One Year Cycling the World _ a Bicycle Touring Short Film

Are you excited? Yes, yes, I can feel it in my stomach. It's always a little bit scary, this border crossing. Nervous. I can feel it in my stomach a little bit, a little bit this nervous excitement. Good night sleep. Family and friends will be waiting for us in a couple of hours. End of April 2018. We set out for the journey of a lifetime. Leaving family and friends, our plan was to cycle for two and a half years eastward and see how far we could go. China, Thailand or even to Australia. This video is our first year cycling the world. Unexperienced with bicycle touring, but with great enthusiasm, we set out through Europe so I had to cycle a few kilometers back. Quite important because really cold hands today. Got them. What's up? My standard is just jamming. It's just shit. Can we shelter under there by the garage? Yeah. Is that okay? Thank you. Thank you. It's pouring and it's nice. Are you okay? Yeah, wet. What an absolutely amazing place we're in right now. This valley is broad and there's so many things going on here. All these war-torn buildings, bullet holes, roofs collapsed. The good news is that there are a lot of people rebuilding these old houses and live up the place again. Hey, good morning. I had a good night's sleep. I don't want to be negative, but the dogs were barking every 45 minutes I guess. That aside, the morning is just beautiful and it's absolutely gorgeous here. Yesterday when we were looking for a place to sleep, we saw a couple on the road and they were herding their sheep. And we spent the night here between their small fruit trees. The terrain is absolutely killing now. It's steep and gravel. Everywhere are boulders and rocks. It just breaks the bike down. It breaks us down. Man, this is a tough cookie. It's really steep and all these boulders make it really difficult. All kinds of gullies from car tires and mud. It's just super difficult. So, we're here at the top now. There's the downhill. It looks like a river bedding. It's going to be pretty difficult I guess. So, it's a little bit slippery. We have to be careful. It just rained. Helmets on. And here's Maudie. She really is looking forward to this downhill a bit. It's her favorite part. It's totally random now. It's totally random. It's like we're going down a river bed. I said that. And we were going up a river bed. Yes, it is just a little bit crazy out here. Now whispering here in this room that we got from an Albanian family. I don't know what to say. They are so nice. They are so nice. Wonderful, wonderful people. Oh, she's really sweet. Okay. It's absolutely stunning between the mountains. Just like we're part of the wilderness here. Just amazing. We're just about to call it a night and we'll see you tomorrow. Good morning. Today is a really, really exciting day. It's our last day in the European Union and we're gonna head out to the Middle East. The sun is just coming up behind me over there and we head out that way. And that is Turkey. They're busy around here with some pretty serious gunfire. I think they're shooting with shotguns like that one. Morning. It was a very intense night. I posted a thread on Facebook to ask about the situation of the gunshots. So some people say it could be a wedding, kind of a celebration thing. And other people said it's for hunting the boars or to scare away the boars from their farmlands. You gotta deal with your fears and probably if they shoot, they shoot or in the air or they shoot really specific at the animal. So I guess we will be safe. Three degrees and it's pretty chilly. We're not used to it yet. The fall has gone really fast here in Turkey. Feels like winter is just around the corner. Good morning y'all. Winter wonderland. We think so. So there's snow on the tent and let's get it off. Are you excited? Yes, yes. I can feel it in my stomach. It's always a little bit scary, this border crossing. Good morning. Early morning in this magnificent location. It was a very long night and we're a little bit tired. So we're brewing the coffee right now and then we have some breakfast. It has been an overwhelming day. So many people are asking us to take photos with them and asking us to come and visit their house to have lunch. You feel like a celebrity here and it's nice for a while but if you're really famous and you have to deal with this every day, man that's something else. We're now here in this field. We're enjoying some honey and some bread we got from a guy in Hyderabad. So I'm hungry. I'm gonna dig in now. We're deciding which way we're gonna put the bicycles over the river because the current is really really strong. So we never really told you but we really love to do obstacle runs with our here in Baku and we're packing up the bikes to go to Allat from where we take the ferry to Kazakhstan. Time works in a different way when you're traveling non-stop. Like yesterday we remember waving goodbye to our family and friends. The in-between seems to be filled with a decade worth of valuable experiences. It is amazing how something so humble as riding a bicycle changed our perspectives on this world in such a profound way. Click one of the videos on screen to check out more of our adventures. If you like this video don't forget to like, subscribe and hit the bell. To help with our video creations consider supporting us on Patreon.