The Roads are Different in East Russia | Season 20 | Episode 17

Welcome to the game. How many kilometers? No idea. Alright. I'll be able to eat something here, I guess. Yeah. It looks like the time of the good roads ended. I don't know how many times today I put my raincoat, then remove it, put it again and remove it, and the temperature rose to 11 degrees. All good. Well, not completely. I even turned on hazard lights for more visibility. What a beautiful picture. Have a look at this. Hey, my happiness was very short, but whatever. Yeah, this is the place. Now I have an interesting story to share with you guys. This is a monument of a Russian motorcyclist Alexey Barsukov, who was killed here in this place in 2010. What is happening, actually, he opened his tent here on this parking slot to spend the night, and a local drunk truck driver came here to his tent and asked him to drink together. And Alexey said, I don't drink, sorry, but I wouldn't do it and just leave me alone. And the driver went to his truck, took a shotgun and just killed him on this spot. And that's why they've got this monument now. And I was told about it, and I decided to come here and see it. But about 50 kilometers away from here, I stopped early morning to make a breakfast. And then a local guy came to me and asked me, are you going to the monument of Alexey? I said, yes, I am going this direction. Can you please make me a favor? Put a sticker over there, our sticker, because he wanted to go and visit it. But he missed the spot, and he said, I don't want to go back, so if you put it over there, it will be great help for me. That's why I'm going to put it now for him. I'll put my sticker as well. Yeah, interesting story. So let's first put my sticker, because I found one empty spot here. So I can put my sticker here, as a respect to this guy. And then I'm going to put this. The Ghost of the North is their club. Let me see where I can put it. It's just too many. Maybe somewhere here. OK, here, I'll put it here. On the top of this. All right, I'll put one more here. Zdravstvuyte! Put one more here. And now I promised him to make pictures. Sad story, but it is what it is. It is written here, Only God decided how long our life is going to be, but you will decide how wide your life is going to be. It's a nice thought. Welcome to the game! How many kilometers? No idea. Or maybe it will be just diversion for a while. This is the village of Salavyovsk. Maybe the road will go like this and connect again to the main. I don't know yet. Just a few kilometers. But from Yakutsk to Magadan will be similar. Here, from 26 sunny, for a few kilometers dropped to 22, and dropping more, and it is raining over there. So I have to remove the camera and put my rain gear again. It is what it is. It was very, very heavy rain, but only for 15 minutes, and I have to wash my motorcycle and my clothes from the dust to be ready for the next dust. The temperature dropped to 17 degrees. But I can see that over there, it's nice, so... Tinda! 1.30. Too early to stop here, too early. I will refill, eat something, and I will continue to Nyuryungri. Tank is full. I just left the town. I want to find a place to eat, and then I will continue. All right. I'll be able to eat something here, I guess. Yeah. The place was not pretty, but the soup that I ate was excellent. And the price was 2.50 euros. I got soup, bread, and tea. Now, back on the road, I've got 200 more kilometers to Nyuryungri. And I hope I will be able to find a hotel there. It looks like most of the traffic going into Vladivostok Road, and then a little bit more to Tinda. And now on this road, it's almost no one. In my direction, I overtook for one hour maybe two cars. So not so many people want to go to Yakutsk. Or maybe it's just a co-accident. We'll see. Very bumpy road, but it's a good chance to stand on the pegs and release the pressure from my boot. First truck I've seen from ours. It looks like the time of the good roads ended. Now I have a mix between asphalt, gravel, dirt roads, bad roads, construction works, a lot of dust. But that's alright. That's why I'm here. This end of the world, if you like to say. I just entered in Sakha, Yakutia. I mean the region. And I'm on the way to a small town named Nyuryungri. Where I plan to spend the night. And tomorrow continue to Yakutsk. Let me see, can I overtake this. Because if not, I should stay always in this cloud of dust. Ok, now or never. Be in the camera. It is time to start the real part of the trip. The part that I came for. And this is the section from Yakutsk to Magadan. Which one will be similar as this? Or worse, I don't know yet. But yeah, so far so good. I just wanted to show you this situation here. To have an idea what kind of roads are after you get out of the main road. And what you expect if any of you decided one day to come and ride in this part of the world. Another one. The old was so worn out that when I need to ride something like that, it was very slippery. But now with this, it's just perfect. Now it looks like I'm going down. It was up, now I'm going down. And of course, again rain for just 10 minutes. Just to drop the temperature to 18 degrees. And then stop. I don't know how many times today I put my raincoat and remove it. Put it again and remove it. Eryungri, 20 kilometers. Very nice hotel. They have rooms, but expensive. 