As most of you know, I spent last fall driving all the way to Kyrgyzstan in my old Land Rover
Defender.
After that I made it back home and spent almost all winter for driven hunts, Germany.
Had a lot of fun, shot a lot of animals but I missed you guys down here.
In December I went back to Kyrgyzstan and I had, actually, a very nice experience because
I got the opportunity to invite a girl or she grabbed the opportunity to grab me for
the trip to Kyrgyzstan because we had an appointment with an eagle hunter.
It took me almost fifty days to drive to Kyrgyzstan from Denmark.
Testing the Land Rover and my nerves.
The ice melts fast here and I have to be careful crossing terrain like this but what a stunning
place.
It's pretty here!
One word, Power!
My new friend Rags is used to adventures.
She was a professional hunter in South Africa for nearly three years and has had to manage
dangerous game as well as ferocious clients in South Africa.
Africa you got to be aware and you didn't have to be that in Kyrgyzstan and the people
are just so friendly.
They were happy to see you and even if you didn't understand the language you could speak
to them in body language.
Yes, they just invited you if it was just for vodka or food or whatever they were just
happy that you were there and you liked their country.
On this trip we are facing unfamiliar challenges every day and this hunting trip is going to
be one of them.
Rags has never flown a bird and it's a special honour.
Women don't hunt here, men do.
We are really lucky.
Normally Kadar doesn't normally take visitors hunting.
He tells us that he competes in the national championships every year where they hunt for
wolves and foxes.
He's won a lot of medals but today he is going to show us how to hunt for rabbits and hares
and maybe if we're lucky and see a fox we'll try and get that one as well.
Carter throws stones down the cliff to scare away the foxes.
He has to protect the eagle, if it makes a kill.
I'm going to take the hat off and let him do his job.
Catch your rabbit down there.
Kadar took his bird from the nest and reared it by hand.
It's a vital part of the family.
I happen to have a fox caller in my pocket and Kadar has never seen or heard anything
like this before.
It could have introduced a whole new style of hunting to this region.
It's such a great experience to meet the family back home and to eat with them.
Nothing is wasted, everything is used.
The youngest child seems to have quite an appetite.
Kadar hunts several times a week to feed the family but most of all to protect his sheep.
Rags and I hope to bring you much more of our adventures in the coming month but Kyrgyzstan
will take some beating.
And that is one of the reasons why I decided to take and even bigger journey now.
The plan is now leaving Scandinavia now in a few weeks and we will be driving from Scandinavia
all the way through Russia again into Kazakhstan and this time we will take Mongolia as well
and we will try to see if we can make it to Kamchatka and from there we want to get the
car ship and even go to Alaska and drive from Alaska all the way to New York but much more
about that later.