S1 - Ep 311 - Askham - Awe-Inspiring Destination in the Majestic Kalahari!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- We took a drive along a truly challenging gravel road from Van Zylsrus to Askham. Despite this, we managed to navigate it without incident and reached our destination early evening. Our overnight accommodation, Askham Chalets, exuded a delightful coziness that instantly made us feel at home. The following morning, we set out to explore the town. We stumbled upon an incredible store called the Askham Trading Post. It was filled with a diverse array of items for sale, and we couldn't resist the temptation to indulge in two delicious pies. Next we visited the Diamond T Coffee and Gift Shop. As I strolled through the shop, I was captivated by the stunning view it offered of the majestic Kalahari dunes. It was a truly awe-inspiring sight that left us feeling mesmerised. Overall, our trip to Askham was an adventure to remember. From conquering the challenging gravel road to discovering cozy accommodation, indulging in delicious food, and being enchanted by the breathtaking views. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #northerncape #askham
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Hi DustBugs, I love reading your followers comments. There is always someone that "been there done that" you touch people wherever you go. And for us who have never been there, it's wonderful to be shown the towns without traveling the bad dirt roads. Thank you. We love what you do.
We're only discovering most of these places for the first time, so are always happy to read about others' experiences and especially memories of a specific place or area. We're totally happy to travel on the bad (and the good!) gravel roads to show you more places, we love it! 🚙🤩 Thank you for watching!
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Sjoe this brought back memories to me since my uncle was a policeman at Witdraai. As a child we often played in the red dunes and on hot days swem in the " windpomp dammetjie" . Keep up the goodwork i love your show. !! Makes me sommer jealous!! Haha
Wowzer! What incredible memories those must be! Thank you for sharing them with us! Witdraai is a fascinating place and all we could see in our mind's eye, were hundreds of camels roaming around there. What a sight that must've been! 😳🐪
Beauty,all around
Indeed! 🚙😍
Beautiful region of Northern Cape.
You took me down memory lane.
The stretch of road between Van Zylsrus and Askam is a dry river bed.
I loved the warm days and chilly nights.
Thank you for the journey. I'm planning a return visit to the area following the Red Dune Route.
Awesome travel story...
I am so happy that our video reminded you of some of your own travels in this super special part of our country! 🚙🇿🇦 I hope you get to see those red dunes again real soon and, when you do, safe travels! 🏜️ Thank you for watching ours!
Aaaa Curtis and Sonia I really do so love all your journeys and sharing it with us. Please don't stop. Take care and safe travels xxxx
Thank you so much, it's great to hear that you enjoy our videos so much! 🚙🤩 There are so many places waiting to be discovered and explored DustBugs style and we can't wait to share them all with you! 😍
❤ the music completely uplifted me, exactly what I needed this morning. As always I really appreciate and value your videos. You guys are so natural and perfectly fit my souls journey at this point in time.
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That is fantastic to hear, thank you! 🚙🎶 We were travelling in such a remote and chilled part of the country here that it couldn't help but rub off. Being so close to nature, is exactly what one needs every so often to recharge those batteries. 🤩
@@DustBugsTravel I absolutely agree 💯🚙
Best Milk tart at Diamond T. The road between VzR either a disaster or ok, depending on how many trucks have been through. But thankfully the attendant at the Garage gives you a heads-up if it is too bad . Love your channel. Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you, happy to hear you enjoy our videos! 🚙😁 The milk tart, actually our entire meal that evening, was fantastic! 👌🏻 So many people warned us against this specific road, but we knew we'd take it slow as we always do and we had to get to our overnight accommodation in Askham. We've been on worse roads before, but what makes this one really bad, is the length and duration of constant corrugation. It's all part of the experience and the adventure though, so we'll do it again in a heartbeat! 🤩
Loved Curtis's comment about the vulture.....calling him out to be a Count Dracula look alike.
I must admit I still feel that way! A very cool Count Dracula though! 🦅😎
White springbuck. Gorgeous!!!!
Wow ...these little Kalahari towns never seize to amaze me. They all have their own character and history. So terribly sad the story of the family that perished in that fire.
