Crossing the Khunjerab Pass in Pakistan || Riding from Sydney to London - EP 18
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2022
- The last part of our Pakistan adventure before we head to China - We just have to get to the famous Khunjerab Pass first.
This is just a small part of our around the world motorcycle trip that we started in December 2018 in Sydney, Australia and heading to London UK. Be sure to check out our other videos to see the Journey so far.
In this ep we pick it up right where we left off in Episode 17 - Leaving Passu. Our aim is the Chinese border, and we only have 5 days to get there, but we have a few destinations we need to check out along the way. So we press on along the Karakoram Highway heading even further north.
We start with the dry and rugged landscape of Shimshal Valley. Riding roads that on one side have a cliff edge dropping a few hundred metres. Cooking dinner with limited supplies just to try save some money.
We then head to Chapursan Valley we are met with ongoing generosity from the locals before we try our luck and head to Baba Ghundi, a shrine on the Afghan border.
It's now time to get ready for our China crossing. We use Sozt as a base as we prep our Suzuki DR650s. We have heard nightmare stories of the border crossing, so want to make sure we have everything in check. We only have 1 small item that we have to try smuggle across, so we pull our motorbikes apart and shove it in the airbox. risky times ahead.
Enjoy
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What an incredible country! Another great episode.
Cheers guys, definitely make sure you go
I think Pakistan is my favourite you've done so far. Those valleys are incredible, I want to see them myself some day.
Most welcome to pakistan my dear
Pakistan is the swistrrland of Asia
Thanks mate, Pakistan was by far our favourite country at this point.but to be honest Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are right up there as well. In general the Stan's were just incredible and quite eventful.
U r more than welcome 😊
This whole Pakistan journey reminds me a lot of my hometown Hotan on the other side of those mountains in north western china, you can actually see the city when you pause the map at 0:29. We used to take trips south west from Hotan into Sangzhu(close to Pakistan border) and the scenery and terrains look exactly like these video. Have never been to Pakistan but this all feels very nostalgic. Amazing video as always!
Hi Erkil, that's amazing. The whole area is just incredibly beautiful, unfortunately we couldn't travel that part of China but I'd happily go one day if I could
I'm really happy you enjoyed it and it reminded you of your hometown :)
Brought back all the good memory's of Pakistan when we ventured there, including over the Khungerab, back in 17. Then onto Chinese bureaucracy............................😳☹️
Oh yes the Chinese bureaucracy was a whole new level, you get used to long borde crossings when overlanding but this was beyond a joke.
Worst part is it continues alllllll the way through the country too haha
Wow! Spectacular scenery, amazing roads, beautiful people, incredible hospitality. What a journey! Have to say it again - Just absolutely loving watching your story unfold! Keep it up guys. Inspiring stuff.
Cheers mate, I'm glad you can all see how awesome and beautiful Pakistan is through our videos. Thanks again for your comments and ongoing support it really does keep us motivated, we hope to have the next episode out fairly soon.
Wooo!! new episode! :)
Thanks mate I hope you enjoy it
Awesome - again. Amazing footage, amazing hair! Love the cost breakdown. So interesting. Can't wait for the next episode. Well done.
Hi Jim, glad you enjoyed it. Even looking back now it's crazy to see how cheap it was especially because I spend much more just living and working in a week than I did in 20 odd days in Pakistan haha
What an unbelievably epic trip this is for you guys. I don't believe this can be topped 👏👏👏. Amazing, totally amazing. You have opened my eyes to Pakistan, it looks fantastic. Thank you.
Looking forward to seeing your experiences in China 😊👌👍
Cheers Nick, Pakistan was a huge suprise for us too we had heard good things but it definitely surpassed our expectations. I hope I can go back again at some point.
China video should be out soon, we only had 3 days there and most of that was MANY police checks
Just one word....AMAZING!!!!!!! The scenery seems almost surreal.
Yes I have heard that it’s quite normal for people in Pakistan to invite foreign strangers into their home for food and drinks, because they see them as guests in their country
Thanks Bill,
Yeah Pakistan blew us away and the people were incredibly friendly. We heard it's a saying they have that tourists/travellers are a gift from God and should be looked after. It's sad as I know a Pakistani tourist in our countries would not get the same reception. It was all a very humbling experience.
The next video should be out soon.
Cheers
@@Northandleftabit Travelled through Iran many years ago on a bicycle
and thought exactly the same thing!! Need to do Pakistan looks amazing, maybe on a motorbike this time!!
