Dec 18, 2010 | Asia, Blog, India, South Asia |
INDIA Part 2 Rajasthan 10th December 2010 We leave Agra early to start our journey to Pushkar. The road is quiet and feels more like a country road in England, flanked by green fields and small villages. The road seems to be smaller than the national highway we...
Dec 9, 2010 | Asia, Blog, India, South Asia |
INDIA Part 1 – The North Amritsar The road past the border is smooth and surprisingly quiet. We stop at the Grand Hotel, a basic but relatively cheap hotel. Since Martin had not had any beer since leaving China about a month ago, we decide to sit in the garden...
Dec 4, 2010 | Asia, Blog, Pakistan, South Asia |
Islamabad to Waga 22nd November It is a 70 mile journey from Abbottobad. In 1961 the capital was moved from Karachi to Islamabad. We arrive in Islamabad and on our way into town we stop at Toyota to book the car in for a service and to diagnose the intermittent gear...
Nov 28, 2010 | Asia, Blog, Pakistan, South Asia |
PAKISTAN – Hunza to Islamabad 10th November We wake up early to leave the Eagles Nest and start our 110km journey to Gilgit, leaving the Hunza valley behind us. We pass lots of Chinese workers on some very uneven roads. As we drive down the road a man frantically...
Nov 9, 2010 | Asia, Blog, Pakistan, South Asia |
PAKISTAN – Karakoram Highway (KKH) Sost to Gilgit 7th November We cross the Khunjerab Pass at a height of 4700 metres, crossing from China to Pakistan. We feel relieved to have made it this far but are apprehensive about the next 84km before we reach the main...
Nov 3, 2010 | Asia, Blog, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan |
KYRGYZSTAN Within two minutes of being in the country we are flagged down by a policeman. He asks Martin to follow him to his car where he pulls out a piece of paper with Russian-English translations on it. The most important one according to him is ‘You must pay a...
