyes 😂. Was amazing to share our way of living with you 2. Safe travels. Jacques. Gustav's friend.

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

Thank you so much was so good to meet you guys and spend time in Langebaan ❤

[@GaragePie22]

Thank you for enjoying our beautiful country and supporting all the great skilled companies that sorted our your rebuild! Safe travels, hamba Kahle!

[@annalinekennedy1027]

Thanks for visiting my country. I am at this moment in Langebaan. My husband and I are house sitting my sisters dogs. They are swallows and move to UK for 5 months. Be safe and enjoy what you see doing

[@BobvanT]

That’s it ! The adventure continues and next destination the beautiful country of Namibia! Sure you will have lovely adventures over there. Loved everything you did in SA! Keep it going guys, thanks for sharing your adventures ! ❤

[@055sos]

You two are so in touch with what life should really be all about. Best of luck with future travels and adventure's. Cant wait for whats install for those of us lucky enough to follow you in the future.

[@christinaengels4704]

Welcome in Namibia! Please do enjoy my desert country full of surprises 😊

[@nerdskiii]

What a absolutely beautiful Hotel/View! seriously 10/10!

[@cyclemoto8744]

1 year in SA? Time flies...Thanks for sharing. Merci

[@TomRobbins-h9u]

Thank you for a great video. Living the dream with friends and making more along the way. I always look forward to your next video.

[@porcobene_media]

The old Mercedes is still better quality than our Defenders and most of the modern cars. Great to see it. Great episode again. Very personal with your friends. Lovely to see that.

[@rotanomade]

We miss you bro !!!

[@damianorizzi1621]

La Namibia sarà un Paese spettacolare anche se la "vera" Africa comincerà decisamente più avanti e... non mancherà di farsi sentire. Buona strada a voi e al mitico Defender!

[@henrygreen19]

Goodbye from RSA and a very HELLO from Namibia, one of Africa's best for sights and travelling. Crossed that same border with my son early December 2023 - we did a trip into the Namib. You will enjoy Namibia immensely depending on the time you are going to spend there !!! Enjoy and my best.

[@whiteeulogianraven7995]

When you give a part of yourself, then you never left. People come and go, unnoticed, some, the fortunate ones, are missed. ¡¡Pura Vida!!

[@zarazuadavid]

I think this is the first road I have also driven through in your whole series. Have a good time!

[@wandering_off]

loved your South Africa adventures and what a beautiful finish with such an amazing place for your last night

[@darren-thecottageatelier8962]

Namibia is an amazing country, looking forward to some amazing videos. I hope you are both well and Leigh has recovered from his stomach upset. Enjoy Namibia...

[@divemonster9636]

we have done the west coast 1 year ago. And Langebang was a great stop. Enjoy the trip upcoming. We loved it to go from Capetown to Caprivi and Big Falls and back via Botswana . Enjoy the trip - for us, this was the best ever. Bernd from Germany

[@didierdestruel3539]

Bonjour les jeunes,merci pour votre vidéo (au top comme toujours! ). Bonne suite de voyage en Namibie,et à bientôt pour de nouvelles aventures. Didier

[@emileviljoen]

Wow, you visited our town, Langebaan! Would have loved to say hi, but I'm just glad you had a good time.. Know some of the people in the photo. Enjoy your trip. Love your channel.

[@andreashausiku9509]

Welcome to the land of the brave 🇳🇦🇳🇦 hope you will have a wonderful time

[@StanforddeJong]

Oh my word! My dad had the exact same car - which he inherited from his father-in-law. Damn, man, and he use to open and close the door just like that and say "just hear this door close!"

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

My family also had one similar when I growing up. Compared to closing a, Defender door it's a dream to close that Mercedes door 😂 I'm sure the door seals are still good as well 😜

[@businesspins5825]

You guys should have visited the Richtersveld National Park before you went into Namibia. It is just incredible countryside.

[@christtophek9487]

so nice, one more time, thanks a lot for this journey ! so nice to visit with both of you. take care and keep going. Merci c'est superbe , de belles rencontres et de très beaux paysages. c'est magnifique

[@ncubesays]

Watching from my veranda in the Matobo Hills in Zim, very excited to see how this unfolds.

