 We got the package baby! Customs Kazakhstan Defeated. We have Pinky and Brian back. Yeah We just went up to the customs office and they asked like okay. What is the package? Drones? I just said it's just drone parts It's actually not working like they won't fly because there's no batteries in here So technically these don't fly as they are in the package. This is just drone parts There's not a drone just drone parts and he's like, oh, okay Here you go. Nothing to pay. Nothing to do. Give us the package. Good to go. Thank you customs office Everything laid out for a crazy day. Oh god that box is really heavy Okay Hey, do you remember us bumblebee? It's been a while and look what we did we put the panniers on last night Because we are that prepared We are super ready to hit the road for sure. Don't forget the disc lock I heard horror stories of people when they're like pack everything up get everything going then they start riding and then clunk the disc lock hits here And the whole thing topples over now that we don't have water bottles anymore because we've switched to the Camel backs camel backs is that what you call them? water carriers Water bags the Moscow Moto ones that come in the backpack now I've got the space where I can put my disc lock here nice and convenient. I love Gobi The Wi-Fi on our computer is broken Well, we want to upload videos We had to physically like bring it into the hostel and connect it with the ethernet cable up to the router So basically this morning that we just dropped off the computer set a bunch of videos to upload and then just left it there It's very important in the morning that you check That the time and date on every GoPro is correct. Otherwise sinking them later is going to be a big challenge 622 a.m Perfect upload complete The ethernet cable this computer is like 12 years old Look at this. Okay time to get changed. Hey Bumblebee is alive Three two one. Yep, that's it Ready to hit the road Good morning world. Welcome back to our circle navigation around the globe and motorcycle We're here in the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan and we got up nice and early this morning We set the alarm at 5 15. Are you proud of us? It's been a while since we've woken up that early But we've got good reason to wake up early because today We are heading out of the city and towards the border to Kyrgyzstan So we are here in Almaty and today We're going to be taking this road over the border to Kyrgyzstan and then this road towards Lake Isikul Andre the local motorcyclist that we've been hanging out with over the past week He advised us to get up very early to head Out towards the border to Kyrgyzstan because he said that once it hits rush hour All the traffic is going to go that way that road is going to be completely blocked Traffic jams as far as the eye can see because pretty much just over the other side of the border to Kyrgyzstan is the capital of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek as you can imagine the road between them can get really busy by the way Andre told us as well that this pipeline here is a gas line Which is overgrown and connects all houses with gas here in the city Everybody's heating their houses and cooking with gas. I mean, it doesn't matter what streets You go down. You've just got this pipe on the left and right in front of every single house a lot of Towns and cities here in Kazakhstan. They don't even have gas or a heating system Most people here are still heating with wood. Yes, I guess despite the massive ice or everywhere It is pretty convenient for the people. Hey totally Now that we've got the suspension fixed it's like speed bumps are a bit less of a challenge now Before it was like good do good and a massive bounce But we've got to be careful with this new rear shock because I want this new rear shock to last until we get back home For sure better last until we get back home better last But thanks so much again motorcycle world the dealership that sponsored us with bumblebee in the beginning in my hometown Northampton those guys are absolutely amazing that they sent out this shock and got it to us before we left the city Because now we can continue on our way just nice and smooth. I love it all the way back to England So after entering Kyrgyzstan, we are going to be heading to Kyrgyzstan's most famous attraction Isik Cool Lake a giant giant salt lake in the mountains and hopefully if it works out We're going to be having a beautiful wild camp right next to it So it's about two and a half hours to the border and then another two and a half hours to the lake in total 240 miles. It's already 6.49 so better hit the road. Let's go All right, here we go joining the chaos. It doesn't look so bad at the moment. Hey, no, I think we've done it, right? Yeah Think it's cross we can get to the border without a crazy traffic jam So we've hit a bit of road under construction and look at how dusty it is here Yeah, it's really super dry. It's giving a good test to the shock. Hey. Yes. It's good Yeah, the shock's doing great I mean, it's just amazing that we can go on like roads like this and it's it's pretty smooth Yeah, I forgot what it was like to have a working rear shock Now I feel like we can tackle some trails again. Oh, yes, I'm up for it So we're getting pretty close to the border to Kyrgyzstan now You can see just in the distance some snowy peaks The mountains of Kyrgyzstan, so we're just gonna find a petrol station used up a little bit more of our Kazakh money Tenge and this border town is called Korday and it's pretty much the first thing we've seen since we left Almaty because in between it's just been Basically just a desert. Yeah, HL this