S1 - Ep 275 - Keimoes - So much Green Vegetation and Blue Skies!

[@munesumangava9751]

Beautiful church too👌

[@munesumangava9751]

Stunning view from the top!!

[@munesumangava9751]

Loved the tall palm trees 🌴

[@malikagallie9345]

Good day....I was born in Keimoes...1968...never being there...but I love to go ...As God's Willing...

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad you got to see our video of your hometown! It's a fantastic place and I do hope you get to visit it in the near future. Thank you for coming along with us! 😁🚙

[@romanussaal712]

I was born in Kakamas..and grewup knowing this Waterwheel....I went to Hight school in Keimoes still the Waterwheel was spinning...I'm taking about 1979/80..Is our Nama !Xoo World...🤣🤣

[@munesumangava9751]

What a beautifully green with wildlife welcome to Keimoes👌

[@AnikaVanWyk]

Wow you guys. I can't believe how much the town has changed in 10 years. So beautiful😊

[@MKLeluma]

I love Keimoes. I first went there around 2005, If I could move to an inland town in the Northern Cape, I would choose it....

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad we could take you back to Keimoes! I completely understand why you'd want to live there. I think the quality of life is fantastic and the natural beauty is incredible! 🌳🍇

[@annawitter5161]

Aha! Desert Raisins, it is the raisin for living! Now dessert raisins, that is a good raisin to eat more pudding! Kei moes maar ...or else! Keimoes is a must!.Those bokkies are sooooo cute! Love the Catholic church centre. It must have been a monastery at some stage, hence the Friarsdale rivier. The waterwheel is so cool. Beats Eskom. Tierberg is awesome, would love to walk up it. And what a view! Really enjoyed my visit to Keimoes. Still waiting for my pudding, though.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Good of you to put two and two together about the Friarsdale River! I never even associated that with the Catholic Mission Station. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Give me raisins any day of the week too, but mine must be in yellow rice with curry! 😁🍲 Glad you enjoyed coming to Keimoes with us! I hope you got your pudding in the meantime!

[@annawitter5161]

@@DustBugsTravel I did! Basaarpoeding! Yummm

[@kosievandenberg2145]

Loved everything about Keimoes. Also mad about raisins. What an oasis.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you, happy to hear you enjoyed Keimoes too! And that you're a fellow raisin lover! 😁🍇

[@deonnimb9505]

Is it possible, first to view this time, sure it is going to be good

[@DustBugsTravel]

The early bird catches the worm, they say! 😁🐛 I hope you enjoyed our visit to Keimoes! 🚙

[@flodillon991]

What a beautiful town so green and those springbuck were amazing. Thank you so much for this episode.

[@DustBugsTravel]

When I think back to Keimoes, I remember exactly those things: the springbok and trees that welcomed us to the town. 🌳🦌 And then the green everywhere, it was really a great visit to this little town! 😁🚙

[@charlietreston4035]

Hi guys what a beautiful little town tree lined streets and springbok a lovely clean and busy high street. St John's RC church and mission lovely. Frierdale river could be named after the friers from RC mission I myself live a few miles away from a 11 century RC monastery called The Friers. Voortrekker monument always makes me think how Hardy and determined they were .beautiful DRf church and grounds immaculate nearly locked in that's what I love about these videos they are so real .Loved the Persian wheel 2000 year old tech and still works vineyards every where .wow what a green place I will never eat a hot cross bun without thinking about Keimos. Thanks for an awesome video cheerio till the next one

[@DustBugsTravel]

It was indeed a fantastic way to be welcomed to Keimoes by both the trees and the springbok. I'll borrow your saying: only in South Africa! 🚙🇿🇦 Well done for matching the Friarsdale River up to the Catholic Church, I didn't make that connection! 🤷🏼‍♂️💒🌊 You've made me jealous with 'your' 11th century monastery just a few miles away from you! Sonia and I often joke and say that we'll need three weeks in every place in Europe. We get super excited about a place or building being 200 years old, heaven only knows what we'll do with a place that's almost 1000 years old! 😳 We really thought we'll be spending the evening in the grounds of the Dutch Reformed Church and could already see the faces of the people when they arrived the next morning, observing these two dishevelled travellers who slept in their car in front of the church! 🤣🚙

[@hannesvanniekerk499]

That was a real treat and brought back many wonderful memories. My uncle worked for the Standard Bank and lived just behind it. What a beautiful place. Thank you again.

