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Kara and Nate's Caspian crossing starts with tickets and ramen

Their Mongol Rally ferry episode has passed 1.5 million views, with Rick and Bec among the group trying to reach Turkmenistan.

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78 Hour Ferry Disaster on the Caspian Sea (Mongol Rally Ep. 8)

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2:12Nate explains the planned Caspian crossing from Alat, Azerbaijan, to Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan.
7:00Nate and Rick search several offices for passenger and vehicle tickets, receiving conflicting instructions.
12:38Rick and Nate secure tickets and documents, though departure timing remains uncertain.
18:31After five hours at the port, the group prepares ramen and investigates a waiting room with loungers.

Buying a ferry ticket becomes its own expedition for Kara and Nate. At Alat's port in Azerbaijan, Nate and Rick move between offices, trying to establish which cargo ferry is loading, where to pay and when it might actually leave. Rick's assessment is admirably concise: "I honestly have no idea."

There were no new uploads this week, but "78 Hour Ferry Disaster on the Caspian Sea (Mongol Rally Ep. 8)" remains the channel's busiest video. The August-filmed journey takes the group toward Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan, with their school bus along for the crossing. Before they even get aboard, five hours of waiting have turned the port into a campsite: out comes the ramen, and a waiting room's loungers become worth investigating.

The episode has reached roughly 1.5 million views and is drawing several times the daily audience of the preceding installment, "Stuck Between Russia & Iran (Mongol Rally Ep. 7)." That chapter and "72 Hours in Turkey! (Mongol Rally Ep. 6)" complete the channel's busiest trio, keeping the same overland journey at the center of viewing.

Across the catalog, Kara and Nate added about 1.7 million views over seven days, while subscribers held steady. Daily viewing is below its usual pace. Elsewhere in travel, Itchy Boots and Abroad in Japan are enjoying above-usual daily audiences; bald and bankrupt is having a slower spell.

For Kara and Nate, the practical destination in this episode is a ferry. Getting through the ticket offices is already enough of an adventure.

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