Nepal Annapurna Circuit by gravel bike - Part 1

We're leaving Besi Zahar and we're going to Chame hopefully. 62 kilometers, 3000 meters of climbing, still a lot of dust in the air, but we heard that up there it's better. So downhill start. We're gonna have fun. Should I put my light? I have a light. Of course light inside, who needs a light? Not me. It's too steep for me. It's not an easy ride. It's gonna rain. Maybe the sky will get clear. What is your first impression? Feeling right now is it's gonna be freaking hard. Enjoy leave. We are gonna take a little break and wait for the rain to pass. We took a break at the right moment. Good decision not to continue. Morning. So we're leaving Jakarta this morning. It was raining for six hours yesterday. So the road is wet, but it was 100% worth it because we can finally see the peaks. So Heino, we met your Nepali brother from another mother. He said the beginning was flat. So I don't know what's coming next, but I'm already dying. How do you feel? Good. So now we go up here, up there, and then there. Looks awesome. So we just arrived here and it's the first checkpoint. So we have to show our permits, passports, TIMS card, everything. Who wants lunch or food or something? Break time? Momo time. Yes, we are in Tarapani. And the second checkpost. We are so lucky with the weather. I see the mountains. It's not so dusty. Is it hard? Yeah, quite. It's fun. It's nice. It's so beautiful. The road is super nice here, but it's still quite steep. I don't know if it's the height or if I'm just out of shape, but I'm pretty much dying already. But it's still fun. And Franklin is still super fast. Probably a bit stronger legs than me today. We are at 2,400 meters now. And look, the peaks around us. I don't know if you can see it, but the mountains here, well of course they're the highest in the world, but damn they're high. We arrive in Chame. Well done, babe. Oh, so it was not Chame yet, but a checkpost. So how am I going to do this? I'm going to do it like this. I'm afraid of clouds. Okay, now we are arriving in Chame. How did you sleep tonight? Very good. And you? Also very good. I slept very early. Yeah, you were like making noises after three minutes. I was listening to my book and in five minutes I was not listening to my book anymore. So I realized that I should put the book away and sleep. I did so. I slept like an angel. Nice. Enjoy breakfast. Thank you. Day three. We're in Chame now. Going to Manang. We stay in the Four Seasons guesthouse. The views only get better. Other side, more mountains. Enjoy. Bye guys. Of course. Nice meeting you. And here we have checkpoint number five, right? Four. First one of today. It's almost seven and I'm pretty, pretty hungry. It's all about power. 24 hours. How does it taste? Amazing. I don't know if I'm too hungry, but the food is really, really good. It goes very well with this fantastic atmosphere and this unbelievable storm of Manang.