Other people's (5 min) videos: "When will this ever end?" Noraly's (20 min) videos: "Is it over already? That was way too short?"

your new style of docu-vlogging of history and geology is prefect

South African you are so lucky to have Noraly to show the beauty of your country. 👍🇰🇼😊

Noraly, My Grand daughter is interested in Geography and Geology, so i got her onto this channel. She is now an avid watcher, so i am pleased. Anyway a few days ago she phones me stating how much she is enjoying your channel, i am thinking a bit of home schooling so i ask her is their anything i can help her with and she says yes Grand dad, Could you buy me a Motorbike .

A truly unique travel dispatch. Rattling off gold mining industry facts and economics while riding a motorcycle.

I don’t know how Noraly can expand her days. The traveling is one, but all this filming, cutting, editing and deposit your grabbing ItchyBoots-Theme behind it needs a lot of time too. Noraly always explores ways, also the hidden. With her story’s along the way and her smile she found her way to lots of ♥️. Thanks for that.

I never want your videos to end. They are so relaxing for me. Everything from your riding adventures ,your positive uplifting aura to your gentle tone and accent of your voice. Keep doing what you're doing and please be safe.

Your experiences in the past (travels, work, education, passions, etc...) adds so much to your videos. This was fascinating! Thank you!

It's the amount of research that you do on the places you visit 😍🔥☺️ So much effort into your content. Really appreciate it Noraly

I am loving your South Africa series. Thank you for taking us riding with you again.

Noraly has a degree in Geochemistry, and has worked in gold mining that is why she used to work all over the world and knows so much about geology :)

I love how much knowledge goes into these. It's not just watching someone drive around. The views are incredible, the commentary is fantastic, and Noraly beautiful as always!

If anyone is interested in a Gold Mining Tour, visit Gold Reef City, in Johannesburg, for a full under ground experience. At the end, you witness the smelting and pouring of a bar of Gold, and if you can lift it with your fingers (one hand), you get to keep the bar...

Not your typical tourist, you actually learn interesting things about everywhere you visit. Travel expands the mind

Actually, Pilgrims Rest isn't part of the Wits basin at all. It is part of a completely different system of epigenetic origin.

Geography+mining+motorcycles makes everything so interesting, thanks Noraly. We see and learn alot through your vlogs. My prayers to God to bless you and protect you.

These videos are so educational, on so many levels. Thanks for showing us South Africa through your lens!

I love that you bring us facts about the places you visit, very interesting

Noraly has an ideal background for introducing these episodes.

Just want to thank Noraly. I'm living one of my dreams through you. Such a joy to see the world.

Gold.....medal for this surprising episode, your riding skills and your South Africa adventure! Itchy Boots, you are amazing!

You were about 20 minutes away from where my mother lives. Such a beautiful & important part of SA that.

See how this lovely lady just brings out the best of wherever she goes. An absolute pleasure to view 😊

So much freedom when you're on a small dual-sport... That was what I always loved about riding them. One bike for all surfaces and all purposes!

You are treating us real well pumping out all this nice videos so often, just make sure to take care of yourself and take time off when you need to

South Africa is so beatiful thank you Noraly for sharing! ❤️

I love these videos about mining - really interesting. Also this part of South Africa has both stunning landscapes and interesting history. Really want to visit SA again now!

Can’t wait for the next video, they are just getting better and better, SA is a fascinating country.

I could just imagine the amount of research you do before doing this or any vlog for that matter!!👍👍👍

I have discovered the videos of your trips recently in a casual way ... now I am anxious every day that the warning bell goes off for the new video. Magnificent trip through South Africa, thank you for doing it and giving us with it. Greetings from a geologist from Asturias in northern Spain !!

Pelgrimsrest was one of SA's earliest mining towns. Barberton, experienced a gold rush in 1880's, east of there is even older than Pelgrimsrest and is still active. The first stock exchange in SA was established there. The Witwatersrand (Johannesburg area) followed later along a ridge of gold bearing quartz with mines ranging from Johannesburg towards the south west for approximately 200km to places like Randfontein, Western Area, Carletonville, Stilfontein, Orkney..

