 My god, I think that'll be it. Whoa. Oh my god. What's going on? Hi, I'm Lavi and I'm Oli and this is our hero bumblebee together We are attempting a Guinness World Record to become the youngest pair to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle Join us for season three here in South America Good morning There's a cold morning in the desert And we're gonna be swimming in a salt lagoon in one hour Oh Let's talk to these guys good morning world welcome back to the channel. It's day number 300 300 days on the road On our circumnavigation around the globe by motorcycle We are here in Laguna Piedra in the Atacama Desert in Chile And we are sharing a swim this morning with some flamingos behind us Which is absolutely crazy and it's super salty water. Look how we're floating It is the saltiest lagoon here in Chile and you just lay down actually. That's crazy It's so cool. You can see a massive volcano just behind us. The location is just standing Yes, we woke up early to get here for a beautiful dip, but we got a really exciting day ahead So let me show you guys where we're headed So today we are going to be making our way from Laguna Seja back up to San Pedro de Atacama Before taking this little road up to the El Tatio geysers Then we have to decide if we're either going to continue up on that road Up to Olagüe and cross the border to Bolivia here or return back to San Pedro de Atacama Head across to Paso Yama down here across to Argentina and up to Bolivia that way Yesterday is a really exciting day because we are not going to just swim in the massive lagoon here floating along We also see a massive geyser Yes, we're heading to a place called El Tatio Which is basically a big geothermal area full of geysers and steam and we get to ride our bike around through it So it's going to be absolutely awesome. So we will enjoy this place here now and then we are ready to hit the road The crazy thing about it is that this water is actually 18 meters deep, which is kind of scary actually It's like a big blackness beneath us But the water is so salty that apparently there's nothing There are no monsters inside basically I hope and even though it's only nine o'clock in the morning, the water is a beautiful temperature The sun is shining And it's awesome Wow, look at this So salty everywhere this place has a sticker and Noe here is going to stick it on our box. Yes All right Our little washing line here Trying to dry off our stuff while it's riding. We just fixed it on here somehow Ready to hit the road What a nice start for the morning I'm so relaxed really. I'm so relaxed. Yeah, that's the perfect perfect way to start, hey Oh look some bikers here We had a nice shower as well. A complimentary shower with our ticket is always worth it. Yes Actually, we mostly just book our attractions based on whether we can get a shower or not Yeah, so the swim cost us actually 15 pounds per person and you are allowed to swim for 30 minutes And we had the whole lagoon to ourselves when we arrived. Yeah, it was cool. It's incredible So now we're going to be heading back up to san pedro de atacama and on our way to the el tateo geysers So we've made it back to san pedro de atacama And we've just filled up bumblebee But man bumblebee was nearly nearly out of fuel going all the way down and all the way back over the last two days I think we did around 220 miles on the tank and our range is about Maximum 250 so it was pretty close, but we're also taking the opportunity to have a bit of a snack break I just made some sandwiches with some avocado. I cut a little bit onion on top as well our beloved goat's cheese. Do we still have some goat's cheese left? Yes We still have some goat's cheese left. Yeah, I think you're transforming into a goat Okay, lunch break over we're leaving san pedro behind And we have now 48 miles to get to the el tateo geyser field At the moment the road is absolutely amazing But we have a turnoff in 12 miles so that may change out of the town and back into the desert Well, we're getting up high already Look at this road Epic views from up here and we can still see in the background The volcano menisques 5900 meters tall and a whole load of crazy mountains of the andes. Yeah, so pretty I saw the sign It said zona de curvas peligrosas The zone of dangerous bends Uh-oh So we're climbing up to a pretty high altitude to get to this geyser field today I think the geyser field sits at around 4200 meters above sea level So it's going to be another high altitude day. The last time we were left feeling pretty dizzy banging headache But maybe we've acclimatized a bit now We'll see Well, look at the size of these cactuses up on the hill They must be like three meters tall. It looks like the perfect cactus Yeah, the the ones you can see everywhere like in drawings and stuff That's these ones. That's where they are. Look the entire hill here is covered in cactuses. That's cool Wow, look at this road, hey? Oh, yeah coming down into a crazy gorge now. Look at this Epic man. That's the thing about going to see these crazy places Up in the