1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,640 Our eyelashes, eyebrows froze, 4 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,520 ‪headphones broke, cell phone died. 5 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,400 We can't feel our hands anymore. 6 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,040 It's just sick. In moments like these, 7 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,640 you start to question some of your life choices. 8 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,800 This cold man here is me: Nono. 9 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,240 {\an8}And this is what I look like without my mask on. 10 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,640 And this hairy creature is me. 11 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:04,720 ‪Max. 12 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,440 We met in college, 13 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,200 are best friends and have one thing in common: 14 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,040 I hate it. I hate cycling. 15 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:15,760 I'll never like cycling. 16 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:20,120 First of all, our trip really didn't change anything about that. 17 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,320 And yet, these 15,000 kilometers 18 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,960 on two wheels were the best thing we've ever done. 19 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,360 Because Biking Borders is more than just a bicycle trip. 20 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,960 During our semester abroad, we got to teach at schools, 21 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,680 in Guatemala, among other places. 22 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,600 One in five children there can't attend school. 23 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,560 There is a lack of infrastructure and financial resources. 24 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,480 Since then, we've had a big dream. 25 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,720 We want to build a school there. 26 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,400 That's why we're launching a fundraiser 27 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,120 together with an NGO for sustainable education. 28 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,000 {\an8}We'll try to generate attention through social media. 29 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,120 Nowadays, the best way to do that is by doing crazy things. 30 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,280 {\an8}Our challenge: 31 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:16,200 {\an8}a bike trip around the world. 32 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,120 From Berlin to Beijing. 33 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,160 {\an8}Guatemala wasn't an option because of all the water. 34 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,560 And so Biking Borders is born, 35 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:26,320 probably the longest bicycle fundraiser "run" ever 36 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:29,240 to build a school on the other side of the world. 37 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,400 Yes, and we'll bike from here to Beijing. 38 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,400 {\an8}Six months of planning are now over. 39 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,040 {\an8}To be honest, I don't even know 40 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,040 {\an8}what we've gotten ourselves into. 41 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,840 {\an8}Man, I've never cycled more than 50 kilometers. 42 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,480 I've been imagining this day for six months, 43 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,160 and now it's actually here. 44 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,720 {\an8}There's just all of this excitement, anticipation, nervousness. 45 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:22,960 Alright, bro, let's go! 46 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,920 {\an8}‪DAY 1 - 25 KM ‪CLOSE TO BERLIN 47 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,240 {\an8}Headwind and uphill. Nice. 48 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,320 My butt is hurting already, 49 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,160 I have to say. 50 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,920 But I still don't quite realize 51 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,240 that we're actually on our way to China already. 52 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,840 In the first two days, we make it to Saxony-Anhalt. 53 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,880 Beijing seems within reach. 54 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:08,520 We're here in Wittenberg, where we've reached 100 kilometers. 55 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:09,960 Wittenberg! 56 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,880 From the beginning, you can also follow our journey on Instagram. 57 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:20,000 {\an8}Can I do it in Adidas slippers? 58 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,000 -Can you push me? -It's getting even steeper! 59 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,080 Filming for the fundraiser doesn't necessarily make us any faster. 60 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,440 Come on, Nono. The last meters. It's so hot! 61 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,720 So incredibly hot! 62 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,200 ‪DAY 3 - 218 KM ‪SOMEWHERE IN SAXONY 63 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:29,960 What should I film here? 64 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,760 Well, bro, I'm not a filmmaker either, 65 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,800 but I think 66 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,400 that we must somehow convey that it's not about cycling. You know? 67 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,480 I think we just have to show 68 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,520 that we're doing this shit here, 69 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,200 camping in the middle of nowhere, to build this school. 70 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,920 I think we need to show that, you know? 71 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:58,760 Sure, adventure is one part of it, but we're doing it for another reason. 72 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:09,680 Beijing, here we come! 73 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:26,320 There's something outside the tent. Definitely a big animal. 74 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,000 And Max was just telling me that there are wolves here. 75 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,880 I didn't know that before. 76 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,800 And now you can guess which one of us has the ax. 77 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:40,640 Yes, not me. 78 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,600 Dude, that's a wolf, isn't it? 79 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:45,960 I hope not… 80 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,480 What are you looking at? 81 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,840 Dude, if that's a wolf outside and if it's about to howl, then… 82 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,560 I'll shit my pants. 83 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,840 What do we do, then? Tell me already! 84 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,200 Go outside with the ax. 85 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,120 -You got the pepper spray? -Yes. 86 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,000 There are the eyes in the back. 87 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,120 Nono, three, two, one… 88 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,320 It's running away. 89 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,440 Okay, we're not joking. 90 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,120 There was a wolf just two meters from us. 91 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:39,960 My heart is still racing. 92 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,080 Tomorrow we'll sleep at a campsite. 93 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:45,280 Yeah, man! 94 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:50,720 That was definitely an exciting night. 95 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,520 Oh dear. Let's see what's in store for us. 96 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,760 {\an8}After five days, we cross the Czech border. 97 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,280 We bike 60 to 70 kilometers a day and slowly get used to being outside, 98 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,840 rain or shine. 