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad you were reminded of good times by our video! Keimoes is by all indications a fantastic place to live, so I'm sure your uncle was very happy there! Thank you for coming along with us! 🚙🍇

[@phillipleboa5251]

Thank you guys !!!!! I could EASILY live in Keimoes !!!! LOVELY LITTLE TOWN. And... NOW I FEEL LIKE AN ORANGE ICE LOLLY !!!!! xoxoxoxo

[@DustBugsTravel]

Keimoes is by all indications a fantastic place to live and a vibrant, busy little town! 🚙🍇 If you're anything like my darling wife, you'll have an orange ice lolly every single day of the week, she just loves those and being so close to the Orange, was the perfect excuse! 😁🍊

[@claravanrooyen4131]

I enjoy the Dustbugs travel tours .I see towns ,I only heard of.Thankyou

[@stephanieodendaal3873]

Was there 47 years ago....amazing.

[@DustBugsTravel]

@clara van rooyen We so appreciate you hopping on board and exploring these fascinating places with us! We've also only heard some of the names of the places we get to visit! 😁🚙

[@terrimeyer3815]

Northern Cape has been a big surprise for me. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 love all the green and this town is on my list for sure. Ugh you guys❤❤❤❤awesome

[@DustBugsTravel]

That makes three of us, we never expected so much green and it was wonderful to see! 🌳💚 I'm glad we could take you to this part of the Northern Cape! 😁🚙

[@ronnykenny3965]

Another epic trip. Thank you, my feet were tingling when Sonja said" not to close to edge plse". I can relate 😅

[@annawitter5161]

Yeah, I was also parping! Could just see you guys go devilling down the mountainside!

[@DustBugsTravel]

@Ronny Kenny I'm glad you enjoyed Keimoes! Yes, Sonia is always a little nervous when we go up and down steepish inclines, but all was well in the end and the 360 view was so worth it! 🚙😍

[@Ricky-mp9sy]

Pragtig!! Our little Oasis!! ❤️

[@DustBugsTravel]

You're fortunate to call this area home! 😍🌳🍇🌊

[@doneB830]

I’ve never been there, what a surprise it’s a lovely little town. Thanks Guys.

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad we could take you to Keimoes, we also enjoyed our time there! Thanks for coming along! 😁🚙

[@koosvonlandsberg5353]

Waardeer,

[@derrickknight1996]

Really uplifting - I think I've watched too many of your episodes - I just said to my wife that it looks like you're through the town already, and Curtis said, "Are we through the town already?" . Thank you so much. I never knew that part of the country was so great

[@DustBugsTravel]

🤣 I'm always surprised when we reach the end of the town as we drive through the main road. I don't know why, because we've seen some pretty small ones already! This part of the Northern Cape was not only much greener than we ever could imagine, it was also fantastic to see how busy the towns are! 🌳🍇 Thanks for coming along and I hope you will again when we drive down the next short (or long) main road! 😁🚙

[@mk-xq1tt]

Lovely place.

[@DustBugsTravel]

It really is, glad you thought so too! 🚙🍇

[@1812nico]

Hi you two! Thank you for this great trip under the hot blue skies to the Keimoes oasis to be welcomed by Springbokkies.. The view from Tierberg is stunning. Was there any sign left of the flooding they suffered late last year? The houses on the green treelined streets make me want to go live there (if I were 30 or so years younger!) This is truly a real, live and thriving desert town, making the most of the available water. I really take my hat off for the foreign missionaries who came to these desert areas in the 1870's for mission work, leaving places such as Keimoes as their legacy. I'm just waiting for the next trip! Keep safe!

