Solo Woman Ride through Swiss Alps. EP26

Can I buy a vignette? For a motorcycle What? Is it 10 days? For Sweden or for elsewhere? Just for Sweden For Sweden it's only for one year Oh, it's only for Okay, how much is that? It's 40 francs Jesus What the hell is that? 40 francs for one year And I'm gonna only be here for three days Okay, so we made it This is Andy Andy has traveled Solo You've been around Otokaya? Yeah West Coast and East Coast Alone? How long did it take you? 14 months And About 45,000 kilometers It's okay Also What do you do now? So you stopped, you base yourself here in Switzerland? Yeah How's life? It's a nice kind of base I'm not really a bit transient So I work for Lone Rider Which is a company that makes We'll start off making tents They're making tents And now they're producing All different types of We know Lone Rider Hello everyone Hello These are the housemates Yep Thank you very much for your hospitality Thank you for having me You're most welcome Overlanders for sure So Andy I'm really curious about one thing Because you told me You have new tents coming up Yep And we've discussed that Because I'm not happy with what I've got And There isn't really a perfect tent For You know, my needs And I'm sure a lot of people needs Yeah, so I've got the same tent as you And I've used that And it worked for me fine But now I'm gonna do I've got I'm crowdsourcing information I'm crowdsourcing all these kind of like Small details That we as avid riders need, right? Everything from like Size To security To materials To everything Yeah Right, so You're gonna show it? Yeah, I'm gonna show it to you Awesome But yeah, you have to give me Some input Because every time I show it to somebody We get new ideas It's really cool Yeah, yeah It's amazing It's something that you would never ever think about before And all these details Yeah And then you can It's not that difficult to add in And customize it for Yeah, for sure At this stage as well Okay, cool So start Show it to us Start By the way, cheers Cheers Thank you for having me Thanks for coming We outdoor sort of Right And now Kind of outdoors So we got this new tent Yep For avid riders And I'm gonna show you For your input Because I've already put a few Of your tips Inside the tent But it's got no branding on it It's just a sample It's straight from the manufacturer So, yeah This is the Prototype No one No one ever seen it yet But it starts with the bag Like the design starts with the bag It's built It's like Water resistant And all that kind of stuff You can attach it If it's inside the pages So we would do it In the morning But unfortunately Tomorrow morning Andy is flying to China And he doesn't have time for me So we're gonna have to do it Now At night Yep Got a ground sheet Which is important Yes, perfect So I mean I'm used to traveling In hot climates Like really hot climates Me too Set it up These poles Yep Feels good I really like The feeling of it And the color Black My favorite Looks good Very spacious I must say Wow For two? It's for two, yeah Two man tent Could be Could be a two Two and a half Because we need gear, right? Helmets, boots Nothing with a child And with a An impossible child I'll work it out Trust me Wow Wind's coming from either side Yeah Wind's coming from this side And then you push right down And it'll just pop back out Cool You can only do that With your prototype Yeah Door here And you can put a cable through Oh, cool So you can If your bike's here You can put a A lock Pack safe Cable Through here And put your gear inside the tent And wrap it up Wow So if you leave your campsite All your belongings are safe That's awesome Yeah On both sides Cool And my safety lock? Your safety lock is here So You can close the That top So when you close the The door On the inside There's gonna be like a hook And it'll lock these Two in So you can't unzip So from outside you have A small door That's here Yeah So it's a little Because you can't lock it here Yeah, sure A little more safety Yeah, yeah Isn't it wonderful? So far so good This is my first day In the Alps in Switzerland So Kind of impressed I'm telling you You see that? Wow How's my hair? So Lia Where you've been? I've been riding Now I have to do sauna Wow This is very flash Outside Hello goat End of luxury Time to go Lia got this Really good deal for us In this Four star resort In the mountains It's just so beautiful We had a great time She went Back home And now I'll be heading to Italy today So camping from now on Day two In Swiss Alps And to be honest It's just breathtaking The scenery I have nothing else to say Except for that This reminds me a little bit of Kyrgyzstan I'm nearly in Italy Just over there There is a border crossing So And behind me Snowy mountains And I reckon It's gonna be very chilly Over there But We'll get through this This is Italy from now on Ow, ow, ow