99 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,040 And yes, we even get used to cycling a bit. 100 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,280 Sometimes you'll even hear this: 101 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:27,840 Cycling is nice. 102 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,440 Especially when you have these little feelings of success. 103 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,159 Okay, Max… 30 meters… 104 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:44,200 20 meters… 10 meters… 500! 105 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,440 -Awesome! -Cool! 106 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,520 {\an8}Cool! Nine days on the road, 500 kilometers, 107 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,360 {\an8}8,500 euros for the school. 108 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,480 {\an8}-Max, what do you say? -Awesome! 109 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,200 Simply awesome. 110 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,320 Our parallel journey on social media is also advancing. 111 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,240 {\an8}We make donation appeals… 112 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:10,480 …get supporters on board… 113 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:12,960 Biking Borders is an account I'd like to support 114 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,240 to draw attention to what they're doing. 115 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,680 …and try to bring people along somehow. 116 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,720 Our strategy seems to be working. The community is growing every day. 117 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,760 {\an8}We already have over 200 donors and almost 20% of the school's cost. 118 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,320 Of course, this triumph must be celebrated properly. 119 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,160 Today we're having free apples. 120 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,360 -A big one or a small one? -A big one. 121 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,080 Thank you. 122 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,440 Since our student wallet isn't big enough, 123 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:53,960 aside from professional fruit theft, we're developing a nutritional strategy. 124 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,800 {\an8}Max and Nono's kitchen. 125 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:58,960 {\an8}What are we having, Max? 126 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,320 {\an8}Rice with sardines. 127 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,600 {\an8}And sugar. 128 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,920 {\an8}And perhaps a little peanut butter. 129 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,840 {\an8}Flabby bread. 130 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:08,560 {\an8}For champions. 131 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,760 {\an8}For lunch, bread with tomato paste. 132 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:15,360 {\an8}It's delicious. 133 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:16,720 {\an8}Honey 134 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:18,960 {\an8}with sardines 135 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,840 {\an8}and garlic salt. 136 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,080 {\an8}So, how does it taste? 137 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,360 {\an8}It's like honey made by fish. 138 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,360 {\an8}-Just bread and mustard? -Yes. 139 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,440 {\an8}My grandma showed me this back then. A family recipe. 140 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,320 {\an8}Will this provide enough energy? 141 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,200 {\an8}Yes. This has it all. Proteins, omega-3 fatty acids, 142 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:46,600 {\an8}love. 143 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,880 {\an8}‪DAY 11 - 725 KM ‪OBORSKY RYBNIK, CZECH REPUBLIC 144 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,120 I'd say the bed's made. 145 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,240 Sleeping outside tonight. Are you happy? 146 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,120 Well, yes. 147 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,600 Do we have bug spray? 148 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,160 Oh, that's low. 149 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,560 No! That's disgusting. 150 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,480 -I still have to wash my face. -Go somewhere else. 151 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,040 How many more nights outside do you think we'll have 152 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,600 before we get to Beijing? 153 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,840 That's a silly question. I don't know. 154 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:46,680 I agree. 155 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,080 Alright, bro. Good night. 156 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:53,840 Good morning, Max. 157 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,760 Morning. 158 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,400 So, how did you sleep outside? 159 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,400 It's so cozy. Just look at that view. 160 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:08,920 Yeah, man. 161 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,040 After three weeks, we can finally feel it. 162 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,400 The first whiff of the exotic. 163 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,160 Austria! 164 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,520 It feels as if we could conquer the world. 165 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,440 And then this wildlife. 166 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,600 And those mountains... 167 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,440 Those damned mountains. 168 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,400 We're going uphill again. 169 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,120 We have to push our bikes constantly in Austria. 170 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,920 Nono is looking for his slippers. 171 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,080 At least after 900 kilometers, the bet is finally over. 172 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,440 ‪DAY 20 - 1,000 KM ‪STYRIA, AUSTRIA 173 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,560 {\an8}The first 1,000 are behind us. 174 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,240 {\an8}I can't believe it. 175 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,480 {\an8}Another 14 times that much 176 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,200 and then we'll be in Beijing. 177 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,040 REPUBLIC OF CROATIA 178 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:19,640 Finally, not so many mountains. 179 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,800 Finally going into the ocean. 180 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:25,080 I don't believe it! 181 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,280 Ocean! 182 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:46,840 This is the reward for every fucking mountain 183 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:52,640 in Austria and Slovenia. This is the reward for every mountain. 184 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,240 ‪DAY 37 - 1,820 KM ‪ISTRIA, CROATIA 185 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:13,320 We've found a place to sleep, and I'm starting to realize 186 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,360 that today is October 9th. 187 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:18,480 It's my birthday tomorrow. 188 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,240 That's kind of weird. 189 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:27,480 Your family, girlfriend and friends can't share this day with you. 190 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:33,600 In moments like this, you do think, "Wouldn't it be nice to see them all, 191 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:37,080 to toast in some way, to hug and…?" 192 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,440 Well, but… I do have Nono here. 193 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:44,400 Shall we eat now? 194 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:45,760 Yep! 195 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,360 Morning! 196 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:06,720 Thanks, brother. 197 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,960 You bearded creature. 198 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,960 And my gift is the view. 199 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,040 Come! 200 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:08,760 Good morning! 