[@DustBugsTravel]

The Springbok Welcoming Committee indeed did a fantastic job and we felt right at home in Keimoes right from the moment we entered the town! 😍🦌 I wasn't aware of the flood in Keimoes and didn't see any indication of that whatsoever. None of the folks we chatted to, mentioned that either. 🤷🏼‍♂️ The churches in town were really fascinating and one can't help but admire those folks who came to spread the gospel in this and other desolate areas all those years ago, where the environment can no doubt be extremely harsh at times! 🥵💒 I'm glad you enjoyed Keimoes with us! 🚙🍇

[@patshes1951]

Nice little town. Would like to see the raisoin factory.

[@DustBugsTravel]

It is indeed a great town! We didn't have time to go into the factory and I'm not too sure they'd be keen on me filming inside there either. You should pay the area a visit and go check it out, it's a wonderful part of our country! 🚙🍇

[@ingeborgvanderveer789]

Mooie stad en leuk om te zien tijdens het ‘spitsuur’, dat geeft Keimoes sfeer. Ik dacht aan het begin, hé dat is niets voor Curtis om die fraaie kerk voorbij te rijden en natuurlijk keerde je er even later gelukkig naar terug, en werd daar nog bijna opgesloten 😅. Lief wat Sonia zei over die Dutch Church qua in need of a little TLC, hopelijk gebeurt dat ooit. Spectaculair shot vanaf de bergtop, en je liet ook mij even ‘Spaans benauwd’ worden toen je zo dicht langs de rand reed 😬. Tot slot, die ‘orange lolly’ die Sonia scoorde tot hoorbare vreugde: is dat iets speciaals ? Zou een mooi export product kunnen zijn naar Nederland gezien onze nationale ‘kleur’ 😄🧡

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad you thought Keimoes was a great place, we did too! We never thought the gate at the church would close while we're inside, so we had a few rather nervous moments since we wouldn't have known who to call had we been trapped in the grounds. Fortunately we were rescued by the minister! 😁💒 That old mission church is such a wonderful building and deserves to be restored, so I echo your hope. Sonia has absolutely loved orange ice lollies since she was a child, so since we were in the vicinity of the Orange River, she took her chance whenever she could! 🍊🧡 And orange is such a happy colour too, we always thought that when we saw your cricketers on the field! 🏏

[@Bh9140]

So beautiful surprise to see so much greenery! Are there are boat trips on the orange river?

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm sure there must be. 🛥 🌊 I suggest you check with the local Tourism Office or Municipality to confirm.

[@charleserickson7503]

Die waterwiel draai so van my kindertyd al af ek was 12 jr. Oud 1977.

[@pjpotgieter1721]

Peet hl daar ,dankie dat ons kan saam toer,verwag om kanoneiland ook te sien .?

[@DustBugsTravel]

Nope, not this time around. It's simply not possible to visit every single place in an area in the limited time we have available to travel. We'll keep it in mind for a future possible trip back to the area though. 😁🚙

[@sidneyoreilly1135]

Grapes or is it raisins for africa

[@DustBugsTravel]

Indeed! I think safe to say both! 😁🍇

[@romanussaal712]

Is all the Catholic church...I finish my Hight school in Keimoes is in Ext 6...Oranjezight....the Coloured Township...There is also another big Catholic Church in ext 6...

[@davidthompson5963]

So till me what's the best town to visit if you only have one chance in your life .

[@DustBugsTravel]

That's an impossible question which I have no answer to. I simply couldn't choose one if I tried. 🚙🇿🇦

[@capefox8321]

What are the main pastimes for the people of Keimoes?

[@DustBugsTravel]

I wouldn't know for sure, but the townsfolk live close to nature and we observed them enjoying sports and visiting restaurants on the random Saturday we drove through the town. 🚙