mountains is half about the destination where you're going and half about the road to get there Yeah, epic road here. Epic road. The cactus is up there Watching us. Oh, yes, that's great Oh Just gonna put my feet down. Yeah Ready Yeah, and he swang out super wide. Yeah I guess he can't really do the turn without doing that. Oh, nice one Cool Coming through a giant boulder field. Look at this Whoa This road is full of surprises I could just see the traction control light going all the time like I was like, what are you doing? I'm trying to sort out your traction here Little mountain village here Nice Well, what a place to live. Hey, what a place to live. Don't let us disturb you guys Wow Beautiful vikunas right here. Very cute Very cute But this road is pretty corrugated here Up on the high plateau here is Bampi. Yeah, I'm really Worried about our drones Yeah And look the Garmin's going crazy The GoPro's going crazy Hi, buddy Look these guys are eating vegetation from the From the river or lake here. Look at this and there's a little baby one over there And look at this crazy volcano in the distance with covered in ice What a crazy scene So we're just going to put our drones move them from the rear box to the tank bag Might be a little bit less vibrations there because yeah, it is a bit worrying that they're shaking around and this is kind of Probably what broke both of them the last time. Hey Yeah, we'll hope for the best See you later guys. See you later This road is absolutely crazy Oh my god And up ahead There's this crazy volcano But it is covered in dark clouds and we just saw a minute ago a lightning strike Just up the head Yeah, it was one of the beautiful ones just like, you know Straight down and then zigzag and wow it looked so cool Yeah, it's cool But it's a bit scary at the same time because that's basically the direction we're headed It does not look very good weather there Really interesting to get rained on in one of the driest places on earth It might well happen, but yeah the road is Very very bad now Yeah 13 miles to go It's an amazing view but a terrible road. Oh my goodness Oh Getting harder to breathe as well, huh? Jesus We are so close to this rain cloud as well It's literally Only half a kilometer that way I reckon Let's hope for the best because otherwise they will be here a big nut pool On the way back finally arriving at the Tatio Geyser Yeah Wow, that was some crazy journey I expected something from that road, but I think that was even more than I expected Yeah Hola Estacionamento aqui Ah, perfect All right, we have got our tickets We've filled out all the necessary paperwork And we are now going in To the El Tatio Geyser field So it was 30,000 pesos for both tickets 15,000 each that's 30 pounds And crazy enough up here you can pay with cards That's really crazy and it's really cool because we can ride our bike through this whole geyser field Which is just crazy that we can actually ride through an active geyser field I love it So the El Tatio Geyser field has 80 geysers here Making it the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere And the third largest geyser field in the world Some of the geysers have been known to erupt up to six meters high I can see some activity over there Oh, yeah, I can see a geyser erupting. Let's go. Let's go Yes Okay, hold on a minute. Okay got some muddy bits But yeah, there is something going on over there We are basically alone here It's true So not only were we alone this morning at Libinus Teja But now we get to experience this crazy place all to ourselves Wow, look, he's like spitting, spitting, spitting Okay, we've got a pothole, pothole Okay Potholes and mud Uh-oh Yes, this geyser here is going crazy Can you feel the heat as well? Wow, I can feel the heat Wow It feels like that they're just so turned on the switch, you know Oh, they are tourists. Let's turn on the switch Exactly, geyser field goes Yes, exactly Ah, how cool, how cool What a nature of wonder, hey That's so amazing And it's really interesting because the water here is boiling But water at this altitude boils at 85 degrees Instead of 100 degrees So this water is only 85 degrees So it's not that hot Not that hot, let's have a shower I love it, I just love it And it's really interesting because Events like these around this geyser field Actually sites where extremophiles live They're called hyperthermophiles And they've actually been modelled as an analogue Of what it might have been life on early earth And possible previous life on Mars Awesome Whoa, and these are all bubbling away Oh, and one up over here as well Whoa, there is just steam everywhere Look at this one Nice Really, really cool Oh my god, did you see that? There's some lightning in the background Whoa, and that's just where we came from I think we just missed that rainstorm Oh my god, look how close we can get to these geysers Whoa Yeah, this orange and these crazy colours Those are the extremophiles Those are the organisms living and feeding off of the minerals and the warmth There was some more lightning off the head