 Wow, that was so difficult for me. Let's see if I ordered the right food So we've got a bit of a loose spoke this morning, where is it? Ah there. Oh No, we've got two We've got one Which is completely missing again Ah and this one This one is loose got again Alan Keonit Before we lose another one So one Okay, I think that's pretty good. So see you. Thank you Tacho We bloody are ear fell off again at this intercom I'm gonna burn this in to come when we get back. It's the worst intercom ever But probably the cheapest as well. So Ready for Kazakhstan. Hey, let's do it. Let's go First stop on the road is a petrol station Which is just there 92 Because you see here She said it's closed here. No, no, okay Perfect. Oh, look, he's also got this car that that kid had Lada. Oh, it's pretty cool car, isn't it? Yeah, I've never heard of it before Okay, let's get some juice for bumblebee Good morning world, welcome back to our circumnavigation around the globe by motorcycle We're here just near the small town of Posvelika in eastern Russia Today, we're heading to the border to Kazakhstan. Yes, today is actually a really really special day Because we're crossing into Kazakhstan and that means we are not overstaying our Russian visa We had to apply for this Russian visa a year ago and this visa just Expires in a few days today represents the last day in a long struggle to make it here before this visa expired It's been really really really difficult physically and mentally We haven't had a lot of rest recently because we just had to keep going and going and going basically fighting the days Yeah, it was a hell of a ride, hey Because we didn't know how to come back to England wanted baby to go Into Malaysia or we wanted to go into China. You know, there were a few other options But none of these options were actually reasonable for us like we couldn't do it except this way Which we have done now and it feels amazing Yeah I mean in the end having to fly the bike from Canada to South Korea then take a ferry to Vladivostok This was the only way for us to make it back to England We were apprehensive about going into Russia in the first place considering the global situation at the moment I'm really happy that we did it because it was absolutely Incredible to ride through. Yeah, it wasn't what I expected at all and I'm really glad that we did it So the mission for today is to cross the border get into Kazakhstan and reach the city of Seme Where we are really gonna have a much needed rest Google Maps says it will take us one hour and 50 minutes to reach the border of Kazakhstan and it's already 1045 so better hit the road. Let's go. Oh, there's so many birds. Yeah, that's a beautiful wetlands So we're getting pretty close to the border now, so we're gonna do two things before we leave Russia First is gonna be we're gonna fill up Here at the last petrol station in Russia just to use up some of our extra roubles And then we're gonna see if we can find ourselves a Kazakhstan insurance because apparently they sell them already before you enter here on the Russian side So be useful if we could get that before we enter Kazakhstan Oh, here we go firing up. Oh 300 roubles Three pounds managed to get three pounds more in the tank. The fuel's just too cheap here, isn't it? The insurance is just over there All right Wow, I think that actually the border is right in front of us as well. I think so too Okay, look not too many cars for waiting. That's good. Let's see first if we can get some insurance Waiting for the insurance But it looks like that we can't get it done here A few minutes later perfect So we managed to get a one-month policy covering us for both Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and it cost us 5300 roubles, so that's like 53 pounds for a month. That's not too bad And we got a sim card sorted as well For Kazakhstan we just have to top it up in Kazakhstan. We're doing pretty good. Yeah doing pretty good today Now we just have to wait for this barrier to open could be another hour before it opens again But when it does open we're at the front ready to go Before this truck We're finally out of Russia So now we're just waiting in line to enter Kazakhstan. We're back at the front in front of the barrier So yeah, let's see how long it takes before we can get in and get this process sorted It's currently coming up to half three. We arrived at the border at half past 12. So It's taking us a little while, but I'll tell you guys more about it when we get out of here You're on I'm so on okay, and we are on the road Welcome to Kazakhstan That was super fast on the Kazakhstan side literally About half an hour and we were through and you know what for Kazakhstan You don't even need to get a temporary input permit like once you had the passport stamped They had a little look at the bike and then they were just like okay go and I was like Permit document no just go And we just research online. Do you need a temporary import permit for Kazakhstan? No, literally Kazakhstan they don't care about the bike at all They're just like come in sell the bike do whatever you want. We don't care But let me talk about the Russian side of the border because that was the real time-consuming side So it was nothing to do with bumblebee in fact They didn't even check bumblebee, but when we went to the passport control and gave them the passports of course We had to wait at the side and then when everybody else had left They took us into an interview room and then started asking us all the questions for the third time Where are we going? Where have we been? They wanted our phone UK phone numbers They even got our IMEIs from both of our phones I don't know what they did with our IMEI numbers, but they wanted to find out some stuff about us Normally we don't have anything to cover up, you know because we didn't do anything of course But he's sitting there and I was just sweating, you know, I was just oh my god Like how long are gonna this take and