201 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,560 In Croatia, the journey feels a little bit like a vacation at the beach. 202 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:26,960 We only cycle 50 km a day and hardly ever take off our swimming trunks. 203 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:40,200 We have found the coolest camping spot ever. 204 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,240 Unbelievably beautiful! 205 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:45,640 It's just insane. 206 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,160 So far, we've mostly been lucky with the weather. 207 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:24,280 But on the exposed coastal roads, we contend with gusts of 100 km/h. 208 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,520 We can't move forward at all. 209 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:33,080 We can't cycle properly either because we're being pulled right and left. 210 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,080 So now we push our bikes a bit. 211 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,720 We don't get much further that day. 212 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:48,720 And we already have a feeling that the fine weather will soon be over. 213 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,040 After 46 days, we leave the EU. 214 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,960 Welcome to the Balkans. 215 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:15,360 We have now arrived in Bosnia and have done almost 2,000 kilometers. 216 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,840 So only 13,000 kilometers to go to Beijing. 217 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:24,680 The further east we go, the more lively experiences we get. 218 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:31,840 Not only the animals. The people also become more curious and interested. 219 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:39,240 Hi, I'm Max. 220 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:40,760 How are you? 221 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:41,720 Hi. 222 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,800 15,000 to China. 15,000 kilometers. 223 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,720 Would you maybe like some juice? 224 00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,920 Or beer? 225 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,720 We're having cevapcici today! 226 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:13,520 People invite us. 227 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:16,320 Share their food 228 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:18,840 and their lives with us. 229 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,360 Great photo. 230 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,120 Miro teaches us Bosnian dances. 231 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,760 Toma shows us how to milk cows in Albania. 232 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,800 And Ibrahim prepares us for Turkey. 233 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,600 And often we understand each other completely without words. 234 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,320 We're leaving Albania soon. We're still in the Balkans. 235 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,240 And we're driving through a really insane landscape. 236 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:27,560 Mega desolate, but the people are still super nice. 237 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,400 The people really don't have much here, 238 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,760 yet they share what they have with us 239 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:40,680 and take us into their homes… That is really an indescribable feeling. 240 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,120 And the landscape doesn't remain quite so desolate after all. 241 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,840 {\an8}‪DAY 62 - 2,865 KM ‪LAKE ORID, NORTH MACEDONIA 242 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,360 We've already been through ten countries, 243 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,360 but this is the first time we really pause 244 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,200 and leave the bikes for a few days. 245 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,200 So crazy. There's just nothing here. 246 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,080 Nothing. Absolutely no-man's-land. 247 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,800 But we can ride wherever we want. That's always nice. 248 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,800 {\an8}‪DAY 71 - 3,119 KM ‪SOMEWHERE IN GREECE 249 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,480 {\an8}I don't want to get up. 250 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,200 It's so cold. 251 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,080 I don't want to. 252 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,640 Within a few days, the temperature drops 253 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,800 to freezing at night. 254 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,160 It gets colder and colder. Day by day. 255 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:56,560 And we just can't be bothered to sleep in the tent today. 256 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:10,960 In line with the weather, 257 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,520 Greece also makes a bit of a dreary impression. 258 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,400 At least we don't always have to sleep in our tent. 259 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,520 Cycling gets more unpleasant every day. 260 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,160 And our vacation at the beach takes a new direction. 261 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:48,880 So? 262 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,000 It tastes bad, but it makes you warm on the inside. 263 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,520 Do you think it will get much colder? 264 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,640 I think this is just a taste of what it's really like 265 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,800 when we drive through Turkey in winter. 266 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,600 -I don't want to go outside. -Neither do I. 267 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:15,320 It's raining, it's windy, it's cold, and it's so cozy inside. 268 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,280 And it's supposed to rain today and tomorrow and thunder the day after. 269 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,640 So great cycling conditions. 270 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,520 Let's hope for a tailwind. 271 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,440 -For what? -A tailwind. 272 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,600 Yes, because we've had tailwinds so often. 273 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,000 -I don't think there is such a thing. -I think a tailwind is a lie. 274 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:41,120 Yes, I agree. Just like climate change. Doesn't exist either. 275 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,680 It's raining, it's windy. 276 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,200 It's about to get dark, and we still don't have a place to sleep. 277 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,200 This sucks. It's no fun. 278 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,320 This is one of those moments 279 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,800 when you question it all. Completely soaked. 280 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,960 And just when you think it can't get any worse… 281 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:45,880 Man… 282 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,440 Three thousand kilometers and I have my first flat tire. 283 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,640 I've never changed a tire in my life. 284 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,680 Max has to show me that first. 285 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,840 {\an8}What Nono apparently doesn't remember: right before we left, 286 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,600 {\an8}we went to the bike shop and had everything explained to us. 287 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,400 For four hours. 288 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,280 I must have been… a bit inattentive. 289 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,440 I don't believe it. Who builds such a long fucking valve? 290 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,920 After only one hour, Nono finally did it! 291 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,680 And then the tire lasted… a whole day. 292 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,240 I'm so fed up with this. 293 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,320 Well, Nono, what are good friends for? 294 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,240 Well, for a fair division of labor? 