Day 104 – 19th July 2014 KKH (Karakoram Highway) Besham
As I loaded the bike I was told there had been a landslide blocking the road 3 or 4 hours away which was half way towards our destination. Heiko arrived late for breakfast and told us he has a fever so the decision to stay here today was easy. I sneaked passed the policeman and […]
Day 103 – 18th July 2014 leave 9.30am altitude 650metres Islamabad – Besham, KKH (Karakoram Highway)
Pakistan bureaucracy is too much to take so, stuff the system! We headed off without the NOC or the authorities knowing and rode north towards the KKH (Karakoram Highway), after about an hour we arrived at the start and for a further 3 hours we rode free before the police caught us up and said […]
Day 102 – 17th July 2014 Islamabad
As Islamabad is so dull the picture is of me in Balochistan running away from the Shia Pilgrims who are just passing in the middle of the desert – Ha Ha – ref: Day 88 blog. The Monsoon arrived today. Luckily I was in a posh American restaurant having breakfast in the Diplomatic Enclave when […]
Day 101 – 16th July 2014 Islamabad
It rained last night! That’s the first clouds and rain for months. We arrived at the Ministry of Interior a few minutes to 10 and Mr Ghulam Muhammad, the Deputy Minister of Interior asked us a few basic questions, where are you from etc. for the next hour he spoke about Islam. He is passionate […]
Day 100 – 15th July 2014 Islamabad
As I’ve been on the road 100 days I thought I would answer some of the questions I’ve been asked; Distance travelled – 11,500 miles / 18,500 Km Total countries – 20 Camera – All photos taken with Apple iPhone 4S Dakar (bike) been great – 1 service, 1 new set of tyres, the bespoke […]
Day 99 – 14th July 2014 leave 5.30am Miles rode 202 lahore – Islamabad
Up at 4.30am as Thomas, Agata and I are riding to Islamabad today. I didn’t sleep that well and although the ride wasn’t as hot I couldn’t get into the day, it wasn’t the best journey although we rode into the country and saw a great fort. We arrived Islamabad at 11am and I had […]
Day 98 – 13th July 2014 lahore
Heiko’s friend gave us a tour of some of lahore, there is so much grand British architecture here, we went to ‘Lahore Museum’ which is largest museum in this part of Asia, fascinating. Again it was so hot but we had the luxury of a car with AC. We went Heiko’s friends house and again […]
Day 97 – 12th July 2014 lahore
3 cold showers before midday. I can’t start to tell you how hot it is here! This means staying in the hostel all day and when the electricity works inside with AC. We went out to a village and a lovely farm, I didn’t see any cannabis growing anywhere… In the evening we went to […]
Day 96 – 11th July 2014 leave 7.30am Miles rode 220 Multan – lahore
And relax. I went for a curry last night and I was happy it was so cheap, 70pence. I spent the night on the toilet and wasn’t looking forward to the ride into lahore. Defiant Dan – We all agreed to try and get rid of the police today so we thought we would leave […]
Day 95 – 10th July 2014 leave 9am Miles rode 185 Rahimyar Khan – Multan
Again armed guards all day. As I ride I think about why the authorities believe guards are necessary, either there really is danger in the whole of Pakistan and it is necessary or there is something about the three of us that means they feel we need guards? I find the messages about our safety […]
Day 94 – 9th July 2014 leave 10am Miles rode 128 Sukkur – Rahimyar Khan
I did a ‘Dan’ today! I left the hotel this morning to try and get cash from an ATM without success and upon my return the police were there and insisted they guide us out of the city. I wasn’t happy about this at all and assumed the hotel owner informed them we were there! […]
Day 93 – 8th July 2014 leave 7.30am Miles rode 246 Quetta – Sukkur
I’ve made it safely across Balochistan. The armed police escort and I left at 7.30am and it took 30 minutes to get out of the city and they were possibly the best 30 minutes of my journey so far. The city was awake and like every other city in the world on a Tuesday everyone […]