what are they doing and do they have to call the police now? And you know in your head you just create the story of like now it's over to be fair They made us wait there after we first gave our passports I think we waited for one hour one hour and a half Yeah, and the other people so people kept coming in and going through coming in and going through yeah The whole time we were just sitting there like what are they doing with our passports? What are they doing with the information? We've just given them how they found out some inconsistencies in our story You know because when you're waiting there without your passport in there I mean you are effectively a prisoner at that point like we couldn't go anywhere like we were just in that room We couldn't leave we couldn't go to the bathroom. We couldn't do anything if they wanted to just detain us for one reason or another You know they could have just done it but at the end of the day They were quite nice. He gave us our passport bags. He said I wish you great travel and he smiled at us And that was it everything was good And that was it after like one and a half hours of explanation of what they did or anything They were just like here's your passports. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Yes We are through we have been in and out of Russia twice and we made it out. Yes, I'm so happy I'm so happy. I mean I love Russia and being in Russia, but these border situations are so Uncomfortable yeah that I'm not choosing to go back any time soon Yeah, I just feel as well. I'm so sorry for these people who have to go through Some sort of interviews all the time Man, I don't know if I would travel I just don't know if I would travel if that was the case every time, you know We're so lucky with the freedom of our passports Yes, you know we can ride around the whole world and most of the time. It's just some of the passport welcome That's it. You're through. Yes. Yes. We're so lucky about that. So lucky That was the end of a long road. Oh my god. Yes now we are nearly at the stage where we can have a proper Break proper days off for our bodies to recover. It's like a weight off of the shoulders, you know So it looks like that the record Close that we will make it actually almost no obstacles in our way now Yeah, we are finally able to say that we could actually make it back. Yeah We are gonna make it back But so far this is how Kazakhstan looks like Nice green and pleasant except the road is significantly More bumpy, so I'm just taking it really easy. Yeah for those of you who are following You'll know that our suspension is totally broken. It looks like there's a valve here And there's oil coming out of this valve. Our rear shock has no oil no gas in it And we're just bouncing around on the rear spring Unfortunately, we're just gonna have to bumble our way probably one and a half hours and make it to our rest stop in Semi Yes, almost there. It's our first Kazakhstan cows Hello guys and our first small Kazakhstan town Nice This is pretty slow going to get to Semi. I can barely make it Above 30 miles an hour before the bike is just bouncing around. Yeah, it's really uncomfortable here on the back for sure We have to get this fixed ASAP. We desperately desperately need a new shock now Yeah, even the guy who repaired the shock told us dang He said dang Yeah, yeah, he said dang that shocks near the end of his life that a something like this You know like like basically just try and get a replacement. So we've emailed motorcycle world Some bikers nice. I couldn't see where they were from. Hey, I think they're from Russia because they did the hunt sign Oh, yeah. Yeah, if they wave they're from Russia Yeah, they put the two fingers down and they may be European Yeah, so we've emailed motorcycle world about trying to source a new shock for us And get it sent out to Kazakhstan. So we're just waiting on their reply Yeah, see how much it's gonna cost and how quickly we can get this shock done and then in our matty We'll have the bike fully serviced. We'll have the new shock put in and Get bumblebee back up to a hundred percent. Yeah, I get bumblebee flying again. Hey Yeah, the moment bumblebee sort of like crawling, but anyway, we're bouncing along here Yeah, 30 miles to go to Semi We are nearly there. We're nearly at the hotel. Yes, finally Well, it would be ten past six in Russian time, but we've gone back an hour. So it's actually ten past five Now we are only GMT plus six. That's really cool. Hey, that's barely anything now It still doesn't help us to wake up earlier in the morning though We always just sleep in the extra hour and they get up at the same time every time Yeah, all right, that's us Train track So excited to arrive my bump is hurting Seriously my bump is hurting So apparently it's a One of these ones I think it might be that one over there that brick one. Is that? Oh, yeah It is. Oh my god. I think this trip makes me like 50 years older. Yeah, yeah, that's it Yeah, I think I'm a hundred years older Oh Let's go check in Salam All secure in the hotel secure parking. Oh My lord my rib. Oh Of course, we've got multiple flights of stairs Up we go This is our humble abode for the coming days That's a pretty nice room. Hey Wow Look at these velvet chairs A nice little breakfast table for when you prepare breakfast for me tomorrow morning Nice, let's check out the bathroom. Oh look. We've got a full-size mirror Stupid intercom But a Really a high-up raised shower and a toilet which is not entirely square But it's lovely You have to there's no way we could sleep with that. Oh my lord. Well, let me just have a Whoa, this is some stinky boots. Wow, and how did we make it happy and alive? Oh my god, I'm so so happy. I think this is one of my favorite days Because we can finally just have a little bit rest Because I'm also super excited for the next leg which we're gonna plan very soon But 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 we will see you next time