295 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:02,240 Thank you, Max, for being 296 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,440 my personal bike mechanic from now on. 297 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,480 To mark the three-month anniversary, we've prettied ourselves up. 298 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,440 I think we look great! 299 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,680 There! Welcome to Turkey, my friend. 300 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,840 The last European border. 301 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,240 -I'm so proud of us. -Yeah. 302 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,000 We reach Istanbul just before Christmas. 303 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,200 ‪DAY 100 - 3,586 KM ‪ISTANBUL, TURKEY 304 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,760 It feels like we're unbelievably far away from home. 305 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,480 For the first time, we realize how far we've traveled. 306 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,840 Three and a half thousand kilometers, that's how long a Tour de France is. 307 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,800 We take our time to immerse ourselves in the new culture, 308 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,240 to repair the tent and to get the bikes in shape. 309 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,240 {\an8}Our fundraising goes into full swing 310 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,800 {\an8}during the Christmas season. 311 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,920 Support skyrockets during the festive season. 312 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:17,480 {\an8}We launch an initiative where our sponsors double every donation. 313 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,760 {\an8}Shortly before Christmas, we've got half of the donations! 314 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:37,680 And our present? We don't spend Christmas alone. 315 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,040 It took us three and a half months to get here. 316 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,000 It takes our girlfriends three and a half hours by plane. 317 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,720 -And then it's time for Max… -To say goodbye. 318 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,560 Goodbye to faithful companions. 319 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,440 For four years, you've been with me through thick and thin. 320 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,520 But now it's time for me to say goodbye to you. 321 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:23,520 What a stupid idea. 322 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,960 Christmas Eve almost feels like home. 323 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:43,600 After our two-week break, it's even harder to say goodbye again. 324 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,080 {\an8}‪DAY 126 - 4,330 KM ‪CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 325 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,000 {\an8}Just the two of us again. 326 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,920 But soon, we get an unexpected companion. 327 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:30,840 Just in time for the new year: 328 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:33,680 the real winter. 329 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,280 The landscape of Cappadocia seems to us like a fantasy world. 330 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,840 And a few weeks ago, we complained about a bit of wind and rain. 331 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,800 Cappadocia in the tent. 332 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,920 It's so cold. Everything is frozen, really everything… 333 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,640 -I hope it hasn't snowed much. -It's so cold. 334 00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:01,640 Oh, minus 8… 335 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:12,240 I've never slept outdoors when it was this cold. I slept with 336 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,360 the thick gloves on, the hat, the hood. 337 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,640 And still, I woke up at night because I was cold. 338 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,000 No matter how well you plan, 339 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:38,480 on a bike tour from Germany to China, you'll end up in winter at some point. 340 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,960 Many ski tourists come to eastern Turkey in January, 341 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,920 and this year also two cyclists. 342 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:55,200 It's been snowing here all day. We have 30 centimeters of fresh snow. 343 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,120 The cycling… we slide all the time. It's so difficult. 344 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,080 Hello! 345 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,760 But it's exactly because of situations like these that it's fun. 346 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,640 -Are you alright? -Yeah. 347 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,360 I don't think we have winter tires. 348 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,520 Now I have a lot of snow in my shoe. 349 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:28,360 I think when people told us Turkey was impossible in winter, 350 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,000 this is what they meant. 351 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:34,400 If it keeps snowing like this, we'll have to stop. 352 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:36,600 We must go somewhere. 353 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,560 Yes, that's true. 354 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,920 What worries us a bit: We are on the road to Eastern Anatolia, 355 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,040 the coldest and highest region of Turkey. 356 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,480 In a few days, we'll be going up another 1,000 meters. 357 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,880 No idea how we're going to get there if we can't even make it here. 358 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:31,080 But at the same time, these are exactly the situations we can use for our project. 359 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,840 Maybe the snow will get us a bit more attention again. 360 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,480 Cycling is no longer possible today, though. 361 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,240 Cooking, showering and, above all, sleeping are so unpleasant in this snow 362 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,080 that we don't want to spend the night outside. 363 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,320 We try to improvise. 364 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,640 Sorry, question, do you speak English? 365 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,400 -Bicicletta, Alemania… -China. 366 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:41,320 China? 367 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:47,520 Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan. 368 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:57,880 Thank you! 369 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,440 Really, we had only wanted to ask about a mosque. 370 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:07,160 But Kadir invited us without hesitation to spend the night in his tearoom. 371 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:20,280 Now we're lying here in the middle of a bar, on the floor. 372 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,160 Welcome to hospitality in Turkey. 373 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,720 Goodbye! 374 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:03,200 Kadir forgives our non-existent knowledge of Turkish 375 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,280 and tells us that he has lived in Austria before… 376 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:11,960 Austria, Lindenhof 154. 377 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,080 …and that his son passed away a few months ago. 378 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,280 We sense how happy he is about our visit. 379 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,240 We stay in touch with him even after the trip. 380 00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:02,760 The mountains of Eastern Anatolia keep what the locals promised us: 381 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:05,560 They're beautiful. 382 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:08,880 And fucking cold. 383 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:28,240 I'm wearing two pairs of ski socks and the thick winter boots. 