[@pauldent3059]

Good luck on the next adventure guys and stay safe

[@lilimatching6667]

Merci, je me sens comme "Sri Ganeshi",.. vous êtes magnifiques à voir tous les 2, j'ai découvert le "barbecue " intérieur.. et... le BAR A CULOTTES ! A bientôt en Namibie ⚘️

[@kayeman001]

thanks for sharing your awesome times in RSA, all the best for Namibia, will follow closely, as my wife and i will do 2 weeks there beginning Aug

[@gerard9900]

Bon courage après cette très jolie fin en Afrique du Sud avec vos nouveaux amis. Bonne continuation en Namibie 🇳🇦. 👍👏😘🇫🇷

[@PabloP169]

I trust that that "Grizzly" & Bear are feeling great after all their maintenance work, and that they are happy to be on the road again. All those kite surfers was incredible.

[@littlesparrow2c]

Welcome to our country.

[@troulalaitou4566]

Que de belles rencontres !! hate de voir la Namibie , et merci pour vos belles vidéos et les belles musiques qui les accompagnent ! biz de Guadeloupe 🥰🥰😍

[@francoisrossouw1656]

You are going to love Namibia in all its nothingness it is spectacular.

[@JannesMuller]

Nice to have met you at Scotia Safaris, all the best and remember ~ always have the B&C at hand. It solves most problems for a while...😄

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

I will take a leaf out of your book on that one for sure 😜

[@Ribastein]

I hope you come back to explore KZN drakensburg and Mpumalanga :-)

[@Jan-pw4po]

Spectacular video

[@jdcoverland365]

Thanks for the reply. I will update when I can.

[@WannabeOverlander]

👋🏻🤠🇫🇮

[@bobbeebobbee6998]

Ha oui les francais sont toujour emotif bon ces latin ca by bonne route Bob laos

[@nigelmorgan3449]

Hi guys …….That’s the good thing about a extra cab you can stretch out a bit if your feeling crook

[@thierrybayle4338]

en avant pour de Nvlle aventure, merci pour votre travail

[@AntonioCarlos-jp6lf]

Thanks to share your adventure. What do you think about the crises that are occurring in some parts of the world? Such as in Palestine, Ukraine, in particular Congo. I asked this question for you who travel a lot across countries and must have a political position about.

[@Onward4x4]

If you liked the Panty Bar, you should head onto the only bar in downtown Chicken, Alaska! Panties galore!!!

[@bertplank9892]

One thing is for sure "the Rock Spiders" are not the most humorous of people...considering their history it is understandable .....

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

Bertplank, why are your comments so negative? Why do you watch this channel ? Rockspiders ? Is jy n fokkin kaaskop stink onder die armpitte Hollander wat jou bek so uitspoel.. Ek glo julle noem n kat n poes ? Ons rockspiders noem n poes n poes, wat normaalweg kaaskoppe is... Kry n lewe, dit is verniet, if you can understand the taal, poes...!!!

[@retnav92]

😎👍

[@leboiffic01]

So many years that I followed your adventures and this is the first time I see some Kitesurf on your channel ! So cool, and yes, you are right Stephy, the sensations when you begin are amazing. Now that you are in Nanibia, we can suppose the plan will be to come back in France by the west part of Africa ? Take care of you both, and merci beaucoup pour les belles images ! Bises les loulous

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

Not back to Europe just yet we still need to explore the East Coast of Africa. We don't really follow any route. We've actually already been to Angola and now back to Namibia 😉

[@MartinGotz-jm8pd]

how did you keep the car in south africa for so long ? thought 3 months was the limit

[@alwynvanwyk1851]

I'm disappointed! You've missed a lot along the West Coast, Richtersfeldt, Orange River Rafting and and and..... Enjoy your trip further 👍🏻

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

Unfortunately even a life time isn’t enough to see it all…

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

Also we were out of visa days.