Oh my god Oh, that's getting a bit scary Hey, we've got to go back that way Yeah, I know But look, look, look Whoa That is amazing, hey Yeah That is amazing Wait, listen, listen It's making like a gurgling Gluck, gluck, gluck, gluck Whoa It's not hard to imagine where the warmth from all of these guys Oh my god I think we have to Oh my god Okay, that's actually really scary, hey Hot attack Oh my god Oh my god There's actually very, very dangerous situation to be in right now Do you think we should head back to the bike? Yeah, probably Like that's actually super scary Oh my god It's so close, the lightning is so close We just saw the lightning and straight after the thunderstorm Oh my god That lightning was super, super close It was so close Oh my god Jesus And also because we have to go back Oh, I just saw another lightning strike over there Okay Anyway, we have decided that we actually go back and that we take the border crossing The Yammer border crossing into Argentina Because it's just too much work to go all the dirt road back up to Bolivia And especially when the rain starts now It will be completely muddy and completely like horrible Yeah, I think the best thing we can do right now is to try to get back to San Pedro de Atacama, hey Before it gets too rainy, too muddy, too bad Yeah, and I don't want to get hit by lightning Yeah, oh my god This guy in the background Yes I don't know if I've ever been that close to a lightning bolt before Oh my god I think at least if we get struck by lightning on the bike Because the rubber tires insulators from the ground, I think that might protect us I mean they say that if you get struck by lightning in a car that you don't get affected by it Okay, but you have the car around you I don't know, yeah Whoa, up ahead there was even more It's a lightning day, hey? Yeah And you just see how snowy the peaks are now of the volcanoes in front of us Yeah, I think it's literally snowing right there Crazy place We just thought we'd stop off at one more crazy smelly guys event Before we left the park Oh my god, that is a bubbling cauldron of water Wow, that's crazy This entire water is just bubbling So nice and warm It's nice, hey? Yeah What would you hear that? I'm not excited I can barely see anything Oh my god This has been an afternoon of extremes, that's for sure I think we're the extreme of files Oh my god Okay, we've got a little bit of hail on us And the weather is not looking good And the people working here basically said to us Oh you guys better get on your way because the weather is not going to get better Yeah, they say actually it's you to rain the most It rains in a year here But at the moment it's not even raining, it's hailing Oh Yeah, and these roads are probably not going to get better in the rain So we've really got to start making our way back Oh my goodness It's lightening up the whole time, it's like really thunderstorm Yeah, you can hear them It's the worst weather for this road now And we have about two hours Yep So not cool No, it's not too cool at the moment Let's just try and press on and get down a bit to be honest from this high altitude What a weather change Yeah, maybe this was the reason that we were the only ones there Maybe other people were smart enough to check the forecast Yeah But yeah, we're not going to try any passes today We are heading back to San Pedro And uh, I think that'll be it Whoa Jesus, oh my god Oh my god And it's like because of the road, we can't even go very fast to get back I just have to like bumble along at 20, 30 miles an hour Whilst thinking am I going to get struck by lightning at any time Yeah This is really, really not a good situation It's just a little bit too crazy for this afternoon I was expecting a little bit more of a chill one Yeah, can you believe how we started the morning? Yes For me Literally What a ridiculous day At the moment the bike is reading five degrees Wow Which is a massive change from something like 25 when we were down in San Pedro So wow, it is super harsh conditions up here Freezing cold Yeah, my fingers Yeah Yeah, it gets colder and colder Getting colder and colder And we still have to climb up a little bit I really didn't expect that Wow, it changed so fast So fast Oh my god, look at this valley ahead Whaaat It's like white It's turned from summer to winter in one afternoon Literally one hour Oh Four degrees Whoa, look at the road Oh my god Completely covered What's going on? I don't know Okay, I think that's really dangerous actually now Yeah, we'll just take it easy here Yeah Garmin just shut itself off It's too cold It looks like really icy And slushy, it's really slushy Look down that road It's just white And our road is white Oh my god I'm just going to have to take it super easy now Wow 80 kilometers 80 kilometers to get back to San Pedro Jesus I can't feel my fingers Jesus Oh wow Down here, what is that? I can't see anything Oh here, yes here, look Here, f*** yeah We've lost a bolt We're going to have to put something in there Okay My fingers Maybe you put two in We lost a bolt on the other