384 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,840 My feet are just blocks of ice. 385 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,200 For six weeks, we drive through the snow. 386 00:41:47,240 --> 00:41:51,720 Sometimes we only manage 30 km a day, encounter ice storms 387 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:56,160 and at times, we forget why we're even here. 388 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,440 It's really the first time on this trip that I don't feel like it anymore. 389 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,360 I just want nice weather, summer… 390 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,480 Really, it just pisses me off. 391 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,600 But we took a break and looked at our cell phones. 392 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:19,800 We got many messages from people who've seen where we're going. 393 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:24,640 {\an8}And that still gives you the motivation to keep going. 394 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,360 And: We finally make it into the Turkish newspaper. 395 00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,520 {\an8}…and lots of other media all over the world. 396 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:58,200 The winter has driven the fundraiser so much that the freezing was worth it. 397 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,720 After four and a half months, we reach the border to Iran. 398 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,960 ‪DAY 141 - 5,290 KM ‪DOGUBEYAZIT, TURKEY 399 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:22,520 Many friends and relatives were wary about us crossing through there. 400 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:46,360 We're excited about the country, the people, especially the differences, 401 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:51,480 between what you imagine and what it's like. We're so over winter. 402 00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:58,720 Iran, here we come! 403 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:06,400 The first days in Iranian traffic take some getting used to. 404 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,440 It's just no fun. 405 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,560 So little fun that we even switch sides sometimes. 406 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,600 It's a shame when there's no room in the front. 407 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,240 Ouch, that really hurt! 408 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,760 But this is where Iran shows itself from its most beautiful side. 409 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:12,080 First he takes us 50 km in his truck, and then Nemat invites us to his house 410 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,560 for a traditional Persian dinner. 411 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,760 His name is Ali. 412 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,680 These are Max and Nono. 413 00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,800 -The Iranian team wears white jerseys. -Iran, white. 414 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,800 -Who are you supporting? Iran or Japan? -Iran. 415 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,800 We've experienced a lot of hospitality on our trip. 416 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,800 But Iran just takes it to a whole new level. 417 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:02,480 Goodbye! 418 00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:03,880 Hello! 419 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:04,880 Hello! 420 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,600 No matter where we go, people greet us, stop us, 421 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,720 share their food with us. 422 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:18,440 Thank you. 423 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,280 What seems impossible to us in Germany is quite normal here: 424 00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,800 Complete strangers invite us to their homes. 425 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:47,120 We hardly sleep in our tents. We're given a place to sleep most nights. 426 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,520 As Europeans, we are still a rarity for the people here. 427 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,400 The interest in us and our view of the world is huge. 428 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:01,960 The Iranians are grateful for the opportunity 429 00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,080 to pass on some of their thinking, 430 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:07,640 their culture and their language to us. 431 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:19,520 On 21 March 2019, we celebrate the Iranian New Year 1398. 432 00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,200 Sale no mobaarak. 433 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,000 Sale no mobaarak. 434 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,680 And all the people we meet here are united by one thing: 435 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,640 They want us to remember them well 436 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:40,360 and to see Iran from a different point of view 437 00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:41,720 than what our media shows. 438 00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:58,760 There's no other way to say it: 439 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:00,800 We have fallen in love with Iran. 440 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:06,960 We love the culture. 441 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:11,520 We love the people. 442 00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,480 Hello! 443 00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:17,840 We love the food. 444 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,280 Well… most of it anyway. 445 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:28,800 Spicy? 446 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:31,200 Oh, yes… 447 00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:32,920 Max, do you want a Magnam? 448 00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,400 It's strange that, of all places, we feel safest here in Iran, 449 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:39,840 the country 450 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:43,680 we had the most reservations about. 451 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,280 I don't think we've ever had so much food on us. 452 00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:11,840 We have to turn left. 453 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:21,160 Shortly after Yazd, about 650 kilometers before Tehran, we enter no-man's-land. 454 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:25,040 ‪DAY 173 - 5,836 KM ‪NODOUSHAN, IRAN 455 00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:39,440 We're completely on our own. We have to make do with what we've got. 456 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:44,280 But it's awesome. I think it's so awesome. I feel so free. 457 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:28,360 Alone, in Iran, 50 km/h! 458 00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:47,480 And just when it couldn't get any better… 459 00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:54,560 We're in the middle of Iran, exactly five months on the road. 460 00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:56,680 ‪I'm looking at my cell phone 461 00:50:56,760 --> 00:51:01,800 and someone really just made a huge donation and we built the school. 462 00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:07,080 We just really did it! We built the school, after five months! 463 00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:11,680 I can't believe it. 464 00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:35,320 I'm only now realizing that what we've been cycling for 465 00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,360 these past five months, 466 00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:43,640 is really happening - that this school can be built. 467 00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:50,360 And I could just… I don't know… explode. So much happiness! 468 00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:58,000 Out of nowhere, someone donated 12,000 euros. 469 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,200 And suddenly, there it is. 470 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,040 This number. 471 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:09,480 {\an8}50,000 euros. 472 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:13,720 {\an8}We've reached our goal. 473 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:39,480 And then you stop and think, "Wait a minute. 474 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:41,440 What is our goal?" 475 00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:45,400 The donations? 