Welcome to my exciting solo Motorcycle Journey from Sweden to Nepal! In today’s episode, I’m embarking on my journey through the desert toward Riyadh. The morning begins with unexpected challenges, not quite as I had envisioned.. Subscribe for more motorcycle videos and let's explore the world together! -------------------------------------------------- “Sweden2Nepal” A motorcycle journey I've dreamed of since 5 years back has finally started. I quit my job to pursue one of my biggest dreams, to travel across the world with a motorcycle and an open mind as a solo female. “Sarek” My Motorcycle: Honda Transalp XL650 from year 2005.
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A Swedish traveler documents her motorcycle journey through the Saudi Arabian desert toward Riyadh. Facing extreme heat and sandstorms, she navigates challenges with her heavy bike, experiences local hospitality, and reflects on the harsh environmental contrasts between the desert and her home in Sweden.
I don't know if this was the best idea.
Wow, I don't see anything.
I thought the traffic would disturb me more but I was so tired so I just fell asleep.
Good morning all my beautiful people.
But no, it didn't disturb me at all.
I could sleep for five hours more.
But I gotta hit the road now.
I gotta go.
Before the big heat comes.
That was a really peaceful place.
It was great.
Alright, I'm just gonna pack up and continue.
I won't eat any breakfast or anything here.
I'll just continue to the next town and have a coffee or a tea over there.
And then I'll eat brekkie in a restaurant I think.
Let's do that.
Alright beautiful people, let's hit the road.
I'm just gonna get out of this sand mass.
Let's see if I can get through the sand.
You know, in these times I would love to have a lighter bike.
But I don't.
It's just what it is.
It's okay. It's fine.
If you hold this, it's okay.
I'll hold it.
One, two, three.
I have to go to Iran.
Iran?
Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal.
Bye bye, Christina.
Thank you so much.
Yep, a lovely morning again.
It's a little bit hard for me to get her out of here.
I will see if I can take this road instead.
But it gets like super deep to the sand and then I fall.
But luckily this man just came.
He arrived.
So I asked him directly to help me.
Which was great.
I think his name was Saif.
Saif.
Yeah, I know I should get a lighter bike.
I did not get it.
So I shouldn't go in this.
But now it is what it is.
Assalamu alaikum.
Very good.
I got help.
Yes, very nice.
It's all good.
Yes.
No problem anymore.
It's good.
I got help.
Yes, goodbye.
Very good.
Yes.
No.
I was boom.
But he helped me.
It's okay.
Yes.
Bye bye.
I'm so glad that Saif stopped and helped me.
I was just next to the road.
Sleeping next to the road is okay.
But if this happens you can just call the police.
996.
And the police can help you as well.
Like if you can't pick it up.
Or you have a problem with your car or motorcycle.
You get help.
But luckily he was just around the corner.
So that's great.
Let's continue this crazy adventure.
I'm going as far as I can today.
I'm aiming for like 450 kilometers.
But let's see if I can do it.
We will try.
Okay.
And I know some people think.
Why did you get this big bike on your own?
Because I love it.
I love the Transalp.
It's great.
And whatever.
If I can't pick it up.
I get help.
And I'm always in the safe areas.
But if you look in the previous episode.
You can see that I can pick my bike up.
It happened in Turkey.
I don't know what they have.
Because fuel I have.
I'm gonna have a sandwich now.
This is how you usually sit in the restaurants in Saudi Arabia.
You see.
You have this open little area.
And you sit together.
And they put this little plastic thing on the floor.
And they serve your food there.
But I'm gonna drink tea.
And I got my chicken sandwich.
From here.
Okay.
Let's enjoy it.
It was so spicy.
I can't breathe.
It put chili in it.
My nose is running.
It's gonna make a new one.
Bummer.
I wish I could handle the spice.
I survived the sandwich.
My God.
It was so spicy.
But he was very kind to make a new one for me.
Because I didn't mention that I didn't like the spicy.
But so kind.
I had a really nice chat with the guys in there.
Trying with my little Arabic.
That sandwich was like 5 rials.
What is that?
It's like 1.5 dollars or something.
And free chai on that.
Not bad at all.
Let's continue.
Fueling up.
And cooling down.
Just to cool my body inside.
I'm not really an ice cream girl.
But you gotta do what you gotta do.
The Hayden now.
K60.
Yep.
I need to do some service when I come to Riyadh.
Because I wanna do some more with this baby.
See what's going on.
Because when I pull the throttle full.
She's a little bit weak.
Sometimes.
Not always.
So I probably have to clean her a little bit.
The carburetor or something.
And some other stuff.
Just check fuels.
Sorry.
Check all the liquids and everything.
Just go through the whole motorcycle.
Before I head out to the next country.
That's the plan.
But ice cream is done.
And I got this lovely shirt from this man.
Working in the fuel station.
So we gotta continue now.
It's a vandam house.
So I said why not.
Go and take some shade for a little second.
Until we reach the city where I will take a break for real.
This is just for 5 minutes.
Holy smoke is hot.
You see.
How could this be?
Maybe a toilet or something.
This.
I don't know but it's a nice house.
Phones.
Bath is shade and I love it.
I think it was in episode 23, 24.
I talked about that I couldn't go in the summer and travel.
Because I can't handle the heat.
And here I am.
Summertime and the heat is on.
I can handle it.
But it is tough.
It's a challenge.
I'm so impressed with all the farmers.
The shepherds out there in the desert.
And living like this.
In the heat.
That's incredible.
Big respect to all of you.
Okay we got everything.
Let's continue the adventure.
This house is made all of clay.
Clay.
Mud.
And they have the roof with palm trees.
