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on a frozen road traveling through the high plateaus of kyrgyzstan a small truck is on the move. in these extreme conditions the truck is beginning a long journey to deliver mandarin oranges to remote villages. the fruit is highly prized as a symbol of good fortune in neighboring tajikistan. but to get to the villages the drivers must risk their lives on a dangerous road. located in the

heart of central asia. is kurdistan 2nd largest city. after nightfall to drivers stock up on supplies. they bought expensive chinese mandarins from a local trader and hope to sell them for a small profit in neighboring town has done. the truck is loaded with cases full of the fruit. of. the drivers wrap the mandarins in a blanket to protect them from the cold. they chop off their load with a few sheets of plywood. the loading completed they head off into the night. so what. you should you sure do sure. is the driver and

mechanic who won the senior of the 2 companies. they pray for a safe journey ahead but their own us albert you take up. wish i love that and then of course their leisure. was rushing work that low blood. pressure up and down the. outside it's minus 20 degrees and not much warmer inside where the heating is not working. now when there are the months not so much salt tether that. are developing are not that young mother caught like the wind that far off. of 9 will not gone up. all the time. a daybreak on koa arrived in a small town. oh

yeah that it was a good good good bit of. difficulty. there. again let it fall thought a ha ha ha ha all the furthest . back on the road again the weather takes a turn for the worse. the icy conditions have stopped the heavy of vehicles in that truck. the last sunday luck. love love love love. love love love. love know.

how did it all to. come out and all. in a blizzard 3600 meters vehicles with lights a load stand a better a child's. death. a whole from far off. at minus 30 degrees the road is an ice rink the truckers must cope as best they can.

get screened though i'm. sure they can make a joke. that no truck with chocolate. in his little truck takes a chance and manages to push through. further on they stopped to help a driver whose vehicle has broken down. just one of them in charge. of a move over one program for a group of. kids going to look at this. album

just just. as it did those up because of. what was the color of color that it gives a good job of that could get the date. the indestructible soviet 4 wheel drive saves the day. the temperature drops still further at night and their guest is worried. that. in john marshall the. last. mark listening to the buffalo. listen. what's up for.

them because marko jaric i have hope in the last days guitar he could fulfill all much of that almost gets get him off along it's got a lot. of breakdown in these conditions could mean death. without heating the interior windscreen is seen covered with ice and do show combat see the road which is edged by a precipice. the temperature is now minus $37.00 degrees. c. . desperate measures are called for and an old blowtorch serves as a de icing device on almost. 50 feet. just can't be just. one of those for the.

fire against ice. within a few kilometers the ice is back. freezing and tired the 3 finally seek shelter. somewhere. that they're. going to cook but. there's a puter want to do. that at. loss due shot has little choice but to move on.

skirting the abyss and with the frequent use of the blowtorch the men finally reach an isolated farmhouse. the welcome is glacial. inside it's about 10 degrees.

next morning cohen makes do with a little cold water. runs the blowtorch over the truck's frigid underbelly. but the engine is too cold to stocked. up on love love love love love love love. love love. love me all. the radiation needs refilling. the water was removed the night before to stop it from freezing. through clear of those. hollows was

a lot of those social issues as you must know. the. rich get the comforts. the old truck rattles off towards the kizil opt to paths. 4280 feet. old john told love love love love love love you thought it did get us much. good.

in the ravine below lie the remains of a truck that attempted the same crossing. one and 2 shot into the wind swept pommy a mountain. that's got a. lot. of skin if that was in it with. the. feet. you. just joke joke

joke. joke joke joke. 6 but the. truth. just. like the mother heads. high church dinner. looks if i can get it does get child why doesn't like joel does it pose market well there was a finish that. at this altitude with limited oxygen the motor can't function but the men are prepared both of them began to go must go communicate with. him just. as now

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us is enough to go bust or plan well there must. now ok. after an hour they've reached their objective the kizil are to pass one of only 2 crossing points between kyrgyzstan and tragic histone. most drivers would avoid risking this passage. says i hear you've got. a mother who took care of us there will. be strong enough but they're out of. luck i can't walk left alone like. a lot. talk clock. it's minus 30 degrees and the customs officers are too cold to leave their offices

. and co i finally make it to tag the start. at this point their lives are at the mercy of the truck's old brakes. on this. watch metropolis. boarding was up just. for doing there should be a few samples to see that was done by the judge in the lead to another woman poet warming. fish.

after 2 days cohen. finally make it to the desert that leads to maga the city. and the. intense heat he's done lenin still holds a place of honor earnings in this former soviet republic average less than $75.00 u.s. dollars a month. from . home or book and i would love the.

old series did you. enjoy the hell out of all the fun no fun but enough to shoot you sure. as all the online. edition up front i did get this is only. traditionally come a scene koga stand is a family affair. each member has a part to play cohen's mother will sell the mandarins. package 0 dollars a piece. might i'm kind of back we're going to start. in construction materials are too expensive so trade is set up shop in contains.

the mandarins have finally made it but we've meager earnings people are in no rush to buy. him chop off the bottom. can do their own. land are not. just the kids and the time that i have the show to be. up on how not enjoy a. concert. in the past 25 years or to remember that a book commune. or natural of his mom by kinda on the bus stops to talk. to you do keep it from the last. care you make it. i would argue it will be thinking.

like a gift if it. doesn't work for you do you think you should. contact . this. in our coverage and she. will go. through this to her. from i don't know but i have. one kilo of mine during the school will adorn this traditional touchy feelie. the celebration of a birth. families and in-laws will dip into their savings for these enormous feasts. the fact.

that not enough. one of these bishops i asked for might get him some are not being deployed to others could have. a. hard. time why are hard 7. to believe the credits are the poem of the movie called. next comes the moment the children have all been waiting for the blessing with sweets to bring prosperity for the baby and her parents. are. just not the other must. know monsieur on the hour

out. finally it's time for the mandarin which are meant to bring the child a happy life. after the meal as an offering family and friends share the food. but. that's not. the book club that. sought to show you. you were never going to live. but. after a long journey one feast with his family. he and do show risked their lives to transport mandarins for festivities like be.

a little warm with a few simple pleasures will give cohen strength for his next journey. business leaders just want to buy no brass paul.

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