476 00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:49,160 The school? 477 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:53,760 Or our own journey after all? 478 00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:02,360 We were not prepared for this scenario. 479 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,920 That we would get so many donations in such a short time… 480 00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,680 After all, we had said we'd go to Beijing. 481 00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,440 Should we go on now to prove something to ourselves? 482 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,400 We are kind of aimless. 483 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:33,400 {\an8}And in the midst of this uncertainty, Nono and his girlfriend break up. 484 00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:40,600 It's just too much of a distance 485 00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:43,480 and not seeing each other enough. 486 00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:46,640 And that's not going to stop. 487 00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:57,520 Come here, bro. 488 00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,360 I can't be bothered. We still have three months to go. 489 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:08,400 I wish it was over. 490 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,840 Such a low point on this journey. I don't feel like it anymore. 491 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,960 This moment, 492 00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:21,640 when personal relationships suffer because of what we're doing here, 493 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:24,600 it takes so much momentum away. 494 00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:32,000 We're still in Tehran, and… 495 00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:39,600 Yesterday I looked up how much it costs to fly back to Hamburg. 496 00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:07,200 {\an8}And then you see these comments and news and donations. 497 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:12,800 {\an8}And there are people behind them. There are thousands of real people 498 00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:16,400 {\an8}behind us who believe in what we are doing. 499 00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:23,320 {\an8}We realize that we're part of something bigger than just a bike trip. 500 00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:26,840 {\an8}Something that you can't measure in numbers of followers 501 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,440 {\an8}or kilometers or donations. 502 00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:34,760 {\an8}We haven't arrived yet. 503 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:41,640 We're not going home. We're going to the embassy of our next destination: 504 00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:45,200 a closed-off, authoritarian state, 505 00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:48,240 with the strictest entry regulations in Central Asia. 506 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:52,200 We're writing to the government, 507 00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:54,120 explaining why we want to come here. 508 00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:56,360 Right. It has to say who we are, 509 00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:58,920 what we're doing, why we want to enter the country 510 00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,360 and which country we want to enter afterwards. 511 00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:03,200 We also have to predict exactly 512 00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:05,080 when we want to enter, 513 00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:07,720 and then we're only allowed to enter on that day. 514 00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:10,200 That's a bit… Oh well. 515 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:14,960 Hello, dear King… 516 00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:18,240 The next few days in Tehran 517 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:19,480 are a visa marathon. 518 00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,360 We also have to extend our Iranian visa 519 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,760 and go to the Chinese embassy four times 520 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:27,440 due to missing documents 521 00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:30,000 to apply for our visa there. 522 00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:36,200 After four days, we have everything together. 523 00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:43,960 But Biking Borders is not only supposed to be a biking tour. 524 00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:48,280 While the construction work for the school in Guatemala is starting, 525 00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:50,280 {\an8}we continue the fundraising campaign. 526 00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:55,440 We want to raise more awareness for the issue of education. 527 00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:01,000 {\an8}And who says we won't get enough donations 528 00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:03,040 for a second school? 529 00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:20,240 {\an8}After our crisis of purpose 530 00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,680 {\an8}and three weeks of standstill in Tehran, 531 00:57:22,760 --> 00:57:25,160 it feels good to be heading back towards Beijing. 532 00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:35,000 On the way to Turkmenistan, we once again realize how much Iran 533 00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:39,120 with its stunning landscapes and friendly people has grown on us. 534 00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:43,440 Goodbye. 535 00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:06,120 Goodbye. 536 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:08,320 Goodbye. 537 00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:11,080 Ahead lies a country 538 00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:13,840 with only 7,000 tourists a year. 539 00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:17,320 We are two of them, 540 00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:19,760 ‪and for the first time, ‪we're pressed for time. 541 00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:24,520 This is our last day in Iran, and tomorrow we have 542 00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:28,280 what I think is the biggest challenge of our whole trip: 543 00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:31,600 a five-day transit visa through Turkmenistan. 544 00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:36,000 And in those five days, we have to cycle almost 600 kilometers. 545 00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:40,720 I stepped away from Max for a little bit because I didn't want him 546 00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:43,760 to hear my doubts 547 00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:47,560 about whether or not we can do it 548 00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:51,440 because throughout this trip, we've only cycled 100 kilometers once, 549 00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:54,600 and now we're doing over 100 kilometers every day. 550 00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:58,640 Yes, even after half a year on the bike, 551 00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:00,280 100 kilometers is a lot for us. 552 00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:07,600 If we overstay our stay in Turkmenistan, 553 00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:10,160 we could be fined up to 1,000 dollars per day 554 00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:12,440 and, in the worst case, prison. 555 00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:25,280 Our tent is 2 meters from the border crossing 556 00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:30,120 so we can cycle straight across once it opens at 6 a.m. 557 00:59:32,960 --> 00:59:36,720 I must say, I am a bit tense. Well, I know we can do this 558 00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,840 if everything goes smoothly, but… 559 00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:45,720 I'm a little bit nervous. I don't think I'll be able to sleep well tonight. 560 00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:48,360 Nothing can go wrong. 561 01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:04,080 We don't know if it's a good sign or a bad sign. 562 01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:07,400 But somehow, we're the only ones who want to cross the border. 563 01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:13,920 -It's completely deserted. -Completely. 564 01:00:15,680 --> 01:00:18,400 We wait for an hour. Then we're frisked twice. 565 01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:23,240 We quickly turn the camera off again. 