Maybe it was for the animals.
Alrighty.
Food.
And something cold to drink.
In the next village we're gonna stop.
I stayed in that restaurant for a little while until I reached 4 o'clock.
So now it's a little bit cooler.
But not much.
Yeah man.
When I was in the restaurant I was ordering.
And there was a man who came and translated everything.
Because he didn't speak English.
And then he invited me for food.
Alrighty.
I'm at the hotel.
I will stay at this place.
I'm just gonna take a few stuff inside.
Because they have cameras here so I don't have to take all my stuff in.
And I'm getting up really early tomorrow.
So let's go inside.
I'm here.
Wow.
I have a bed.
I thought I would die out there.
That was so warm.
I mean I love the sauna.
I really love to go into the sauna but.
In the sauna you can go outside and cool yourself down.
Now you're stuck in the heat.
You're stuck there.
You can't undress and dress more you know.
You're just there with heat.
Wow.
Never experienced something like this before.
Yeah I mean like.
For us it's the same when you go up to the north of Sweden.
Where I come from.
The Swedish Lappland.
If you're out.
You have minus.
You can have minus 40.
Minus 45.
But then you can still dress.
You can still dress.
Put more clothes.
But here you can't.
When it's so warm.
You can't undress more than this you know.
When you're driving.
And it's really dangerous.
As well as in Sweden.
If it's cold there and you get stuck with your car.
You can have a big issue.
Same here.
If you get stuck in the heat.
In the middle of nowhere.
Goodbye.
If you don't have water.
Gotta be careful.
Which I am.
No worries.
Right.
That was it for today.
Now I'm gonna.
Deal with this.
I have a lot of material to fix.
I'll do that.
Transfer all the files.
And then I will sleep.
Continue early tomorrow.
So.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Good morning all my beautiful people.
Hope you're doing well.
I'm standing here looking out through the window.
And.
Here it's a lot of wind.
You can still hear the fan over there.
You can hear that the wind is coming.
Really strong.
You see.
There is Sarek.
Probably.
I don't know if you can see.
But the flag over there.
Is going crazy.
But it will calm down.
In.
In an hour or so.
I hope so.
Because I'm going through the desert.
So.
Let's drink this.
Beautiful Cesar.
Juice.
Tropical.
Tropical mix.
Like a smoothie.
Juice smoothie.
So let's drink that one.
Take stuff to the bike.
And then.
We're ready.
To go.
So dirty.
When I come to Riyadh.
I will clean up.
This is here.
Doesn't make any sense.
Okay.
Let's put this inside.
Let's go.
I'm going to Laila.
It's the next destination.
It's 250 kilometers there.
Take me around 4 hours to reach.
I suppose.
4 or 5 hours.
And.
Then I will see.
I will see what I will do.
Depends on the wind.
And the weather.
I know for the heat.
I can't continue driving.
After like 1 or 2 o'clock.
It's almost suicide.
But.
I might stay in Laila.
Because Laila is 300 kilometers to Riyadh.
I need some fuel.
Before we continue.
Remember?
And that was just perfect.
That this was here.
Okay.
Here we go.
Full please.
Yes.
Sweden.
And you?
Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Yes.
That's true.
And you?
From here?
Sudan.
That's great.
Two Sudans.
Very nice.
How long did you live in Saudi Arabia?
7 years.
That's good.
Very good.
Huh?
Wow.
I don't know if this was the best idea.
Wow.
I don't see anything.
I think I put on the warning.
This is dangerous.
Found a restaurant to go and have some chai.
I have sand in my mouth.
And in my eyes and nose.
Okay.
Let's go and drink chai.
I ordered some bread and some veggies.
I'm gonna have that with some chai.
It was really nice in here.
This is the family section.
So you sit down here.
You can charge your phone there.
Sit with the whole family and just eat.
This is the tablecloth you always get when you're eating on the floor.
It's like a plastic one.
Like this.
Yep.
I'm barbecued here.
When I was checking the map yesterday when I came to the hotel
I saw a lot of round black things on the satellite map.
I was like, what is that?
It looks like this.
You see the black dots?
And then you zoom in.
And it used to have black dots everywhere.
I thought, what is that?
Everywhere.
In this area.
But then I met the guy in the restaurant yesterday
and he told me it's farmlands.
For wheat.
So, yeah.
They're trying to turn the desert into farmlands.
It's like a huge project there.
And what's your name?
My name is Sabraz.
Sabraz.
Yes.
F-A-R-A-Z.
Sabraz.
Assalamu alaikum.
Thank you.
Take care.
They're very kind in this restaurant.
They wanted me to stay in the hotel there.
But I have to continue.
My glove!
It is going away with the wind.
Oops.
Okay.
I just have to fix my luggage a little bit.
And I just put my gloves
on the motorcycle.
Of course, they flew away.
What did I think?
I'm hoping, I'm hoping, I'm hoping
they have a cheap room in this hotel.
Because now the heat is here.
And it's set behind a petrol station.
I would just like to go here, sleep,
wake up tomorrow, get to Riyadh.
Because the road is nothing special
on the way, honestly.
Pretty boring, to be honest.
Welcome to my little room here.
No, seriously.
There we go.
Here's my room.
I have an air-conditioned bed.
A lot of space.
And a toilet.
But I chose the cheaper option.
I want to have a proper toilet.
With a hole in the ground.
It doesn't matter for me.
As long as I have a shower, I have AC and a bed.
I'm happy.
So, bah.
What a storm.
I have so much sand in my whole body.
In my ears, in my nose.
I'm just going to go and take a shower.
That's it.
For today, I think.
Or do some work.
And then I continue tomorrow.
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