It really is a very tragic story about all those people who lost their lives in that fire! It's great that they are honoured by that monument though. 😥🏛️ You're so right, each one of these small places are unique in their own way and have an atmosphere all their own. We enjoyed each one as much as the previous one, it was really a fantastic experience! 🚙🤩
I was so surprised to see Askham. What a nice little town and so alive and busy. I have not been there before but thanks to you i now was there. The Kalahari is a distinct area and the vegetation is stunning. I loved this video and also the shop you were in reminded me of my days as kid in Somerset West. You had these general dealers selling from a bicycle to meat an veggies! Then we went with 5 pennies and bought "deurmekaar lekkers" which they rolled a paper cone and put the mixed sweets in there. A video well done and thank you so much for this trip. Luckily my seat is booked for the next one.
I can relate so much to your story about the sweets in the paper cone! Those were the days, uncomplicated and so much fun! 😁🍬🍭 My childhood days weren't quite so close to the area you and I call home nowadays, but still very similar to what you describe. I'm so glad you enjoyed Askham with us, it was a fantastic stopover in this tiny place and we thoroughly enjoyed exploring all the sights. The camelthorn trees in this area blew our minds, it's so typical of this desert landscape and they were just wonderful to see everywhere! 🌳💚 You know your seat is booked permanently, be ready tomorrow morning! 🚙🤩
Love the birds, brings peace throughout..
Your videos keeps on reviving good memories to same places I have been to, Askham was amazing. I was offered an accommodation three if not two houses from those chalet’s by a retired SAA pilot and his wife, Those two are angels in human form love them to bits. The filling station on your way to the chalets closes at 18:00. That is the quietest and safe places around there. Enjoying your content you never disappoint.
Hello hello hello as Curtis says, no words to describe the joy of this trip just a very big heartfelt thank you once again . Always happy to tag along😊
It was certainly a very joyful trip for us, especially the wide variety of wildlife along the road! 😍🦒🦌That always adds to the enjoyment of any stretch of road for us! Thank you for tagging along, we love it that you do! 🚙🤩
I was hoping you'd leave some of that wonderful dinner for me, especially the malva pudding. I have personally sampled Diamond T's coffee and cake- the food certainly looked good. What a lovely place to stay over- Askham is so interesting. Honky tonk piano was fantastic! The camel story- strangely, my father was a policeman in South West Africa before WW2 and he told many stories of going on camel patrol.
There wasn't a single morsel of that malva pudding left, let me tell you! 😆 Malva is one of my all-time favourite desserts and when I saw it was an option with the curry, I was sold! Our accommodation was cute and cosy and Askham an absolutely fantastic place to visit and explore! 🚙🤩 How cool that your dad also patrolled on camels! That is super interesting! 🐪👨🏻✈️
Aha...Askham....the gateway to the Kgalagadi...been in Askham so many times in the last 20 years...never stayed over though ....just for fuel and food to fill our tummies...and what nice food we always had. Yes a lovely little place that I will always remember when I think of my travels through the Kalahari. Thank you for going there...
We've never been to Askham before this time, but it's a really great little place to visit! The town seems to be full of nice food. Our dinner was fantastic and so were the pies we had the following day. When the food is good, we're good! 😁🍛 I'm glad you were reminded of some of your own travels, thank you for coming with us today! 🚙😎
Another brilliant video, its funny how you guys became one of my favorite channels on youtube.
