Prises de vues et réalisation:
Elvira Askarova, Christian Van den Ackerveken
Voix off: Annick-Marie Bouchard
Montage et sonorisation: Philippe Bertrand
It’s in the Pyrenean mountains that the path of a Kyrgyz cyclist crosses that of a tall blond Belgian man a cyclist – as we say here it’s a Belgian funny story she is Elvira he is Christian for many years their heart swings from his country to hers they will connect them
On a tandem I have pain here I have pain there it’s already quite true for us we welcome the innovative idea of electric bikes on the Sun trip our 15 year old tandem is equipped with electrical assistance and a good battery on the trailer we attach the solar panels as in
The steps there are no electric plugs our solar tendon was born we became members of a great nomadic family the penny farthing writes the first pages of the book towards people in country In France it’s raining just as in Belgium the Sun reappears in the Rhone River Valley the French people keep on impressing us with their warm welcome A storm over the Borgia Lake marks the beginning of our relation to the sonship family the son Tripp a world-first a solar bike rally from France to Kazakhstan with a free course between a departure and an arrival point each team has total autonomy we are 31 participants from 7 different countries
Our Belgium Kurdistan team is not racing but focusing on discovery gogo always beyond higher in the French Alps Italy is will coming us with fresh snow walls seven meters high biodegradable the Po River Valley is under crushing heat with 47 Celsius degrees Mountains in all their glory make us forget our suffering We seek refuge in the Dolomites mountains where we breath fresh air and the warmth Italian thus fatality Austria leads us delicately to the Slavic countries [Applause] Croatia is organizing feasts and parties to mark their entry in the European Union Surprise Silva a visually impaired son tripper is joining us here we bring together our technical and physical capacities to write together sharing a lot of fun honey and watermelons our our steffel welcome to Romania a sentence hurt each time we met someone in this country the danube river seduces us with
His narrow waist between the cliffs under the mindful eyes of the sibylla’s king of Dasia he gave his name to a well known romanian car The step starts to appear although we’re not yet in Central Asia here are the people of the Romanians Our attendance suffered a lot we decide to revamp it and here is the Delta of the numa River in Ukraine Under the watchful eye of Lenin the architects church grows with some toothless Regarding the road and they’re maintaining well that’s something else In order to repair our trailer we end up in the Colin Ella’s office The witnesses of medieval and modern wars are present On the road thanks to the work of men and women on the land and on the sea we are fed abundant and delicious food Russian army officer Frenchman Davila ordered to build the harbor in Odessa the black the equivalent of Marseilles ukrainian cyclists learned about the sun trip on the internet they mobilized to welcome the participants going through their town Elvira can now speak Russian and the conversations never end where are you going where are you coming from who are you why how questions and answers from all sides The great Russia is opening its doors to us at the 11th border of our trip it’s the first time we must show our visa we’re baffled by the modernism and dynamism of rostov-on-don The local market on the road to the steps we are arriving in southern Russia in Kalmykia is former nomad nation descents from Mongols and are the only European people of Buddhist faith in a lambic distillates fermented milk to produce alcohol in elisa the capital we
Feel like we are in Tibet but the second world war monument reminds us that we are in Russia our path crosses that of a brilliant Quebec was iniquity only solo woman under Sun trip we write together for a while touch with joy We are a total awe with the art of recycling The winds can be both our best friends and our worst enemies hey there are you still there my ayran horse a salted lake tells us that we are near the famous Volga the Russian River In a second the people mirrored agreat tumultuous history of the city here we find a host for our tendon The delta of the volga is covered with lotus flowers during the Great Famine of the World War two people survived eating their seeds a Miracle in the shores the wreck institutions of the former Mongol capital built by Jesse James’s Cam’s grandson A young Russian couple takes part and couchsurfing they found resourceful ways to resolve our batteries electronic failure Kazakhstan the country where horses run free with camels and under the Eagles from the soil houses spurt out using low energy and filled with joyful kids Rain is rare here but paints the step with bright colors the Magnificent explosion of colors follows but mosquitoes make our daily life hell an unusual sight in the steppes dust a beautiful Kazakh wedding We are very tired but gain strength by drinking fermented camel milk mommy is finishing daddy’s new garage We carry on our Road at our own rhythm the distance grows between villages The hora River is a geographical border between Europe and Asia we are now in Central Asia cold came from Siberia We must find a covered shelter it’s sometimes hard But the warm hospitality and the kindness of locals fill our hearts Thanks to our GPS beacon and the Sun trip website people can follow our trip live from the start Oil is the country’s main source of wealth and improves quickly the lifestyle and economy In northern Kazakhstan the land contains almost all of Middle Ages table of elements and life is organized around open air lines September is the hunting and the harvest season everybody gives a hand Go go in the flower steps beautiful capital Astana awaits we arrive in the central plaza another miracle a wedding on bikes the newlyweds see us as a good omen seeing a tandem couple who survived such a trip our solar tendon is a lucky charm we are the oldest Crescent in the finish
Line and we are proud to bring to an end the beautiful story of the century even the Ambassador came to greet us have you seen where they have been all that yeah solver tandem flowing [Applause] You You
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