May 21st - Arslanbob

Today, 200km to ride ! and the second spot to stop by on our list is : Arslanbob.

Its a cute little village at the bottom of the the forest, with nice waterfalls....

We also have to leave the M41 and make a 100km detour to visit this village.

The road until the village was very bumpy and not comfortable at all.Our bikes did not like it...

We managed to reach the village but impossible to get closer to the mountain...Even a  Porsche Cayenne will not make the Job :). So we found a Russian 4x4...Super old, super rustic, super slow but can climb every where. Our driver drove us until his 4x4 stoped (overheating sir !) We walked until the water fall and have some refreshment.. glaglagla super , mega, giga cold but refreshing. Its good for blood circulation, right ??

Arslanbob is a village and a large wild walnut forest in the Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan's first known export to Europe is the Arslanbob walnut.

Talking about Walnut Trees, we just realized we did not saw a single one...We just completely forgot about this...Maybe too much focus on the 4x4 experience and terrific scenary.

Anyway, tomorrow we will buy some Arslanbob walnut for sure and taste it for you.

Everything was doing well on the way down...We targeted to sleep in Jalad- Abad to rest in a decent hotel with shower and internet to update the blog.

Recently we were on the road, sleeping outside and without any internet access. 

We were driving in the town and suddenly the Benelli started to make some strange noise at each bump. 

I may know the problem ! And i also have the spare part, so hopefully it is the problem i am expecting. 

That`s a Benelli sickness and i know this will happen to mine. But no idea when and after how many KMs...Anyway, the extra weight on the back makes the tube and the screws under stress and it broke...

The main problem is when it broke it also damage the fuel tank and i have a some leakage now ! So tomorrow our 1st mission is to find a garage and try to weld the crack...