Ahhhh the music! 🤩 The vid! ❤
LOVE your videos. Thank you.
Thanks we're glad you're enjoying them. Plenty more to come
Wow so beautiful mountain.👍👌💕🇵🇰
I love my beautiful country!
PAKISTAN 🇵🇰 ZINDABAD
Thanks dear world for visiting my homeland...
Wow! Spectacular scenery,Hope, you had a wonderful tour of Pakistan and enjoyed the hospitality, Believe me,i have a great desire.that i should see shamshal valley .i tried twice but,came back scared
Hope, you had a wonderful tour of Pakistan and enjoyed the hospitality of Pakistan ❤
Yes it was an incredible and very humbling experience. Pakistan is a very special country ❤
Pakistan 🇵🇰 is beautiful 🤩, good work and worth watching. 👏
Thankyou, Pakistan really is amazing. Feel free to subscribe to the channel for more videos
Fantastic as always! It's truly amazing how your channel hasn't blown up yet. You make awesome videos, great thumbnails, act natural on camera and surely you have a good average watch time as well. If there's anything I can suggest it's that short titles (below 50 characters even though thats super difficult), a teaser in the beginning and faces on thumbnails can definitely help. Everything else is just consistency and luck. You can be super proud of what you are producing here, most of the motorcycle UA-cam niche is usually boring GoPro footage mixed with terrible music.
Hi Sophie and Luke. Again your messages and tips mean so much to us and we really appreciate your kind words and support.
The channel is growing at the pace of a small snail but its getting there haha. If we keep going who knows it might just blow up one day.
Did your channel just grow slowly or ws there something or a particular video which made a huge difference?
Thanks again for all the advice.
@@Northandleftabit No problem! It took us 2 full years of hard work to get to this point and finally be able to live off it full-time. Probably the biggest help was deciding to do weekly uploads in 2021. People just love consistency and knowing that each friday at 3pm CET they can expect a new video. That leads to more people watching which in turn makes UA-cam promote your videos to a wider audience.
And if you upload 50+ videos each year you have 50 chances to land a viral hit. Not every video has to be a banger, sometimes people just want some background noise and watch you make an oil change or plan your next few days on a map.
I could write a whole book about UA-cam, there's so much to cover. Send us an email (it's linked in our about page of the channel) if you have any further questions! :) Maybe we can make a video together sometime, we'll start our RTW by the end of the year and hopefully swing by Australia eventually.
Hello there, sorry to go off topic here. I just had a quick look at your channel, but even though my grand grandfather was Austrian, I cannot speak no German, but I have noticed the Himalayan. I have just bought Himalayan two days ago :-), for my birthday. I still do not have a license, nor did I ever rode a bike, but I intent to travel the world with it in couple of years (when I save up some money and buy some gear :-). How happy are you with the Himy?
@@davidlangthaler3521 The Himalayan is perfect. Super basic tech, easy to repair, enough power to get you up a mountain in thin air and the sound is just amazing. It has a fantastic range and fuel consumption and is sturdy but a bit heavy for its power. If 200kg is not too much for you then this is a perfect bike for a RTW trip. We are currently deciding between the Himalayan, CRF300 and KTM 390 Adventure when it comes to our trip :)
@@Adventurist Thank you for the info, much appreciated
Fabulous. Must assure you gentlemen that you have seen more of incredible Pakistan than most of Pakistanis have. :)
Hi Omar, I urge everyone in Pakistan to try travel to the north as its by far one of the best and most beautiful places I have been in the world.
Love it
Just noticed your videos are missing the watermark, good to have it for copy right etc. Btw loving the Pakistani series from two very laid back chilled out lads!
Hi mate, what do you mean by the watermark?
Thanks mate I'm glad you're enjoying the vids we hope to keep them going out as the next few countries should be very entertaining
What an adventure! 2 episodes in like a week or 2 to boot - thanks guys for sharing
Thanks Travis, glad you're enjoying them. We hope to get the china episode put soon. Thanks for the comment
You guys welcome to Pakistan.
I hope you are enjoying my Pakistan with the best way
We LOVED Pakistan, it's a very special country. Please share our videos with and friends or groups you think might enjoy them and show off your country to the world
Amazing video, God bless you, love from karachi Pakistan 🌹♥️
Thanks Ali, I'm glad you like the videos. We loved Pakistan
Wow those drone footage is awesome. ❤️🌷🇵🇰✅🌹💐🌻💯👍
Yeah it's an amazingly beautiful country
Wow you met a very good gentleman. It is awesome to know there are people like him in such remote places. When people in cities are fighting.