I love it when she nerds out Geology-Girl ! This Moto channel is so diverse. Its awesome!

You’re the real nugget! Keep having fun and be safe.

What a nice surprise. I wasn’t expecting a video to drop today.

In a time when our travel is so limited we, your fans, are SO happy that you've allowed us to tag along with you on yours! Thanks!

This is my new favorite video of yours. I love the footage of the people and villages, of the beautiful countryside, and of those “somewhat challenging” mud tracks! I know I wouldn’t be able to get my adv bikes through there. Your little Honda was a brilliant choice, and your skills and equanimity are truly impressive! I love the information about the geological and mining history as well as the information about the Australian industry and the fly-in/fly-out program. You have certainly struck gold with this new series!

Adventure and education all in one. Thank you for taking us along on the ride.

You should get a massive payment from the South African Tourism Department!

You really are much more than a Wonder Woman! The amount of research you do is amazing. You even identify details such as location of shops before you get there as you are a local. Not getting lost in such off roads! Who can do that! I can see how Dutch arrived here and got what they deserved. Such a small country going around the world is only possible because they were/are people like you! You deserve many PHD's and awards. So brave, calm, friendly, peace and human loving on top of beauty! God bless you! California is waiting!

Zum 3 ten mal sehe ich mir die Staffel an, ich entdecke immer neu 🎉

Thanks Noraly for bringing me the world when I'm still in lockdown, this is brilliant stuff.

You’re on an amazing adventure through South Africa! Beautiful scenery and a great geology lesson all in one! Ride safe Noraly!

I loved the narration and historical facts on this trip. Also amazing that you were a gold explorer :)

Greetings from Perth. Thoroughly enjoying your videos. It seems the rains in Southern Africa are / have been wide spread. My brother in Victoria Falls tells me that they have had a great wet season. If your are there for winter that is the best time for game viewing as the bush will have thinned out by then. All the best.

After a long and discouraging afternoon of studying Dutch, I go to youtube, and behold! A new Itchy Boots! Life is good. Soms Nederlands is niet makkelijk!

This is what i call first class entertainment👍😊

My father owned a small coal mining company in Illinois. I grew up running bulldozers, and scrapers, removing the top soil and helped with the drilling and explosives. Also ran a Cat 966 loader, loading the coal trucks in between motorcycle races lol. I find your geology and mining experience that you share, fascinating and nostalgic. Please keep it up!!

And I thought South Africa would be dry. How wrong I was. Beautiful. Thanks, Noraly for showing us this beautiful country.

Noraly's favorite pastime ... Talking about gold mining & playing in the mud. It was nice of Savannah to decide not to take a mud bath. What a surprise video before Wednesday! Take care &God bless you.

It should be aired on National Geographic or Discovery Channel. Beyond words! 👍💯

These videos are lovely. Not only is this a motorcycle travelling channel, it is also a channel for learning the places you visit.

Brings back memorys and makes me homesick. Stayed in SA for 23 years and then went back to Switzerland. Thanks for bringing me down Memorylane. Take care.♥🍀🍀

Thank you Noraly for showing us how beautiful of PILGRIMSREST. Love from Indonesia

I have to say that you are the real deal when it comes to travel adventure. Lions in the grass??? Oh my! As a person who rode motorcycles for over 50 years, I am impressed with your bravery on roads that are barely a muddy footpath. Keep up the good work. I think you will pick up more dirt biking skills as you do more riding. You have another fan, deservedly so.

Noraly, I was thinking of flying to Africa, buying a motorcycle and traveling around. But, it's much easier, entertaining and especially educational just watching your videos. Thanks!😎

What you are doing makes incredible sense. You are seeing the heart and soul of this spectacular country riding the dirt tracks . Your motorcycle choice is perfect for this. You will skip and jump with ease where the big GS wannabe's wont even see the possibilities.