35 euros. They also got hostel, which is 15 euros. Perfect. But they said that because I don't have Russian passport, I cannot stay in this hotel. It's the most ridiculous rule that I ever heard. But anyway, now I'll go to the town. And try to find another hotel. Whatever. It is what it is. Good morning. This is the train station of Eryungri. And this is the police station of Eryungri. And my motorcycle was parked here. Right to police station. Under the surveillance cameras. This was the place that I found hotel last night. After I arrived in Eryungri. And the first hotel said you need Russian passport. Then I spent like 3-4 hours. Riding around the town. Checking all the hotels. And there are many hotels. And they were all booked. All very expensive. And then I found this one here. Train station. And came. And it cost me 17 euros. Not very comfortable. Shared the room with another person. But was the cheaper option that I have found. And the only possible option that I have found. Anyway. It did the job. Now is 8 degrees. 5.30 in the morning. And I am on the way to Yakutsk. Of course. The fog. First hour will be in the fog. But anyway. Today I have to cover almost 800 km. And I prefer to start on time. Let's see how is going. But after hour or two. I am gonna stop somewhere on the road. Drink some tea. Have a breakfast. And then I will continue. The hotel was at the end of the town. So I will be very fast on the main road. To Yakutsk. Yesterday the fog was really thick. And hot more than 1 hour and 30 minutes. Today only 15 minutes. And it is gone. Almost gone. But nothing compared to yesterday. And the temperature rose to 11 degrees. All good. Well. Not completely. I even turned on hazard lights. For more visibility. Finally the fog is gone. It was not 15. It was 45 minutes. But finally it is finished. And now I can ride in more comfort. Even temperature rose to 13 degrees. Much better now. Visibility is a big deal. I am glad that it was just a normal road. Not a dirt road. Because fog in a combination with dirt will be really bad for the visor. And every time when I try to clean it I will scratch it. But it was good. So far so good. What a beautiful picture. Have a look at this. The fog. The sunrise. And the road. What a pleasure man. What a pleasure. 6 o'clock and 15 minutes. My happiness was very short. But whatever. Whatever man. Important is to ride. This is not so bad. Some kind of very old asphalt. The mission today is to reach Yakutsk. Which is already from this point 700 km away. Of course if it is a road like this I cannot do it. But I hope that it will be like yesterday. Partly like this. Partly normal roads. So I can make some progress. But man the views are fantastic. Have a look now at this. It's just... So they are making new road here I can see. But when it's a good question. Nice moment here. Just me on this road and the sunrise and the fog. I hope that you enjoy this moment because I really do. That's why I came here. That's why I came at the end of the world to ride on non-paved roads until we have it. Because even on Magadan road they were working. And the Russian guy said that we don't know how much progress they've got now. Which means that after few years even this Magadan road or this road here will be gone. Will be just asphalt. It might be pleasure for many but also we'll miss the opportunity to have the experience that I have now at the moment. Or you might be different. You might not need that. But man it is how I have to say it's a challenge that I'm happy to accept if you understand what I mean. Of course as I said if it's in this condition I wouldn't be able to make 700 km today but I will do whatever is possible so no rush. Oh hold on a second. I might get asphalt. I might get asphalt. Yeah Asphalt. It became May here. It is time to stop and have breakfast here and this coffee. Alright cafe transit I'll do it like this. Ok Nice place. Let's see how the food will be. Perfect. More eggs. Not so baked as I asked. Tea. Bread. Perfect. Back on the road. The Russian guy Pavel that we spent the night together in Mogocha is riding on the same road so basically every time when I ride a little bit ahead or he riding a little bit back we always meet in the same coffee so we're gonna ride together now on the way to Yakutsk I stopped because I couldn't see Pavel in the mirrors I'll wait a few minutes maybe he stopped for something making pictures or something if I cannot see him I'll go back So let's go up here to have the maximum as possible from the view Pavel is very very heavy with this Kyler 650 pan he loaded like an elephant and now of course he is struggling and he was considering sending some of these goods back through the post because it's just too overloaded Ok, so we're gonna have a nice view here from the top of this pass This is the pass, the road goes like this and then up and then go down It is the end of July and you can still see snow over there Ok, this place was nice to see let's go back on the road because we still need to cover many kilometers if we stop on every corner it is not going to happen All right, back on the road This is the first town or village that I have seen after 200 kilometers So maybe here I'll be able to fill the tank I'm still fine, I still have half tank but if I've got this chance, I will Nothing in this village so it will be the next Aldan after 68 kilometers Aldan will fill the tanks and FT Finally, to have one turn the last 200 kilometers mostly straight straight road Aldan We've got a petrol station All right, then we're gonna have some tea wait a little bit and continue Ok Let's do some break 513 kilometers to Yakutsk Oh man Accident I'm not gonna tell you what I do, but you can guess It is so quiet here I can hear the bees landed on my helmet We have a flat tyre, Pavel I was waiting, waiting but he did not come so flat tyre He has tube, so we're gonna change it Operation successful, we have a new tube It took us like 15 minutes We'll see how good it's going to be what we have done, but should be all right 278 kilometers down It should be Ulu