WOAH. Beautiful shots.
Yeah the scenery in Northern Pakistan was incredible
More episodes please! I have binge watched them all 3 times over, don’t leave us hangin 😊
Wonderful scenery and people :)
Yeah it's a very special place
blessed to be seeing some of those vistas!
Yeah its an insanely beautiful part of the world and reason we risked taking our drone over the boarder. Even watching it back now myself I'm amazed at how beautiful the landscape was. If you're enjoying our vids please feel free to share with friends or groups as it would really help us grow the channel and motivate us to keep the vids coming.
On that note Kyrgyzstan pt 1 will be out this week
1 year ago on my visit high valley bridge washout ,today I will finish my trip! Nice
That's amazing. Hope you had a great time
There aren't many adv videos that I enjoy watching. It's either too much raw footage, or too much irrelevant footage, but you've done a great job of showing me what I'd like to see. Good introductions to the people, good voice-over/dialog. I'll be watching more episodes, great job!
Thanks Tom, we're glad you're enjoying them. It's mostly just us having a laugh trying to show a no BS real account of our journey. The channel is growing slow and steady but more importantly these vids will be great to watch back when we're old and grey haha.
Next episode should be out soon
Fantastic video! You did such an amazing job of filming and editing these. Can't wait for the next part of the journey!
Thanks mate, im glad you enjoyed it. They take along time to edit but we hope to have more episodes out soon,
Wow fellas, just incredible!
I've just come across your videos and they are amazing. I can't believe you don't have loads more subs but I am sure it will come. Keep up the great work.
Thanks mate, great you're enjoying them. The first Kyrgyzstan is nearly good to go so that will out this week. Yeah God knows about how to the get UA-cam algorithm working for us, we're finding it quite tricky to grow the channel, Actually feel free to share our videos with friends or groups you think would enjoy them, it would really help us out.
Cheers
This channel will blow up as soon as the Pakistanis see these videos as they don't know yet. I was going through the Frenchy(another biker youtuber from France) videos who was travelling all over northern Pakistan and then Islamabad & Lahore. When I finished all his episodes, your video was in the random suggestions so watched all your Pakistani episodes in one go. I think your videos are far more better than his, as you guys had more adventurous rides while he was complaining a lot about the roads lol. I am a biker myself originally from North west Pakistan but living in Canada, we do long trips here but not like you guys ofcorse. Your videos are more like an inspiration to me and I am now thinking to go back home and travel all over in my country on the bike. Have fun and keep the dirty side down guys
Absolutely majestic 😮 breath taking scenery I really wish to travel there in future ❤
Utterly beautiful filming
Thanks Mike, glad you're enjoying the vids
Amazing mountains 🗻
Some epic drone footage !!
Thankyou, Pakistan really is amazing place. Feel free tonsubscribe to the channel for more videos
i have been to shimshal n chapurson.....i trek to shimshall pass Both are among most beautiful valleys in world
Absolutely amazing
Wow. Great to see you back lads
Cheers mate, I hope you enjoyed it.
Wowzers, that drone footage at the start was incredible. New thunderpants please 🤣
Haha yeah the drone is a game changer, glad you're enjoying the channel. Kyrgyzstan pt1 out this week
this is so amazing guys, great videos, please keep em coming!
Epic as always!
From a fellow biker, Sydney sider and a Pakistani bravo! what an incredible journey. Just watched all your videos and this is so inspiring. I can imagine the mental and physical toll it must have taken to travel all these Km's on the bike but when you do something you love and have passion for its all worth it. You have inspired me so much not just your visit to Pakistan but also all the other places you have visited and the best thing about the whole journey is that you guys have avoided big cities to show us the beauty of small and remote areas of the world. Keep it up guys!
Thank you Guys awesome vlog. Safe trip
Brilliant!
Thanks mate we should have the china vid out soon
Love your video Pakistani 🇵🇰people r the most generous people in the world u have put something in bike air filter remove that it’s empty 4 a reason so bike can breathe
All will make sense in the next episode regarding the airfilter. It's only in there to get something into China which isn't allowed. We knew it would impact the bike performance but we had no options.
Always welcome back ❤
From Pakistan 🇵🇰
Man your videos need many thousands more views....
Thanks mate, really appreciate your comments and support.
