Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Charley Boorman on the Road of Bones. Nicknamed for the Gulag prisoners who died building the route through Siberia to get to a remote mine. Deep gravel, brutal weather, mosquitos so thick they stopped you in your tracks. Lake Baikal, the Buryat shaman, jumping the trans-Siberian train with the bikes. This is the Long Way Round stretch that humbled everyone on it.

0:00 Mongolia to Russia to Lake Baikal
2:00 The Shaman Lady of Buryatia
4:00 Jumping the Trans-Siberian with the Bikes
6:00 The Road of Bones and Its Gulag History
12:00 The Kids Who Grew Up Watching Long Way Round

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