Thanks for posting. Quote of the day: "I hope there aren't any lions hiding in these weeds." Don't hear that every day.

I knew it! I knew it!! I knew you would visit or get near somehow, someway to a mine in SA. My father was there all around SA - 40 years ago - with a crew assembling the machines that separate the Gold from other minerals/rocks in the mines. He would have loved to listen to you talking about the history and the process in this video. You gave us all the history behind it. It was a real class in movement, the most interesting and different class of all. I know it's difficult but somehow, someway, I beleive you 'll even make antother video this time inside a gold mine. It's almost impossible for a stranger, bu I beleive you'll do it somehow, someday. This video is precious and a very nice surprise on a Tuesday. Very well done Noraly: Geology/History Teacher giving a lesson on a moving Honda motorcycle.

Excellent, excellent "show" today. I learned a lot and am already "chomping at the bit" for your next posting. You're a terrific teacher!! Thank you.

So glad you went to Kaapschehoop. My favourite thing to do is sit on the edge of the escarpment, out near the communication station, and then just stare into forever.

The country looks wonderful. I never imagined they would have pine forest in Africa. I always think of pine in the Northern Latitudes.

Seriously Noraly. Your channel has the best rating of thumbs up and down. I love it and hopefully you can continue for decades.

Hi Noraly. You are such an inspiration. I''ve not been riding for almost 15 years now. I'm now in my 40s...you've rekindled my love for adventure riding again. Thank you for sharing.

I am so thankful that I found Noraly's channel a couple of months ago. I am working my way through, started with year six, since I am from Canada. What geographical, historical, geological, and human interest lessons I am learning. Along with spectacular scenery in countries I would never otherwise see.

I love the music that you use on your videos, it really sets the mood ... wonderful background story, as always .. take care Noraly, I enjoy your channel so much.

The Dutch have a reputation for frugality and you have certainly gotten your money’s worth out of your motorcycle. Very good choice. Each episode the scenery gets more beautiful and your history stories more interesting. Wish high school history lessons were like this.

Hi Noraly, you have been misinformed. BBEEE is an acronym for "Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment"... The idea behind it WAS honorable, unfortunately it did not turn out that way. In effect it means that mining companies have to GIVE AWAY part of their business to APPROVED BBBEE "partners" These "partners" DO NOTHING to earn the shares or help to operate the company effectively. This is How Ramaphosa, the current president of South Africa became a Billiionaire. Invariably, the "approved partners" must be politically connected ANC members, their friends and Family... The government officials also get kick backs and handouts for this....As a result the ANC bigwigs become extremely wealthy and the local people next to and working on the mines get NOTHING...

I’m loving the rock geek in you coming out, very interesting while watching the nature going by. 🤙🏻

An excellent way to end my day! I rode my 125cc moped to college today for the first time. 🎥🙏🏾

This video was 20 minutes and it felt like it was 5 minutes.

I was born and lived in South Africa till 15 years ago. Now I’m travelling around and learning things I on your channel. Great channel. Many thanks.

CONGRATULATIONS to Noraly for reaching 700,000+ subscribers. One million in sight!

👍I tried to watch another female rider traveling through South Africa but unfortunately had to change the channel after few minutes. The difference between her and Noraly is that you really hope the Video wouldn't end ! Your selection of music is just wonderful.

New Zealand also has old gold mining towns. Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island is one. They have a museum there with all the tools the miners used. You can see how they cleared the land for mining in areas like Nelson Creek too. You could cover NZ in a few weeks, some lovely scenery there and the food is fantastic. Maybe a thought for a later project. The Moari are really soemthing too. At the Rotorua Hotel, in Rotorua they have ( a while back) a hungi, a kind of feast where they do the beautiful dances with poi balls and harmonies. They cook the food in the ground, tastes delicious :) Sorry, getting carried away :)

Very interesting Noraly. I started follow you some months ago when I saw you had visited Sweden. I did not know there was so much gold in that area. I have traveled in the the region when passed by from Gaborone to Kruger park and then Swaziland with car. That was long time ago, 1978. Kruger park was a memory for life.

