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Traveling through Pakistan (Iran > Pakistan > India)
Hi
I am currently planning a trip from Denmark to India through Pakistan. I have found a lot of different information and advice scattered across many forum threads and blogs. In this thread I will try to gather it and ask for the missing pieces of information.
Visa:
Should be obtained from home. Important not to mention travelling over land. Instead you should say that you are flying in and out of Lahore if asked ( source).
Route:
It seems like the only Iran-Pakistani boarder-crossing is Taftan? And you should avoid the roads between Quetta and Multan. So the route most people take is:
Zahedan - Taftan - Quetta (police escort, bring food and water)
Quetta - Sukkur - Multan - Lahore
This post has a lot of good info about the route and places to stay alog the way through Pakistan.
The article suggests that new border openings might be on the way.
Petrol, food, water:
According to this page on WikiTravel “You have to take food and water with you for 2 days. There is no shop and no restaurant before Quetta, 700 km across the desert.”
Also this post tells about to stock up on food, water and petrol for the long escort from Zahedan to Quetta. And bring dollars, but make sure to have both dollars and rupees.
A few more questions:- Any updates on the safety situation?
- Are there anything we should think of when travelling a boy and a girl together? Should we maybe get a fake wedding ring? Or don't they care?
- Some people mention camping at checkpoints, customs office, police stations. I guess the police tells you where to stay all the way to Quetta? After that, is it safe to camp, or should you stay at hotels?
- Is it a problem arriving during Ramadan? Being somewhere in the east of Pakistan when the Ramadan ends could be fun, or are there anything I should look out for?
- This thread discusses how to get your car (in this case) or motercycle back home. My plan was originally to give it away to a kind family or something, but is this completely out of the question?
Blogs about passing through Pakistan:
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