one here. HL. Okay the last petrol station in Kazakhstan Here in Kazakhstan, they have the cheapest petrol we have ever seen in our lives. It's something like 30 to 35 pence per liter. Yeah, absolutely crazy. Yeah Oh, thank you Yeah, okay, yeah Okay, okay, I think he said like oh, I'm just gonna do these guys and then I'll come to you Didn't understand a word, but I think that's the that's the gist Okay, thank you Bye-bye. Okay, this is it You can see up ahead Control point. Yeah, do you think we should go in this line or on that line? Oh, oh, it's green This line obviously Actually, it doesn't look too bad here at all. I mean how many cars are there one two three four five and then us Shall I just go to the front? Yeah, perhaps. Yeah, let's go to the front. I Mean at the moment. This is like a Closed gate. It's okay. This one This one Okay, I don't know exactly Oh, yeah, okay There we go, we go Thank you. Okay, I think we'll turn off the cameras now. Shall we? Yeah Okay, okay Okay, okay Yeah, all right, let's get this done Well, there we go literally ten minutes and Everything is done on the Kazakh side. We just had to give our passports Get them stamped and then a guy came over and just asked us if we had money or drugs. I Said I wish but I have neither so now I think that's pretty much it We just need to give the little slip of paper that proves that we've done these bits to this fella And then we should be through to the Kyrgyzstan side 20 minutes later. So that's it. We just crossed through into Kyrgyzstan and it's only 20 past 10. Can you believe it? Absolutely amazing That was a super fast super easy process. Wow, so we're just stopping here because here There is a money exchange and a place where we can get a local Kyrgyzstan sim card So we're just gonna stop here see if we can grab those things before we make our way into Kyrgyzstan properly So I'm just leaving Lavi there to look after Bumblebee. So let's see if we can do it all here Thank you in Okay money exchange done that was really really easy Really fast. So let's find a sim card. Oh Actually, I think the same place sells sim cards Sim cards sim card are cool Okay mission successful managed to get a sim card. So they told me is Unlimited for a week and it only cost 250 Kyrgyzstan some which is only two pounds 24 We're only gonna be in Kyrgyzstan for around a week So we can just have unlimited day to the whole time Upload plenty of YouTube videos Also got a whole bunch of local currency, which is awesome and that should do us for like the whole time We're here really. I think I exchanged about 150 pounds worth. So plenty It's nice hat I'm really really happy how smooth the border crossing was and as well how easy it was to pick up these things and exchange the money amazing, it's like it's quarter to 11 and we have already ridden 130 miles and crossed a border and got a sim card and exchanged our money I think this is the most successful day we ever had. This is like German level productivity. Hey, nice Okay, so now we have just a little appetizer. I bought some potatoes yesterday and we will have it with this Funny bowl Is that what you call it? Is that the official name? No, the official name is actually court court Court court. It's a dried milk milk gets bad, but not bad. Okay. It's like our sour Yeah, okay our milk dried very very strong taste. It's very sour salty Yeah, I think it fits very well with potatoes. Well, you have to eat it like this together. Does it work? Ah, all right, I'm down. Let's do it Out and on our way, I don't know if you is actually a way out No, there is no way out here back to the border Okay, yep Yeah, that's a busy car park here Andre told us doesn't matter what you do don't park here on the streets because the police will come straight away and find you Yeah, this is like all of this is like a no-stopping zone But then apparently the police are also waiting right here because after the no-stopping zone Yeah, there's a stop sign straight after it's true and apparently the police are always looking here I think they actually have a police station right there. So everybody has to go to the line. Okay Stop, okay And go and go Andre told us that this is just like a money-making scheme basically They just want to get all the people they're coming into the country just drive straight in and boom hit with a Kyrgyzstan fine Look that's a petrol here. There you go. Look at that. Kyrgyzstan petrol station. Anyway, we did our last fuel up in Kazakhstan We have a full tank. We can do 250 miles and we've got a lot of Kyrgyzstan to explore So I just had a look and this is country number 27 Welcome to Kyrgyzstan Amazing. I'm just so happy that everything worked so well After we did the whole Russian bit pretty much everything from now on is gonna be like a breeze compared to Being like pulled out of the queue having to do an interview I mean this one was like barely more than crossing from England to France. It was like passport stamp We didn't have to do a temporary import permit. Which is amazing. So it was literally just passport control Check the bike going out and then passport control check the bike going in. So yeah, that's absolutely amazing slower here, yeah Don't want to get in trouble on our first day in the country. Hey, no and there's the polis or the other side Oh, yeah, did you see them? Yep, apparently it's the watermelon season here in Kyrgyzstan because We're just seeing tons and tons and tons of roadside watermelon sellers. Oh, they have a KFC here They have a KFC here as well There you go KFC Kyrgyzstan So not a police car Yep Tons and tons of police controls here that we've seen so far. Yes, at least 15 So we're just coming around the