[@mozkotze6415]

I use to live in that area, and as a matter of interest the Orange River is one of the few rivers that flow from Ocean inland, just small trivia for you guys 😂😂😂

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

Well there you go we didn't know that thank you for the info 😊

[@User-tt6ig]

Hello how R U 2? Long time after the previous video🎉

[@fritzintroopy]

How’s the timing. We were driving up the N7 today as well!!!

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

We missed each others 😉 who is driving slower?

[@Max_-zt5bm]

Who knows if you'll run into Bee and Justin (on the RedTruck) as they leave Angola for Namibia???

[@fernandbinet9056]

En remontant vers le Nord dans quelques jours vous ne devriez pas rater la rencontre avec "Justin & Bee" qui eux descendent vers l'Afrique du sud, je suis certain que vous devriez avoir des tas d'infos à partager..

[@erichjacobs809]

What about the rest of South Africa! I'm still waiting here in Pretoria for you guys

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

We will be back but Stephy was out of visa time for now 😉

[@erichjacobs809]

@@GrizzlyNbearOverland haha,ok good excuse! Enjoy Namibia, our Honeymoon was in Nam, it is such a beautiful country. All the best

[@darrenhaywood9260]

I honestly can’t believe it’s one year that you were in South Africa. That has gone so quick for me, so it must have flown by for you guys. Paternoster and Langebaan are such lovely places and I will be back there at the start of next year. You have some wonderful and generous friends. Enjoy Namibia and safe travels 👍 😊

[@MagnumJack]

2nd to comment, yyeessss😁

[@lastmanstanding9389]

The colloquial term for an upset or runny tummy is 'gyppo guts' and immodium is the only medicine to cure it (you'll need a lot for up in Africa .

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

Gyppo guts 😂😂😂 Using that from now on 😜

[@Lee_Proffit]

Wow, that year just flew by. Looking forward to this new adventure Leigh, that's what happens when you leave your panties in a bar, you catch a chill 🤣🤣

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

Ahhh I knew there must be an explanation for that upset belly 😂

[@Lee_Proffit]

@@GrizzlyNbearOverland Always follow Stephy's lead 🙂

[@stevesmith3556]

There is nothing better than good friends and good food. I'm sure it wasn't their food that did it to you. Living in the States, im still trying to wrap my head around needing a passport to go right next door. 🤔Shame about the taxes🤨. I can't wait to see what you guys get up to there. Have fun! Cheers!🎉

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

I are some dodgy bacon biltong the day before we met our friends and I'm certain that's what did it 😜

[@stevesmith3556]

@@GrizzlyNbearOverland Bummer! There's nothing worse than feeling bad. Especially on the road.

[@garyetheridge7497]

“Definitely German and not British” Hmmm

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

We drive a British car. Defender's are not known for their precision engineering 😉

[@AJB1]

@@GrizzlyNbearOverland Fair point! 🤣

[@garyetheridge7497]

I’d hazard a guess that most of the parts on that defender were not made in England. It’s been fun watching it’s evolution. When the Land Rovers used to roll off British production lines they were very accurate and well made, most of the myth comes from what was done to them after, by back yard mechanics.

[@AJB1]

@@garyetheridge7497 Don't get me wrong, I love Land Rovers. Learnt to drive in a knackered old Series 3. Probably back in the days of Series 2s they were accurate and well made, but I think quality gradually dropped from then on. I've never heard anyone say that a British built Land Rover was accurate and well made before, especially for later models.

[@garyetheridge7497]

@AJB1 Agree, like all good quality things, eventually the companies try to save money and cut corners. I was impressed with the work done on their Landy in SA, the body work and metal smithing was brilliant. I’ve spent the best pet of five years restoring a Series IIA that was driven from Washington State down to Cape Horn Argentina. Some of the old parts are still in great condition and also made to be restored. We could learn a lot from that mentality in a consumption minded world of today.

[@ahmedareff1941]

😢yous never see south Africa you have to return 😅

[@GrizzlyNbearOverland]

We had to leave for now as visas were finished but we'll try to get back.

[@madamakusinachi3877]

Colonisers what are you still actually doing in Africa 😡