566 01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:26,880 ‪Our video equipment seems suspicious ‪to the border guards. 567 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:33,120 But in the end, we seem harmless enough, 568 01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:36,880 ‪so after three hours, ‪we are allowed to leave Iran 569 01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:39,200 and enter into Turkmenistan. 570 01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:45,160 {\an8}‪DAY 205 - 7,512 KM ‪TURKMEN BORDER 571 01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:54,520 We're not allowed to move around freely. Our route is predetermined by the state. 572 01:00:56,600 --> 01:01:00,920 Every 50 kilometers, we have to present our passports at military checkpoints. 573 01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:04,120 We better not film there. 574 01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:13,960 There is no free internet access in the country. But camels everywhere. 575 01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,800 Of course we're too slow. 576 01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:35,240 We've only gone 50 kilometers. We've got headwind. It'll be dark soon. 577 01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:40,480 We will definitely not make our daily target. It's already 4 p.m. 578 01:01:41,400 --> 01:01:43,520 I've got a terrible headache. 579 01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:48,240 We'll try to make up as many kilometers as we can here 580 01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:50,360 and ride until dark. 581 01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:03,320 The end of the first day. 582 01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:09,360 Eighty kilometers completed after all, and I have a feeling I'm getting sick. 583 01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:14,680 It can't be. I feel terrible. Everything hurts. 584 01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:16,560 Everything. 585 01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:25,840 When I imagine lying at home in front of the radiator in a bed, 586 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:30,360 taking medication, drinking tea and not going 100 kilometers tomorrow… 587 01:02:38,560 --> 01:02:40,320 I've come down with something. 588 01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:46,960 Severe stomach pain. It just doesn't fit into this schedule. 589 01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:52,240 We had a very restless night last night. 590 01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:56,440 Nono kept waking up, all the time. He had a fever, probably an upset stomach, 591 01:02:56,560 --> 01:03:00,440 and he already told me last night that he'd have to go to the hospital today. 592 01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:03,320 That's so unlike him, so he must be feeling really shitty. 593 01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:10,520 But the nearest hospital is in Mary, 594 01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:14,360 100 kilometers away and off the approved route. 595 01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:19,240 But I just can't go any further. 596 01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:56,280 {\an8}For those 100 kilometers, we change cars four times and it takes us nine hours 597 01:03:56,360 --> 01:03:58,400 {\an8}until we finally reach the hospital. 598 01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:02,680 The nurse speaks as much English as we do Turkmen. 599 01:04:18,040 --> 01:04:22,040 In the next few minutes, we lose control over the situation. 600 01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:26,480 Suddenly, three ladies enter the room and want to help us communicate. 601 01:04:30,600 --> 01:04:34,720 And the man in the blue bathrobe? No clue what he's doing. 602 01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:39,320 They give me some pills. What are they? I don't know. Maybe they'll help. 603 01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:46,080 15 minutes later, two gentlemen join us. Our passports. Government employees. 604 01:04:46,160 --> 01:04:50,640 Two Europeans in a Turkmen hospital - off the route - logical… 605 01:04:56,440 --> 01:05:02,200 Nono should go to another hospital. Alone. And a chaperone drives me to the hotel. 606 01:05:04,280 --> 01:05:10,560 I've been told I can't stay there. I'm in this flophouse now, and yeah… 607 01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:13,400 I don't know what Nono is doing right now. 608 01:05:13,480 --> 01:05:16,760 I'm in hospital number two now. 609 01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:21,800 I don't know why, but here, too, I'm having a nice chat with the staff. 610 01:05:33,240 --> 01:05:35,280 The result of the long day: 611 01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:41,080 An injection in the butt. And because it was so nice, another one. 612 01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:49,800 One, two! 613 01:05:57,720 --> 01:06:00,080 I let them do anything to me. 614 01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,200 They must know what they're doing. 615 01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:16,520 Just a fever, stomachache, vomiting. 616 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:23,160 Oh, man. I don't want to be in this country anymore. 617 01:06:23,240 --> 01:06:30,240 The nicest people, so helpful, but now all I associate with it is this infection. 618 01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:35,040 Somehow, we imagined it to be a little different in Turkmenistan. 619 01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:39,520 In any case, no way we can cycle anymore. 620 01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:45,600 Not with two days to spare, and certainly not with Nono. 621 01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:53,120 Truck driver Oraz takes us almost 300 kilometers. 622 01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:03,760 Even if he doesn't manage to sell us his really foul-smelling energy drink, 623 01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:06,000 we are grateful to him for giving us a ride 624 01:07:06,080 --> 01:07:09,800 and for getting to know Turkmen people outside of a hospital. 625 01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:21,960 Almost ten hours in the truck, 626 01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:26,000 and finally, we reach Turkmenabad right on the Uzbek border. 627 01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:33,280 At least we make it in time. 628 01:07:36,760 --> 01:07:40,040 ‪DAY 211 - 8,412 KM ‪TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN 629 01:07:41,240 --> 01:07:46,920 {\an8}In an international clinic in Uzbekistan, I am diagnosed with severe gastritis. 630 01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:51,360 I get antibiotics, but this time with an English translator. 631 01:07:57,120 --> 01:08:01,400 A few days of convalescence in Tashkent, and I'm fit again. 632 01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:06,360 Finally back on the bike, I'm off to the last country before China: 633 01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:07,880 ‪Kyrgyzstan. 634 01:08:22,319 --> 01:08:25,399 "A Kyrgyz's wings are his horse," they say here. 635 01:08:28,720 --> 01:08:32,439 No matter their age, in this country, anyone can ride a horse. 636 01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:46,120 We'd also like to switch to a horse every now and then. 637 01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:50,160 But even if we don't look quite as graceful on our bikes, 638 01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:52,080 we still feel exhilarated. 639 01:08:58,279 --> 01:09:02,960 It's indescribable how beautiful it is here. I'm really amazed. 640 01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:17,640 We're in nature from morning till night, avoid big cities or main roads 641 01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:21,240 and sometimes feel a bit like we're in an Indiana Jones movie. 642 01:09:38,080 --> 01:09:39,240 The last meters. 643 01:10:06,160 --> 01:10:09,560 ‪DAY 218 - 8,921 KM ‪ISSYK KUL, KYRGYZSTAN 644 01:10:16,200 --> 01:10:19,840 It got dark last night, and we showed up in front of this house and… 645 01:10:20,400 --> 01:10:24,040 without knowing who we are, what we do, where we come from, 646 01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:26,600 they invited us in, sat us down at the table. 647 01:10:27,240 --> 01:10:29,280 We were given tea and food. 648 01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:34,320 It is unbelievable how warmhearted and open the people are. 649 01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:37,280 I could never imagine doing something like this in Germany. 650 01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:41,880 But it's moments like this that really make me 651 01:10:41,960 --> 01:10:44,840 want to rethink this attitude I have at home. 652 01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:50,640 People here really live in pretty simple conditions, 653 01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:52,600 mostly off agriculture, 654 01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:55,240 and quite often without running water. 