We are finding it a little hard to grow the channel but feel free to share our videos with your friends or any groups you think might like it.
Thanks again :)
Yessss! Love this channel.
Amazing shot, editing
Finally
Don't worry more to come Mike
Amazing video again! Thanks for the cost breakdowns on each country, this is super helpful. It's a great reminder that round-the-world motorcycle travel can be incredibly inexpensive!
Hi Michael, yeah we started tracking the costs after a few countries. It's scary how cheap travel can we and more people should be aware of it. I know we lived cheaply but we also did everything we wanted, the breakdown also includes clothes, bike parts etc so it really is EVERYTHING. If you think Pakistan was cheap you should see how little we spent in Tajikisan
How amazing to get that close to the Afghanistan border. Can't wait to see what's in the airbox :)
You guys captured the essence of Northern Pakistan really well. Its a great place. Awesome!!!
Thats mate as always, you're turning into one of our most dedicated followers haha. Love it
Came across to your channel today following a recommendation. Wow...great editing and fantastically produced. Sat down and just watched all 18 episode's in one day. Looking forward to when you upload the next one. Ride safe 👍🇬🇧
Thanks for the ride boys!
U guys are doing great work hope i can do once in my life ☺️
Hi Alii, yes please make it happen I'm confident you won't regret it
@@Northandleftabit thanks
Wonderful footage of spectacular mountains, valleys and meadows. Lovely encounters with local people. You add interest by taking us on some adventures on foot too. I really enjoy following your travels and the attitude you bring to them.
For any of you who haven't followed this trip from the beginning - I suggest you do. Their travels in East Timor and Indonesia - a part of the world I know very well since 1970 - will reveal a part of the world that is not well documented by overlanders. Very beautiful islands and friendly open hearted locals. Highly recommended.
Incredible
Thanks mate, hope to have more out soon
That shot at 1:27!!! The best. ❤
wow the country was awsome
Your episodes get better every upload. Cheers lads, enjoying this
Thanks Joel. Hopefully you're watching them in order so that you have quite a few left to catch-up on.
Appreciate the comment, James
Safe travels
Thanks mate
How is this so beautifully shot and has only 1,000 views?!
Thanks for your support and kind words it keeps us motivated to get more videos out. Hopefully one day the UA-cam gods will help us and start recommending our videos to others to help it grow.
@@Northandleftabit I've had to go back and watch it all from the start!
@@scunner3rd Awesome. Might take you a little while but I hope you enjoy them. Feel free to comment on and like each one to help us out haha
My suggestion is use pakistan flag in thumbnail and also first world should be pakistan in thumbnail then you will attract more and more views pakistan.right now not many pakistan know about this fantastic channel.
@@tahirkhan000 thankyou for the tip.
Please feel free to share the videos with your friends or groups you think will enjoy the videos
Drone footage amazing
Yeah the scenery is just incredible up there
Great coverage you guys are brave - from Canada
Thanks mate, Pakistan really was amazing country. Feel free to subscribe to our channel, the China video will be out this week
Welcome to Pakistan ❤️ I'm from Karachi Pakistan so please come if you can
Thanks for the offer but sorry we have already left Pakistan. It's an amazing country though
Love these, great stuff
Thanks Simon, we hope to get more out soon
I have been to that shrine. What a beautiful beautiful peaceful place.
Yeah we were very lucky to get up there and the road was incredible
Loved it!
Thanks mate, Pakistan really was amazing. Feel free to subscribe to our channel, the China video will be out this week
I hope you come back insallah
Yes mate one day definitely
Damn i miss Pakistan. Rented a suzuki GS150 and explored the northern areas for 1 month there back in 2018. Brings back so much memories watching your vlog! Hopefully one day ill be able to do a trip like yours
Thats very cool, id love to rent a GS150 and explore even more too. Next video should be out this weekend we hope.
Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️
You guys are really Underrated
I really Like Your Vlogs
Thank you for Visiting Pakistan
Respect♥️♥️
Thanks mate, we loved PAkistan and both hope to go back one day.
Amazing
Thanks for the comment we hope to have more episodes out soon
I have no words for this journey of yours and only SALUTE
Thanks mate, lots more to come.
谢谢您们的视频！通过你们的骑行看巴基斯坦
Great
another amazing episode, hope you answer my earlier question on whether you thought Pakistan would be this nice!
Sorry for the delay but it short no, it was 1000% times better and I'd recommend it everyone. Don't believe the media is all I can say, especially when it comes to the north
"they also wanted to box james" 😂 these guys are brutal!