outskirts of Bishkek here So pretty much over there just in front of the line of mountains That is the capital of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek and in the city of Bishkek There is a million people and in the whole of Kyrgyzstan. There is six and a half million and it's pretty much The only big major city in the country, but we are not headed for Bishkek This time we're avoiding the big city because we're heading for the countryside We're heading for the mountains and perhaps swimming in the lake Look, this town is called Tokmok Tokmok, there's a big fighter jet on the way in There you go. What a welcome, eh? So we're just making it a bit of a detour now We're going to see our first attraction here in Kyrgyzstan, which is an ancient minaret Called Burana Here we are. We have arrived Up ahead is ancient minaret of Burana So yeah, let's go park up and find out more. Hey, yeah, totally How do you like my outfit, which I have chosen? It's practical. That's what I can say. It's practical You know, you're not going to get burnt shoulders. That's nice You got your nice socks on to prevent blisters. You got your hat on You are absolutely the cutest Bye bumblebee Bye bye bumblebee So we're using this historical visit to have a little bit of time off the bike today because The bike was recording a temperature of 37 degrees before we stopped. So it is incredibly hot right now. It's mad hot So yeah Little bit of time off the bike shorts and t-shirt and see a beautiful part of Kyrgyzstan history Almost forgot to pay Hello, two person. Thank you. Thank you There you go. Look at that Really nice design You know the layout of the brick So this is the ancient minaret of Burana And it's actually a islamic minaret for a mosque and it's the last surviving remnant from the ancient city of Balasagon Balasagon Balasagon And this city dates from the 9th century and this tower was built in the 11th century It's the oldest surviving architectural construction in central asia The tower actually used to be 45 meters tall, but an earthquake in the 15th century Basically half of the tower collapsed. So now the tower stands at 25 meters high But it's still amazing after nearly a thousand years that this tower is still here mind blowing. That's crazy That's so cool. We can actually go inside the minaret Oh my god Whoa, that is steep and dark Wow, okay. I just had to take off my sunglasses. That's amazing. Look at the way that they've constructed this This is kind of what I used to do with Jenga bricks when I was younger Oh my goodness. Oh my god, this is so steep Wow Yeah, just look down there I guess if you fall you just have to like stick your arms out Oh, yeah, look there's a little little window for a nice view. Oh my god Literally walking on my hands hands and feet Wow, I did not like that staircase. Look at this view Wow And over here behind us got all the high mountains that I really hope we're going to pretty soon because The whole time today, I thought we'd be riding straight up into the mountains. So hopefully after this We're going to be starting to climb Literally this staircase is only wide enough for like One person. So we just have to hope there's nobody else trying to come up You're going backwards or forwards I really don't like heights so Not cool But it was nice for you Are you going the right way? We're going up now Oh, yeah, I don't like this This bit Oh, there we go Not doing that again. Welcome to Kyrgyzstan. Thank you very much. I really like your head. Yes. Kalpak Kyrgyz traditional. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yes. Yeah, your boots are amazing. Look at that Yeah, what's your name? Aidar. My name is Aidar. Aidar. Nice to meet you. Aidar. It's very nice to meet you. I am horseman. You are horseman Eagle man. It's horseman archer Horseman archer. Cool. It's town Bakambaigwa. Next to the lake. Yes, it's cool. Okay. In tourist, it's Eagle show Yes, Facebook. Yes, Facebook. Do you have Instagram? Instagram. Yes, Instagram. Oh nice. Beautiful. Very, very beautiful. So we're just having a little snack under the tree before we get back on the road. A couple of days ago Andre picked us up and took us to like a bazaar, like a food market, the green bazaar He treated us to a whole bunch of awesome stuff. These are macadamia nuts And they are so super cool and tasty and you open them with something like that. How cool is that? A little key almost. Yeah, let's put it in And they're so incredibly tasty. Yeah, it's really interesting because after we picked up all these nuts at the market We looked them up online and actually macadamia aren't from this area at all So the macadamia tree is actually native to australia And they're mostly grown in hawaii. Can you believe it? And then we find them like in a market in the middle of al-Mati How crazy is that? But I think these are literally One of the tastiest nuts I've ever had and they did a study on the genetic diversity Of macadamia trees and they found that all of the farmed trees that are currently out in the world Pretty much stem from a single batch of seeds that they took from a single area of land in queensland australia So they can trace it back even to the very first Cultivated tree in like the 1850s. I think it was how crazy is this world? Hey How crazy they must have picked a good one because it's really good And we also got from the market A whole bag of pistachio nuts. They're both really really tasty nuts But actually I think maybe even pistachios are slightly nicer than macadamias But they're absolutely both so so delicious. And then also we got like A whole bag of these milk balls these salty milk balls. I don't even know what oh, yeah Kurt