I think the highlight of Tajikistan were these crystal blue lakes. But the children are too cute, smiling and waving, cant believe people can be that friendly.
Hi guys, aweome set of videos for Tajikistan, really makes me want to go there. Won't be a walk in the park, but definitely looks like a country that rewards the senses the more effort you make. Really stoked to see the Uzbek trek. Going to go over the northern Pakistan vids, and then work forward in your time line, the scenery in the central asia area is simply awesome. Hoping you can keep this going.
Thanks Gordon, Central Asia is incredible and is definitely worth the effort. The contrasting topography of the region continues into Uzbek where it is very different to Tajikistan! Hope you enjoy the previous eps. Cheers
Scenery was mind-blowing, captured amazingly! Each episode just keeps getting better and better! keep it up!! Hoping when you recommence the journey and eventually reach England you guys continue to traverse south all the way through Africa and keeping the Journey alive!
Thanks Ben, haha at the rate we travel if we tack on an Africa leg we'll be on the road for another decade! We'll work towards getting back on the road asap and see how we're tracking when we get to the UK. Cheers
Another beaut! Had me smiling the whole way through. This part of Tajikistan is so different to the Pamir, landscape wise. Just spectacular. We spent about 10 days trekking through the Fann Mountains from Haft Kul to Allaudin and it's one of the best things we've ever done. Can't believe how lush and green it looks in spring compared to summer. Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Kim
Yeah topography there is incredible. If we had’ve been more prepared we would’ve loved to have done one of those treks in the Fann. Unfortunately we had returned our bigger backpacks to Aus. after our time in Nepal. On the to-do list for when we get back though!
Wow such awesome scenery and crystal blue looking lakes . Is a spot I definitely need to visit some day . And the people who you have met along the way in that area are so nice and friendly , all smiles and full of cheer . This country sure has been awesomely beautiful .thanks for bring us along . Cheers from Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A.
Thanks Steve! Hope you enjoyed the journey through Tajikistan with the friendly people and mountainous topography, onward and upward now to a much different landscape! Cheers
Hi Mark and Jolie, Kim Connolly here from home. Your vlog is amazing!!!! So beautiful. I’ve been dabbling in a little vlogging myself, so I know how much goes into it. Still in the learning phase. Love, love, love your vlog!
Salam & a big Wow :) what a beautiful country Tajikistan, quality of water & fruit is very good,no wonder peoples are healthy & happy, true treasure of all these *stans are the lovely, kind & guest freindly peoples, may Allah safe them and the land. . . Let's go Uzbekistan :)
Each episode gets better and better Jolie and Muk. Not that I have a desire to travel overseas at the moment, but your capture of your trip is amazing (albeit the Iran part not so amazing). I hope both of you are well.
haha cheers Ashley. Jolie and Muk, sounds a bit like beauty and the beast. 😂 But yeah it's great being able to relive our experiences through these countries with everyone while we're grounded. Let's hope this grounding doesn't consume all of 2021!
You guys are awesome! Can't believe there are some many beautiful places out there that I've never heard of. I hope on e day yall can get out there again and explore. Also listing to y'all has helped my brother and me work one our Australian accents...they are still terrible.
Absolutely awesome guys love your vids brings back fond memories. We completed the same trip in 2018. Enjoy the wild camping we used ioverlander(if you haven't got it already) for some spectacular spots Uzbek is beautiful also look forward to your next episode ❤️👌
Thanks, hope you had a good time there also. Yeah we use ioverlander also as a bit of gauge for possibilities though prefer to go our own way where ever possible! That's half the fun of it! Uzbek's very contrasting to Tajik in landscape! Beautiful as you said though. Cheers
Great video guys! Loving the music as well. Good to see you two still going strong! It's been a while since we met in Timor-Leste. You two should extend the trip into Canada! ;)
Thanks mate! That was a long time ago! Canada would be awesome, think we might try and get through the obstacles with finishing this trip first ha! Hope you're doing well and getting some climbing in. Cheers
When you look at these videos back when you guys get old - all the memories on the road which matters the most in life. Another incredible video, stay safe on the road guys.
What a great bunch of people. Talk about feel welcome in a country. Same thing, bit of greenery and so much friendlier to the eye. Now that dirt track 1/2 ish through the vid, is that the main highway? I wanna go there.
Haha yep, you should see them get the semi trailers through the pass! It's definitely a country of contrasts, this lake compared to Karakul, what a change in scenery! Both spectacular in their own ways though. Cheers
What a gorgeous place! The blue of that lake... and, Jolie, you seemed especially happy & beautiful at the end there. Question, though, at the very end: did that border crossing have some kind of tire wash that you had to drive through?? It looked like some kind of pool build into the road on the opposite side of the gate...
It's such a pleasure to watch your videos. Can't get enough of the incredible landscape and the local culture. Looking forward to Usbekistan. Btw, do you have a GPS log of your route?
You guys get me so excited. Was supposed to be leaving, in 5 weeks, for a 7 month adventure riding a 2008 KLR 650 from Bangladesh to Mongolia. Thanks to Corona I've had to put it off 12 months. Where is the troopy now?
Ah that’s no good mate! Sounds like an epic ride, our original trip plan was to do it on our KLRs, great bikes! Troopy’s now sitting patentially in the Caucasus. Hopefully not too much of this year is eaten up before we can get back over to it and continue on...
This log in is my old channel, Classic Car and Bike stuff, but the channel I'm building for the trip is ru-vid.com . would love your support. We're doing weekenders from Perth to build a loyal base for when I do the trip
Guys love your Vlogs, are always eagerly awaited. One question, did you guys ever have a flat tire somewhere remote? Well since I am here, I shall ask a second question 😊 why just a few Vlogs in Pakistan? Did you guys planned it like that or what?
Thanks, thankfully we had no tyres blow anywhere. We did have a slow leak in Nepal which was the result of a nail. Easy fix. Our time in Pakistan was shorter than we wanted because our crossing of China was booked, and it was still early in the season to be doing much exploring in the North. We thought while we were there that we liked it so much we would just come back and go over the parts we missed.
Another sensational video, THANKS. How did you navigate through the 'Stans' and find all these beautiful off-the-beaten-track locations...? Do you use a guidebook/maps/websites, or by word-of-mouth from other overlanders...?
No worries Stephen, we use open source mapping for navigation. We’ve downloaded all the maps for each country and then put them onto our GPS when we get there. They’re usually very accurate. To find out about these places we use guide books, gov tourism website, and talk to locals (when we can communicate).
You guys probably can't use GPS on these roads, so do you ask a guide or he hands you a map, because getting lost on these roads would probably be a nightmare.... I'm assuming...
Yep, we use open source mapping and we've been surprised at how detailed and accurate they are (usually). We download these onto the GPS which is handy. Thankfully these side roads are just up a valley so theres's really only one road up and down. Out of the 17 countries there's only been a handful of times that the roads shown on the map are actually now just goat tracks though we like to explore them anyway for a bit of fun. If there's ever been a confusion we usually just ask a local and they'll point us in the right direction.
Thanks, yep you’re right though not washing in it. It would be far too cold to stand in and if we did we would use our eco soap. If you have a look again at the shot a bottle of water is being used to wash out.