Thank you, that's awesome to hear! 🚙🤩 It's great that you enjoy coming along to these incredible places! You can look forward to many more! 👌🏻
Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦
Thank you, glad you enjoyed! 🚙🇿🇦
Hello travel companions. Some or most of you may remember in the bioscopes, back in the day, had the two masks as a décor, as the entertainment embodiment of happy and sad faces, (to put it simply). That's the towns we go visit with the kindness of our guides Curtis & Sonia. Almost always, it leaves us with happy and sad views or history. In Askham, tranquillity overall, the shop that has something for anyone, and the tragedy of the family that lost their lives in one fell swoop. How the survivors must have suffered. But people continue to get on for the love of the town "far from the madding crowd". On a lighter note Curtis, how were the pies?❤💯
I know the two masks you're talking about, often used in theatres to this day! 🎭 Your description of the towns and places we get to visit, is spot on. Always some happy and some sad, but luckily almost always much more happy than sad! Askham was a fantastic place to explore, we loved every minute while we were driving around in the little town. The pies were fantastic, they surely hit the spot that day! 🚙🥐
Majestic animals……Giraffes 👌👍
Wow the wildlife on your way there was fantastic just loved it and your accommodation amazing . The drone footage was beautiful looked so restful. The trading post was to die for as well as Diamond Tea where you got your food. This place is really a place well worth visiting. Thank you so much for this episode.😊
This gravel road was really bad, but the wildlife went a long way to make up for it! 🦌🦒 I'm so glad you enjoyed Askham as much as we did. Every place we visited was special. Our accommodation was tiny, but very cosy and our day was made complete by a perfect meal that evening! Thank you for coming with us! 🚙🤩
This was a perfect start to my morning! I enjoyed it immensely 🙏🏻☺️
Always glad to hear you say that! You've been on our backseat for a long time now and we're so happy to have along! 🚙😁
Thank you for taking me to places I've never heard of!😁
Hi you two! What an amazing sunset trip to that little town, with all sorts of animals and a vulture silhouette along the way. Your overnight place was a really cozy desert cabin with its cute little green garden looking out on the dry fields. Your drone views showed how small the town really is. With all that stock the "Supermark" must be serving all the way into Namibia and Botswana!
I find it difficult to decide what is most enchanting; the peaceful town or the captivating peacefulness of the dry surrounds.
Pity about the school. i hope it will be up and r4unning soon with its boarding house..
A real awe-inspiring trip, as you said. I'll be ready for the next journey.
Keep safe on those lonely desert roads.
Those vultures were the first ones we've ever seen outside of a National Park, so that was super cool! And all the wildlife on this road was just fantastic, we loved it! 😍🦒🦅 That trading post was really well-stocked, they literally had everything in there! I think a lot of folks stock up there on their way to the Kgalagadi. 🛒 It was really sad to see the school destroyed like that, that is something I struggle to make peace with on our travels. 😥🤷♂️ Thanks for joining us in Askham! 🚙
Zo mooi om telkens jullie liefde voor de dieren te horen, zien en ‘voelen’ 😍. Prachtig, het vele wild life langs de weg, in gedachte was ik weer even terug in het Kruger Park. En vergat ik pardoes de eventueel gevaarlijk scherpe steentjes onderweg. Komisch die giraffe, jullie bewonderden elkaar, zo te zien 😅🦒. Wat een werk moet het zijn om die hoge afrastering langs de weg te onderhouden waardoor ze, gelukkig voor beide partijen, niet zomaar oversteken. Jullie overnachtingsplek was de moeite van het wachten absoluut waard. Hoe lekker Bobotie ook is, die lamscurry zag er geweldig uit 😋😋😋. Een leuk, klein, schoon en mede dankzij toerisme levendig stadje met een heel verleidelijke souvenier winkel (met een ‘koekjes’ pot, jummie). De geur van de verse pasteitjes kwam bijna mijn neus in. Die klokkentoren ziet er uniek uit. De kerk zelf lijkt wel een soort ruimteschip ontwerp … was de architect in zijn ‘galaxy fase’ 😊🛸? De ‘bereden politie’ per kameel, wat goed bedacht vroeger! Het klinkt als een soort sprookje uit 1001 nachten 🐫👮♂️
Bedankt voor je leuke reactie. Ik heb er echt van genoten, net als de reis. Ik ben het volledig met je eens dat de liefde die Curt en Sonja tonen voor de natuur en het dierenrijk zo mooi is en een indicatie is van hun liefde voor wat belangrijk is in het lewen. We zijn echt bevoorrecht dat we zo'n UA-cam faciliteit hebben en ik kan niet wachten op de volgende
Dag Marius, en wat leuk uw reactie! Toen ik uw opmerking las over ‘deurmekaar lekkers’ wilde ik daarop reageren maar wist niet of u ook Nederlands begreep, dus wel 😄. Woont u nog Afrika? Juist vanmiddag heb ik weer eens een zakje geschept van verschillende lekkere dropjes. Het DustBugs kanaal is een feestje, een bijna dagelijkse dosis ‘klein geluk’ vanuit Zuid-Afrika. Inderdaad waar zouden we zijn zonder de vreugde, oprechtheid en liefde van Sonia en Curtis voor dit mooie land & elkaar 🥰. W’ll meet again, morgen alweer een volgend avontuur !
