Join me on an exciting Solo Adventure Ride in Lesotho. - EP. 88

Finally made it to Lesotho There you go 40 Thank you Thank you very much sir Did you give me stamp? Yes, I do Yes I did Thank you Yeah Awesome So I can stay here up to one month? Yeah, up to one month Okay Thank you Good to know So the elevation is now 2880 meters above the sea level 19 degrees Resort, where I'll be staying For a couple of days Oh, this is nice It's cold I'm at 3000 now And the temperature dropped So I better put the jacket on I've got a booking for tonight All right Thank you Is it? 11 So I'm getting my room This is lovely It looks awesome But look What's here I'm totally having a bath today I really need it I deserve it I'll take the sunny path 🎶 Time to meet Vessel An incredible person And you must really hear his stories If it happens you haven't met him Or come across him before Okay, let's start with a very basic question Vessel How long have you been riding for? I think Seriously Five, six years Really? Okay And since then how many times you've done Dakar Rally? Four times I mean that is actually why I start Racing is Or not racing It's actually an adventure What bikes have you used for this race? The first Two years it was a rally replica And then I KTM KTM, yeah Then I lost it Then I bought a normal 450 KTM And I Here in the garage I built some tanks and things And I ship it to Peru And last year I went there to train for this year Dakar And then I saw my bike is not that well So I come back So you bought a new one? Yeah And which bike did you take it to the Then I bought a Husqvarna 450 450 and I With a special tank You designed yourself I built carbon fiber tank So I work Till two o'clock every morning So I didn't train that much But I At least the bike looked good And unfortunately you injured yourself this year Yes How's your leg? Getting better Today's Four weeks after the operation But I think incredible I'm incredibly lucky with my injuries They must just follow me I exactly know how you feel They follow me too Yeah, yeah So unfair sometimes It's frustrating to be injured But that's okay We're still alive We're the survivors And the thing is we have to take the bad If we want to have the good Because of course I really believe so too Fantastic time And we cannot just have I really you know We just had this little conversation And I really like this Sentence when you said Dakar rally is like Expensive holidays for me I just go there to enjoy it I love that You just You just go with the flow, hey? You're just there to experience it all You're not there to race You're just there for the experience Yeah it's And I always thought if I finish it one day I would be last or second last Thank you so much for having me here I really Enjoyed this place Thank you for this lovely luxury room with a big bath It was amazing To have a bath after such long Hard ride on a sunny path yesterday So thank you so much And very nice to meet you My pleasure Enjoy your trip Thank you Time to leave Afriski Thank you so much for having me here I had the best time All the best for you And your injury Look after yourself You too And I hope to see you again I'll be wandering around Somewhere in Africa Good luck in Dakar next year Thank you It's quite deep, hey? That way, that way Do you know? Yes It's quite deep actually Thank you I'll take the bag off Will be Lighter Thank you so much Oh legend, thank you Thank you so much, sir Thank you guys You're awesome Thank you Thank you, have a good day That was a bit hard work But made it Look at that It's the end of the arriving Pardon? It's the end of the arriving It's the first time First time, yes Thank you I don't know if it's a big building with 10 rooms Pardon? I'm saying a dormitory is a big building with 10 rooms 10 beds? No 10 rooms? 10 rooms That's okay I'll just take the cheapest one That's fine So I was planning to camp but Started to rain So I took a Quiet So I took a dorm room here in the lodge Is this dorm room? This is like My own room Very good Where can I get petrol? Petrol Do you know where can I get petrol for my motorcycle? Benzine For what? Petrol Turn left Left? Sort of that way, right? How are you going? Is this the petrol station? Yes? Do you have petrol? Awesome Time to fill up What's your name? My name is What is it? Nice to meet you How much is that? 300 Do you mind if I just stop there and take some pictures and fly my drone? Is that okay? If I just stop there for a few minutes? It's not okay but I can make a favor for you Okay, thank you Yes It's not allowed It's not allowed to stop? But it's allowed to stop here? So I might just stop here and then drive past later? Yes Okay The axles loaded from the chute Good shape