Through the Hunger Steppe to China and Pakistan

S1 E2: After finally arriving in Kazakhstan, Erik and Alain take on the endless pothole-ridden slopes of the notorious Hunger Steppe. Not even a complicated breakdown can stop these two for long. They learn what true happiness means from Kyrgyz nomads, and before entering Pakistan via the world's highest border crossing, China shows the two adventurers its less congenial side.