Archive for the 'Pakistan' Category

Meeting friendly Pakistani’s in Quetta

Monday, November 26th, 2007
Fruit vendor in Quetta (click to enlarge)

Travel Journal Overview:I found Quetta a great place to find out how Pakistan was. It’s not the most exciting city in the world, but it does have nice people, and good food. I forced myself to sleep until 10am & woke up feeling good. I met the hotel manager over breakfast and we talked …

Emergency Rule in Quetta Pakistan

Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Downtown Quetta (click to enlarge)

Travel Journal Overview: I truly enjoyed my introduction to Pakistan. Travel is after all not meant to be a smooth ride, otherwise there is not point. Pakistan during Emergency rule, fun and games, but with 50 + hours of no seep I was struggling. Arriving into Quetta, Pakistan After some confusion with the Rickshaw driver… Continue reading more »

The border crossing from Iran to Pakistan

Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Mosque in Yazd - Many Mosques in Iran are incredibly bright in color from the outside (click to enlarge)

Travel Journal Overview: Please remember these are my journal entries. I have a separate dedicated page on how to cross from Iran to Pakistan overland that is more useful than this journal entry for practical advise. Destination Zahedan I had taken the 5pm Bus, scheduled to arrive at 7am at Zahedan. I chose to go direct from Yazd as… Continue reading more »