Noraly, South Africa is another level in Africa continent! I was in South Africa in 2010 and I became impressed with it development! I was in johannesburg and also in Nespruit, Mpumanga! Kruger Park is fantastic! I ate an unforgetable swrimp at John Dory's Restaurant. The South african people are wonderful! Beautiful country!

I am addicted to Itchy Boots! I need more Itchy Boots!

Awwwwww he was all smiles and came to say goodbye to you how kind, I bet you left a nice tip for him! I love tipping good hard working people it makes me feel so good.

The views are just insane. I mean it should be the most beautiful country in the world. I specially liked the road near the lake, when few moments after you turned back because of road closure

Thank you for visit ,been watching your videos for 2 years never thought I'd see a video of you right at my door step... Siyabonga (thank you)

An extraordinary amount of talent and effort concentrated in one person. Almost doesn't seem fair.

Slip sliding away, slip sliding away ay, the nearer your destination the more you keep slip sliding away--- Paul Simon.

So much gold has been mined and yet soooo many pot holes! Thanks for a great informative video. I always enjoy when you are able to incorporate your geology knowledge/passion into your videos.

Such a wild and barely broken countryside So beautiful and so full of life!! Thanks Noraly!!

The real reason for the Boer War. England wanted the gold from those mines.

bit of a cliffhanger there when you drove thru that road with full of overgrown vegetation whew! totally enjoyed the video though and im glad you made it safe to your destination. really such a surprise to see africa as we never saw it before keep it up! ride safe.

Thank you Noraly, that was amazing, really fascinating commentary about the gold industry - beautiful country. It is so refreshing to see you riding again and watching your videos. It looks like we may be banned from travelling abroad from the UK until at least the autumn so keep going!!

Great video really enjoying this series. The scenery has been spectacular and your commentary top class

They don’t waste any of that GOLD on the road.

Emergency U turn, or turn a bike on side stand if not to slippery ;) Life saver!

It must be a trip down nostalgia lane to be in the gold mining area for you. Your easy explanation of geology and the environment for us lay folks are most interesting. Thanks a lot. Best wishes Noraly.

How nice and exciting it is that you have started making your videos again. Here in the cold and perhaps boring Denmark, it is uplifting to see your lovely recordings.

You scare me when you ride on those roads that are so muddy in the middle of nowhere just be careful I know you are thanks for the videos I really enjoy them👍👍👏👏

I am amazed that you can remember all those facts without having to read them from a notepad.

Gold...Medal for Super Documentary & Amazingly brave Motorbike Navigation skills in the wilds of SA 💛💛💛💖💖 Thanks for sharing these Exciting Adventures! In Remote areas I like to talk to the locals, to find the Best places!

Wieder ein schönes Video, Norali weiterhin ein gute Fahrt und bleib gesund

What ? Joy !! She's on !

The most astounding fact is that all the gold in the world where once made at the center of a star and then spread throughout the universe by supernovae.

Noraly. Seeing you struggling in that mud and having difficulty turning the bike round made me remember being in the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. In 1997, I had rented a BMW F650 rather incorrectly called "the Funduro", from a company near Vancouver, as my Sister lives nearby. I followed a trail higher and higher up the side of this mountain and started to go over the edge of some snow fields. The route go progressively steeper with about a 500m drop on the left and really big snowfield, so I stopped. Only then did I realise just how steep this trail was and now the trail was only 1m wide. Now this beamer is quite heavy, but I had to do a turn with the bike on it's back wheel and the front wheel almost vertical and swinging out over the edge and swing it round, to point it downhill. As you will know, going up on a slippery surface is a fair bit easier than coming down, but somehow I got back down. Pretty stupid thing to have done for a 46 year old Englishman, but hey, we're here to tell the tale, and at 70 next month, biking is still 'one' of my passions. I'm working through all your vids.. Fantastic.

GREAT again to watch Noraly, thanks!!