because he said it's like Kurt's like Kurt Cobain. So thanks Andre. This is some really nice roadside snacks Looks like the start of the mountains Yeah, absolutely stunning the mountains have really started to spring up around us now. There's a giant eagle. Awesome. Amazing So now we're starting to get out Into the hills into the countryside of kyrgyzstan I think it's about time to tell you guys a little bit more about country number 27 on our journey around the world Kyrgyzstan So kyrgyzstan has been at the crossroads of many great civilizations As part of the silk roads and this area has been home to many different nomadic groups Including the Turkic nomads and then in the 13th century It was conquered by the mongol empire and then much later in 1876 It became part of the russian empire and then eventually the soviet union in 1936 After the collapse of the soviet union in 1991 a democratic government was established So the word kyrgyz comes from the turkic words meaning we are 40 Believed to be referred to the 40 clans of manas a legendary hero who united 40 regional clans in the area And a tale which is told in the epic poem manas Which apparently is one of the longest poems in the entire world with apparently something like half a million lines So it really is like an epic poem And it's really interesting as well about the kyrgyzstan flag because on the flag is a sun With 40 rays of light coming from it and that 40 rays is also in a reference to these 40 clans of manas And the other emblem on the flag is actually the top of a yurt Which is basically an homage to the nomadic people that live here. Oh, look. There's a yurt just there That's good timing. So it's really nice that on the flag you have a reference to the legendary Formation of the kyrgyz people and you also have a reference to their ancient way of life Which has been going on for thousands of years. Yeah, I like it as well There's a whole load of like cafes which are all of them yurts. Yeah, cool That's awesome So the mountain range that dominates kyrgyzstan and the mountain range we're actually heading towards right now Is called the tian chan mountain range and there are super high mountains here The highest mountain in kyrgyzstan is called probadol and it is 7,439 meters high. There we go. We just spoke about the kyrgyzstan flag And there it is painted onto the side of a mountain cool Beautiful islamic cemetery here. Look at these buildings. Yeah, very beautiful. Some of these are like Like mini temples mini palaces. Yeah, really really cool All right, we are finally getting to lake issyk cool You guys probably can't see it on the gopro But we can already see the lake beginning over there in the distance and we're about 10 minutes from The first spot that we're going to try that is a wild camping spot that we found on eye overlander It sounds really really nice There's a bit of a forest next to the lake beautiful place to pitch the tent So we're gonna head there and see if we can find a nice camp for the night. So I think it's supposed to be Down here down this little road on the left. Okay Is there a road? Is there a road? I think so Yep, just here. Okay We Yeah, and I think it's just down this track. Wow. Oh, I love it already. Wow. Look at this place. Hello horses Oh, yeah. Wow, there's horses everywhere. Wow, amazing. Absolutely amazing. Wow. Here we are. This is it Cool. Look people are swimming lake issyk cool ladies and gentlemen. Look at this Amazing Wow, cool amazing place But there's just like horses everywhere and like families having picnics. Hello So apparently we can camp anywhere on this side. Yeah in between the trees. Okay, cool Yes, I think we've just got a kind of pick a spot. Let's have a look Oh There's a child driving the truck What the hell? Oh, how about how about we pitch up here? Okay. All right Yes So whilst Lavi's doing all the hard work setting up the camp I thought I'd tell you guys a little bit about this amazing lake in front of us lake issyk cool So this is actually the seventh deepest lake in the world And it's the 10th largest lake in the world by volume It's really interesting because the name issyk cool means warm water And that's due to the fact that it's actually a saltwater lake And so actually it never freezes and it's salty because it has no outflow So it's actually the second largest inland body of salt water in the world behind the Caspian sea And the largest mountain lake in the world behind Lake Titicaca. So it's a pretty impressive lake Absolutely amazing That we could come here on our first day in Kyrgyzstan and camp just there in front Amazing Good evening guys. We made it. Happy to live. Yes, and we've got our camp set up here the tent right here our beautiful climate camping chairs Which just to add another dimension to the camping experience. I mean look at this. Oh, it's so amazing, man It's so amazing. I can't believe the spot here. It's like the best spot ever I just found a hairband on the ground and I'm like, oh, let's try if I can do it already. And yes Wow, it's the first time since like Since africa. Yes Wow, so that's pretty cool. So it was a pretty long day in the end I think we were on and off the bike for More than 10 hours today. We crossed the border. We rode over 260 miles we visited a tourist attraction And now we're here at the gem of kyrgyzstan and it's just been a really full-on day But a really nice day. Yeah, it is absolutely amazing that we can camp here tonight You know surrounded by so much epic nature. It's a really nice scene as well to see the local life you know kids running around and People are swimming. It's just it's just really nice. 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