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Thanks for your comment! I was lucky indeed. I started April 17 , and official end was May 7. Please note at the beginning and end of the trek weather was worse, a very light shower of rain on day 4, but otherwise perfect. Can't complain! Every day you start early, usually between 6am-8am, because the weather in the afternoon is worse. No rain or snow though, but that also marks the problem of the region: as you can see there's hardly any snow on the peaks or passes, making this a slow natural disaster for the towns below that need the water supply. There's a few tourist spots worth visiting that talk about this, like the museum in Namche Bazaar. The camera I used is a Gopro Hero 12 Black, set to 4k 60fps. Be sure to grab a good SD card that can handle 10bit settings and HDR. That last feature is why I bought this one; without HDR the mountains in the background would likely not be as visible. Hope you enjoy your future trips!

Likewise, Rohan!

Hi Ola, The first one is Raststuga Södra Svänö (Google knows it), the second one is Fnuschen utsiktstorn southwest from Ytterhogdal Enjoy!

Ah, nice catch! It's supposed to be Ytterhogdal , which is still pretty much nowhere still. But at least it exists in Sweden.

I'd say about 80% is doable by car. For the parts that we rode at least.There's a few spots you ride into forests and/or up steep hils which you won't be able to go into. Or out of, if it gets too narrow or if you get stuck. If you stick to gravel or small fire roads it might be okay. Can't recommend it though, it's a lot more effort to prepare and most of the roads are single-vehicle, so oncoming traffic will be a pain.

It is doable but it is not very welcome to go there with a 4x4. So i will not recommend it.

Thanks for your kind reply!

You live in a beautiful country, Perec!

We rented from ironhorsenomads.com based in Bishkek. Ryan has great customer service. Back then, he relied on Muztoo.ch based in Osh for his bikes, so we basically rented theirs. Our initial batch was bad, so Ryan helped us travel down to the depot in Osh to pick up replacements

@@bwesdorp great, thx for the info

Cette voyage duree 12 journee's. Nous avons utilisee une Garmin 660 vieille avec Openstreetmaps. Desolee, nous n'avons pas emprunez le Tet France.

Hoi JP. Bedankt voor je bericht! Kyrgyzie is zeker de moeite waard. Zeer betaalbaar (behalve de motorhuur) en prachtige omgeving. Helaas hebben we geen track bijgehouden, want ons schema bepaalden we dag-tot-dag. Er zijn ook niet zoveel wegen, dus een wegenkaart kopen en dan de kleinere (maar niet de kleinste) wegen volgen werkt goed. Je kan het beste eens contact opnemen met Ryan van Iron Horse in Bishkek, die helpt je graag bij je route en het bepalen van highlights

@@bwesdorp Thanks

Thanks for your kind words! I do have to dissapoint you though: there is a BMW GS visible at 9:04. We met up with two fully kitted riders, spare tires and everything. Their setup was way too bulky to go the places we went. On gravel they were easy to overtake (as shown). However, for long distances, they were probably more comfy ;) A good tip they gave was to have new tires shipped to places you'll visit before you leave if you're doing a longhaul trip.

Sorry, I don't know what tires were on these bikes anymore. You can probably find good info over at advrider.com

We rented from Iron Horse, but got them from Muztoo's depot so in our case it wouldn't have mattered which. It's expensive, since there are no locals who ride motorcycles like this. 85 USD/day. Fuel was inexpensive, but I'm not sure. Something like 42 KGS (0.5 USD) per liter? It didn't really compare at all.

That whole mountain range is amazing: picture taken somewhere here: www.google.nl/maps/place/Kirgistan/@41.2349413,76.2555297,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3897381dfce927f3:0x281058b74e88c433!8m2!3d41.20438!4d74.766098

Rewatching! Damn fine means excellent.

Thanks Peter. Honestly, navigation wasn't that hard. We used OpenstreetMap on a Garmin and a good oldfashioned map. Most of the time there were so few roads it wasn't that hard to decide which way we SHOULD go. The hardest part was knowing where we COULD go. Ask locals and/or the guides at Muztoo or Iron Horse Nomads in Bishkek. When we improvised like at 17:09 is when it got tough. Fuel was harder, but again, openstreetmap helped and we never ran into closed pumps. Be sure to get extended range tanks as we did, because it could take a day before there is a convenient one.

Hi Firoz, are you asking about the camera? that's mainly a Gopro Hero 3 Black , with a few clips made with an iPhone and one or two with a Sony RX 100. Hope that helps!

thanks a lot....

Hi Hashem, Kyrgyzstan is very beautiful. We've done this trip in June. Earlier than that and passes will be inaccessible due to snow. I would suggest going between July - Aug. You'll probably see more flowers as well, which should be beautiful with this much grassland. The company that supplied the bikes is Muztoo, based in Osh. Basically the only place to rent bikes in all Kyrgyzstan. His partnering company in Bishkek: Iron Horse Nomads is supposed to get his own bikes this year. Don't expect immaculate bikes. They have luxury bikes (new Tenere), but you don't really need that much bike there. As for the route: almost all the secondary roads are great. The route we followed here goes along many of the major scenic routes. It's a good outline of where to go. Just pause the movie if it goes by too fast. Be careful though, if you go early not all roads will be open. Check locally. Paperwork was easy; but we're European. Check with customs there if you can get a VISA easy. I would advise to learn some russian, but it's doable without. Have a great trip! Feel free to ask me specifics

Bart Wesdorp ...Thanks for the very helpful info. I did the Himalaya lake ladak trip last year and I was thinking of doing a Mongolia trip this year. Changed my mind after seeing your video to Kyrgyzstan. Will get in touch with bike rental company you mentioned and start planning to go on July. .Thanks again..

That's awesome. Have a great trip!