Fantastic series!
Thanks mate we hope to have more episodes out soon.
Thanks for the great episode so I can stare at my phone and ignore my family!
Wait I stopped at EP 14! I'm so lucky! I know it will be insane. Comment for the algorithm :)
Haha thanks Danny, be good to get the algorithm doing some magic to help us out.
Many more videos to come mate
Fantastic
Thanks mate we hope to have more episodes out soon.
@@Northandleftabit desperately waiting for it.
Good stuff.Look like Drz 400s.Got a Honda Xr650l and an older xl600 myself….
It's actually a DR650 but very similar. All great and simple bikes :)
@@Northandleftabit Smokes!I shoulda seen it on the pc!Yes a good bike.Friends got one .Had bought one for a relative as well
nice mate
Thanks mate we hope to have more episodes out soon.
❤❤
Thanks, we loved Pakistan
love from india 💐💐
Thanks Sahil, India is an incredible country. Please share our videos with friends or groups you think might enjoy them too
Braver men than me!!!! Those drops!!!!
Yeah Bro most of those drop off's you wouldn't be walking away from.
Bloody beutiful and a great experience though
Most Most Welcome to Pakistan 😍🇵🇰❤
Thankyou we loved it there
@@Northandleftabit Welcome ❤
Well filmed boys, envious dammit !
Yeah cheers mate, best thing we have ever done
What a scenery, truly amazing!! Thanks for sharing! Question, is the road on the side of the cliff one way only or two ways?
Incredible ... the whole thing is amazing ... at 6:25 kids from school wearing uniform?
Yeah mate, in lots of lots of the remote villages many of the kids seemed to have uniforms. It was surprising how smart they all looked.
I'm glad you're enjoying our channel
Love it! How were the DR's going so far at this point in the trip? Also how did they fair with the high altitude?
Hi mate, we have actually finished the trip and just editing videos. The DRs w were amazing however we do have a few issues in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia however neither were really the bikes fault. They were bloody slow riding to the border though dude to the fact our airboxes were both blocked up haha
Have absolutely loved your videos. So inspiring and have learned so much. Huge thanks for your generosity with your explanations and showing your journey on maps.
How long did you spend in Pakistan and through Tajikistan (Karakoram and Pamir Highways + side trips) and what time of year was it? Do point me to which episode if you explain this elsewhere. Many thanks.
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I assume that these were your bikes, and not locally hired ones?
We're riding our own bikes all the way from Australia to the uk and this is around the halfway point. Feel free to subscribe and check out our other videos to see the full journey.
@@Northandleftabit cheers, looks exciting. About to binge watch your videos over the weekend :)
I just spent the last few days watching all your videos to date. Wow. I've watched so many UA-cam motorcycle channels but you guys have made the best to me. I found you because of the DR650's. I'm about to start traveling on my DR650 on May 1st. The first part is from Arizona"s Mexican border to Alaska. Then all the way down to Florida"s Key Largo. Then across the Southern states back to Tucson, Arizona. I'll probably head down to South America eventually. You guys are so lucky to have so much in interest to make trips like this. None of my friends would ever do this type of traveling. I look forward to more of your inspirational episodes. Keep them coming because I can't imagine you won't get more and more followers. People have no idea what they are missing that haven't found your channel yet!
Thanks mate, love messages like yours as it really motivates us to keep the videos coming out.
Sounds like you have an incredible trip ahead of you but be warned once you start its hard to stop haha. The DR will serve you well, it's not the most exciting bike in the world but it is bloody awesome regardless and perfect for overlanding.
If you ever somehow end up in Australia on your bike let us know and we can show you around Sydney and let you crash at one of our places.
Yeah we're finding it tricky and confusing on how to grow the channel but maybe it will get there one day haha.
Cheers
Best performance and information 👏
But this video is captured 2 months before now in January I think its impossible to cross khunjrab...
Anyway I will wait for your China trip videos..
Hi mate, this was filmed a few years ago just before covid. The editing takes along time and wsnt possible when riding for 10 hours a day often without electricity or internet haha.
Glad you're enjoying them, China will be out this week
Map at 0:27 is correct from control point of view but incorrect politically, rest assured you must have had a good trip in gilgit 👌
Thanks for highlighting the map, it's very difficult to understand political debate in that area over land.
Regardless Pakistan really is amazing. Feel free to subscribe to the channel for more videos