side as well Oh yeah Oh wow Oh no So we need a cable tower on that side as well Okay Might have to take it a little bit slower than hey You put on the glove Yeah Okay we're going to have to take it much slower and easier now Because we don't have that many cable ties So we cannot afford for this front mudguard fix to break again Because the corrugation is just insane And there's really nothing we can do here Except just go over every bump So our cable ties totally broke off straight away after about two minutes These people stopped and tried to find something to help us to put in that little hole But they didn't really find anything So we have a few options We're trying some more cable ties Otherwise we're going to use this bit from the sunglasses And try to bend it around and make a little knot out of it That's like option B if the cable tie doesn't hold But fingers crossed second cable tie application is going to take us to the edge of this corrugation So we've been checking the cable ties every 10 minutes or so And so far they're holding and off in the distance we can see a patch of blue sky This is where we're heading That's where we're heading I just really hope we can start going down in altitude And then it can start getting a little bit warmer Yeah Man I have to go so slow on this corrugation It's a really bad road Storm Salvation We can just see where we need to be Over there Oh man Wow crazy that volcano that we saw yesterday the whole day Wow here we have an amazing view of volcano menisquez Is now completely covered in snow and ice So we are finally getting down into lower altitude now And literally where we are now it hasn't even rained It's still completely dry here But you can see out in the desert How the storm has just made a huge load of wind and sand It looks unreal really That's crazy Here you've got rain And then over here and over here just huge huge walls of sand Wow that's insane But the temperature down here is much warmer and it is amazing And I'm starting to feel my fingers again There's actually 19 degrees down here already Whoa I just saw lightning over there Yeah wow it nearly took us two and a half hours to go down here From up there it was really challenging but oh my god I'm so glad Yeah it was a long and cold road Yes I'm so I'm so happy now 19 degrees San Pedro de Atacama right in front of us We made it happy and alive Now you have to wait till the end of the day to see that It is 20 degrees down here It is beautiful There's a little bit of rain still coming in from behind us but It's looking a lot nicer down here I tell you that It looks like yeah a completely different world down here We are having something warm to eat Having a nice cheesy empanada from the very same petrol station that we were at this morning I think we deserve that hey So it's getting pretty late now Yeah so we found another spot on Ioverlander And we are heading there now it's about 10 minutes away And we will check out if we can pitch up the tent Yeah we've got a place pretty close to town So basically if the weather is good enough tomorrow We're gonna head straight for Paso Yama Straight over to the border to Argentina This is how it looks like on the driest place on earth So we've made it to our camp area just outside of town And it's literally raining here it's ridiculous How is that possible? Of all the things I expected from the Atacama I did not expect it to be raining Storms, hail, snow in the summer I don't know what to believe anymore Remember when we were in the Sahara Exactly We had exactly the same issue in the summer I don't know I don't understand Anyway we will wait a few minutes for the rain to calm down And then we will set up our camp We have chosen this tree here It's pretty wind protected The wind is coming from the mountains So we're sort of behind And it's quite a big wide bush tree thing But we have to be pretty careful Because all on its branches are spines So we had to like clear an area for the tent So we don't get the spines coming through And into our blow up mattresses And this is a spiny tree as well But oh my god what a crazy day today I just can't believe it Like the most incredible nature Mixed with so much drama and stress Yeah it was an absolutely beautiful start And it was beautiful But maybe it just got a bit too much in the end And we were seriously worried about How long it was going to take us to get down How cold it was getting How bad the roads were getting So it's a big relief to be down here And we could make our camp and have a good rest Yes and that's it from us today We hope you enjoyed the video If so please give us a thumbs up Subscribe to the channel Share the video with your friends and family Comment below And if you really really really like the video Then you can join us on Patreon The link is in the description below And we will see you next time So the sun came out And look We have a full rainbow on the horizon Whoo That's like Mother Nature saying Oh sorry for that Blizzard I put you in in the middle of the summer Here's a nice rainbow to make up for it Wow