Route #2
Hi
We rode the Quetta - Lorali - DG Khan - Multan route 18 months ago. The road as follows:
Quetta - Lorali: the road was fine (tarmac), very stunning in places and the people (inc police) were very nice. We stayed in Ziarat for 2 nights behind a goverment hostel and apart from the police making us fill in a logbook, the town was safe.
Lorali - DG Khan: according to the locals, there are disputes between towns as to who is responsible financially for the new road, hence the bad conditions. There are very short stretches of tarmac but generally the road is gravel (sometimes fine/ sometimes larger gravel). Theres also areas of sand that can be deep in places. The bridges have been blown out so river crossings are frequent (I think the deepest one we did was 0.5 m but mostly less than this). We came across a town beginning with R that we camped in the Army officers mess - again they were great and provided our own chef and doctor!
The next part was under construction when we were there, but it is a winding mountain road with terrible surface to ride on.
DG Khan - Multan: Welcome tarmac all the way but picked up by police escort who in fairness were very good to us and no trouble finding hotel in Multan.
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