ja ik woon in de buurt van Kaapstad. mijn Nederlands is roestig maar ik doe mijn best
Uw Nederlands is nog uitstekend hoor, mijn complimenten ! Als het om Zuid-Afrika gaat, dan heb ik een voorkeur voor ‘onze’ taal boven het door zovelen gebruikte Engels 😊🇳🇱
@Ingeborg Van der Veer Animals are our favourite things to see when we travel! They never get boring, we just love them so much! 😍🦒🦅 This gravel road was particularly productive, especially for one outside of a National Park! The curry and bobotie were both great and so welcome after a long day on the road! Tourism is most definitely a big driving force in this town and I think a lot of folks stop here on their way in and out of the Kgalagadi. It's great that the businesses seem to be doing well in Askham. I also loved the belltower and the church was a rather futuristic design for its time. I agree with you! 💒🛸 I could only imagine hundreds of camels roaming at Witdraai, that must've been quite the sight! 🚙🐪 How fantastic that you found another very loyal viewer fluent in Dutch, I just love that! 👌🏻
Yummy food….. got the taste buds working😋😋
Incredible the places you visit
The landscapes you love so much, I get it! 🚙⛰️ We love it that you tag along!
That’s a big bird…… vulture yhooooo!!!
Howzit 🎉🎉 another plekkie I knew nothing about...
But thanks to you... I've lived there a hundred years already. I also love it Curtis ❤ jis but you far from home now chaps ... safe travels you two wanderers...😊😊
I could easily live in Askham for 100 years, I'll tell you that much! The desert landscape surrounding this tiny town does it for me! 🏜 I'm glad we could introduce you to Askham! 🚙🤩And, yes, we were indeed very far from home, but it was worth every kilometre and we'll do it all over again! Thanks for wandering with us! 😍
@@DustBugsTravel man I tell you Id love to meet you two. It would be a wonderful time listening to all your stories of all your travels. Im sure you never guessed it would go this far. Really wishing you guys more followings.
Cute accommodation 👌👌
Awesome little town! Love the music! 🎵❤
Thank you so much, I also loved the tunes! 🚙🤩 Askham is indeed a fine little place, we had a great time there and it was well worth the visit!
Did you know that Diamond T won the award for the best milktart in south-africa a few years ago. Hope that you bought one? Thanks for the video, you took me back now for a few years.
I did not know that, no. We didn't buy a milk tart from them. We did even better and bought our entire dinner from them. It happened to include milk tart as part of my wife's selection. 😁🥧 Thank you for watching! 🚙🏜
Askham Chalets are the nicest places to sleep in! Very special accommodation. I highly recommend spending some time there and don't forget to visit the coffee shop.
Yup, we did both! 🚙😁
Been to Diamond T coffee shop/restaurant in Ashkam in 2019 and again in this year, 2023. If you go to Kgalagadi, Augrabies falls, Witsand, Riemvasmaak.... or tour surrounding areas and you haven't been to Ashkam and Diamond T restaurant, you're seriously missing out.
Our food from Diamond T that evening was an absolute lifesaver! We would've been in serious trouble had we not arranged that in advance. Thank you to our host for recommending them. Everything was delicious! 👌🏻🍛
Hello I see you have also banana salad.First time I see it.Can you tell how does it taste and can you give me the recipe or tell me what the ingredients is, please.Thank you.
Bananas are my favourite fruit, so I loved it! I don't know the recipe for sure, but to me it looked like just sliced bananas mixed with condensed milk for the sauce. You should give it a try! 👌🏻🍌
Baie goeie video julle twee
Always happy to hear that, thank you! 🚙🤩 It was a great place to visit, so the filming was easy!
My Dad was a policeman that had to patrol the Kalahari on a camel.
Het die Askham ook ‘n kruin ? En dan drink ons brandewyn 🥃👍
Cheers, but a beer for me please! 🍺🥃
Awesome bivvy in which you have stayed in Askham! Btw, what kind of tree was it opposite your bivvy, near the swimmingpool?
I have absolutely no idea! 🤷🏻♂️🌳
How sad to see the destruction of the school
Indeed. 😥 And so senseless. Something I just can't quite wrap my head around. 🤷♂️