655 01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:07,280 The little boy who lives here has never ridden a bike in his life. 656 01:11:07,880 --> 01:11:11,440 I've just told him he's about to go for a ride. He's very excited. 657 01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:18,600 -Da… -Da? 658 01:12:22,720 --> 01:12:26,280 I don't think "Da" is his name. 659 01:12:32,280 --> 01:12:36,080 Two months ago, we were thinking about flying home. 660 01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:39,920 It's a good thing we didn't. 661 01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:46,400 We're sitting here 662 01:12:46,480 --> 01:12:52,480 ‪in Kyrgyzstan in the Steppe in front ‪of a yurt. We rode our bikes here, 663 01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:57,200 are close to 10,000 kilometers, we're almost in China. 664 01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:00,960 It's so crazy what has happened 665 01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:05,600 in the last seven months. 666 01:13:05,680 --> 01:13:08,560 It feels like we've been on the road for several years, 667 01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:12,640 and I'm so incredibly grateful 668 01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:17,440 for what can happen in such a relatively short time. 669 01:13:22,760 --> 01:13:27,840 That we get to do this here and experience this here is unbelievable, 670 01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:31,360 unique, and I will never forget it. 671 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:32,680 I am so grateful. 672 01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:55,640 ‪DAY 229 - 11,450 KM ‪TRAIN STATION URUMQUI, CHINA 673 01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:09,160 Absolutely surreal. 674 01:14:09,240 --> 01:14:15,800 It's just another world. It's so modern unlike the other countries. 675 01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:20,560 Turkmenistan… I can't even put the differences into words. 676 01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:26,760 Three days ago, we crossed into China, into the Xinjiang province. 677 01:14:28,320 --> 01:14:32,160 For the last three days, I've felt like a constant suspect. 678 01:14:32,240 --> 01:14:34,520 We were checked six or seven times a day. 679 01:14:34,600 --> 01:14:37,960 We had to empty our bags every time. 680 01:14:38,520 --> 01:14:43,320 We were questioned, had to sign things, had no idea what was going on and… 681 01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:47,560 It's really so stressful, so exhausting. 682 01:14:49,440 --> 01:14:53,000 In the autonomous Xinjiang province, there is total surveillance. 683 01:14:53,080 --> 01:14:56,840 Even in restaurants or supermarkets, our passports are checked. 684 01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:01,040 There is virtually no freedom of movement. 685 01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:05,720 ‪We therefore decide ‪to cross the region by train. 686 01:15:16,720 --> 01:15:20,360 -Are you really drinking that? -I'm hungry. 687 01:15:23,560 --> 01:15:26,560 It feels weird being cooped up for 30 hours. 688 01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:31,960 Who'd have thought we'd be so happy to be back on the bike? 689 01:15:35,480 --> 01:15:36,920 Now we're off to Beijing. 690 01:16:14,440 --> 01:16:18,960 The wings of a Chinese man apparently are his electric scooter. 691 01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:26,280 Merge somehow and go with the flow. 692 01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:43,520 Where one city ends, the next begins. Goodbye, nature. 693 01:16:45,040 --> 01:16:49,800 But the streets are full of life - basically a free cultural program. 694 01:17:07,680 --> 01:17:09,760 The way he does it is so crazy. 695 01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:13,120 Can I have a go? 696 01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:23,240 I don't think you're qualified for this. 697 01:18:16,160 --> 01:18:18,720 In no other country have we seen so blatantly 698 01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:20,920 how tradition meets modernity. 699 01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:27,840 China is somehow, in every respect, a complete cultural sensory overload. 700 01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:36,920 After nine months, we got used to spending 701 01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:38,760 every day in the saddle. 702 01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:41,840 Nevertheless, we are just happy 703 01:18:42,720 --> 01:18:44,200 when it finally arrives: 704 01:18:46,120 --> 01:18:47,880 The last day on the bike. 705 01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:50,600 The last day! 706 01:18:50,680 --> 01:18:51,680 The last one! 707 01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:55,920 {\an8}‪DAY 246 - 15,239 KM ‪CLOSE TO BEIJING 708 01:19:02,200 --> 01:19:03,160 Sixty-two to go. 709 01:19:05,120 --> 01:19:06,920 -Crazy. -So crazy! 710 01:19:21,200 --> 01:19:22,560 Exactly 10 kilometers left. 711 01:19:26,120 --> 01:19:28,080 In your head, you have to go through 712 01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:34,320 everything that's happened up to this very moment. 713 01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:36,040 I've just done that. 714 01:20:23,440 --> 01:20:24,920 They're all greeting us. 715 01:20:40,640 --> 01:20:46,200 ‪TIANANMEN SQUARE, BEIJING 716 01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:09,640 After 246 days, we arrive in Beijing. 717 01:21:11,960 --> 01:21:15,120 We did not go the whole 15,000 km by bike, 718 01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:17,240 but we don't care. 719 01:21:18,680 --> 01:21:23,400 We were, are and will remain, two not particularly ambitious cyclists. 720 01:21:25,240 --> 01:21:27,920 Our bike tour ends in Beijing. 721 01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:32,160 But as I said, 722 01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:36,600 ‪Beijing was never the destination. 723 01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:53,560 {\an8}‪30 HOURS LATER 724 01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:55,720 {\an8}While we were still on the bike, 725 01:21:55,840 --> 01:22:00,520 a more important journey began on the other side of the globe. 726 01:22:08,160 --> 01:22:10,160 PARAJE XOLJOC SCHOOL 727 01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:15,120 It is only in Paraje Xoljoc, a village in Guatemala, that we understand 728 01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:18,800 what our idea has turned into in the last nine months. 729 01:23:04,520 --> 01:23:08,240 Let's hear it for the third graders! 730 01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:28,520 Welcome to the school. 731 01:23:29,240 --> 01:23:32,320 My name is Vaillan Antonio Ritanopez. 732 01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:35,440 I'm here to speak for our primary school. 733 01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:38,400 Thank you, Nono. 734 01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:40,360 Thank you, Max. 735 01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:43,360 For our school. 736 01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:02,120 137 children 737 01:24:02,320 --> 01:24:06,040 can now attend a proper elementary school thanks to the donation money 738 01:24:06,120 --> 01:24:10,720 and now enjoy the education that we often take for granted. 739 01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:29,960 In Guatemala, it is the custom 740 01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:34,040 for the children to hide their dreams for the future at the construction site. 741 01:24:34,840 --> 01:24:38,800 Their goals are, so to speak, the foundation for the new school. 742 01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:45,040 The question is, wasn't that exactly our goal in the end? 743 01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:48,440 I believe that a goal is never about 744 01:24:48,520 --> 01:24:53,040 something definitive like Beijing or a fundraising amount. 745 01:24:54,240 --> 01:24:58,120 It's just a step that paves the way for the next step… 746 01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:02,200 for you or for someone else. 747 01:25:03,240 --> 01:25:05,360 And the path on which you take those steps 748 01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:07,320 is best walked 749 01:25:07,760 --> 01:25:08,800 together. 750 01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:19,280 ‪THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE ‪THE BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL POSSIBLE 751 01:25:20,080 --> 01:25:23,000 AFTER THE TRIP, WE REACHED 100,000 EUROS IN DONATIONS 752 01:25:23,080 --> 01:25:26,280 ‪IN THE MEANTIME, A SECOND SCHOOL ‪HAS BEEN BUILT IN GUATEMALA 753 01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:32,440 ‪PENCILS OF PROMISE WILL SUPPORT ‪BOTH SCHOOLS FOR TEN YEARS 754 01:25:32,520 --> 01:25:38,360 ‪THE DONATION PAGE IS STILL RUNNING ‪AT BIKINGBORDERS.COM 755 01:29:07,320 --> 01:29:10,320 ‪Subtitle translation by: Evelyn Towne