Quetta, Pakistan
I Crossed the border between Iran and Pakistan in the morning of 25 of Augustus. On
the 24 of Augustus I took a 14 hours night bus from Yaazd to Zehadan.
Zehadan is near the border with Pakistan from there a took a shared
taxi to the border. I crossed the border around 9:30 AM. The border is
not realy a very modern place, passport control in Pakistan is in a
little building looking like "shitty" building. Welcome to Pakistan.
The people were very friendly and helped me on the way. After the border I had to wait 2 hours for the next bus to Quetta. In the bus I met Choi Jae-hoon. A Korean who I met in Esfahan in Amir Kabir Hostel.
The bus Quetta left at 12:30 in the afternoon. The road to
Quetta is very small and very bumpy. I mean very very bumpy. The road
crossed a big desert and in between there is nothing but sand and
stones, part of the crossing was throught a sand storm. Luckely the
sand storm did not last long. At around 4 am we arrived in Quetta. Because Quetta is not very safe at 4 am we stayed at moslim shrine/mosque with guards
with guns. They allowed us to sleep at the roof near the entrance of the mosque. At
6 am we were asked to leave.
I stay now at Azad Muslim Hotel. In this hotel I also met Ryuta I met him in Esfahan in the Amir kabit hotel. We shared a room.
Quetta is a very dusty frontier town, but it has something.
Tomorrow in the afternoon I will take the train to Rawalpindi and then
on to Gilgit. The train takes about 29 hours. Just imagine 29 hours to cross the country from west to east.
Meinoud Rijnen
http://www.rijnentravel.blogspot.com
India overland by bus and train
the 24 of Augustus I took a 14 hours night bus from Yaazd to Zehadan.
Zehadan is near the border with Pakistan from there a took a shared
taxi to the border. I crossed the border around 9:30 AM. The border is
not realy a very modern place, passport control in Pakistan is in a
little building looking like "shitty" building. Welcome to Pakistan.
The people were very friendly and helped me on the way. After the border I had to wait 2 hours for the next bus to Quetta. In the bus I met Choi Jae-hoon. A Korean who I met in Esfahan in Amir Kabir Hostel.
The bus Quetta left at 12:30 in the afternoon. The road to
Quetta is very small and very bumpy. I mean very very bumpy. The road
crossed a big desert and in between there is nothing but sand and
stones, part of the crossing was throught a sand storm. Luckely the
sand storm did not last long. At around 4 am we arrived in Quetta. Because Quetta is not very safe at 4 am we stayed at moslim shrine/mosque with guards
with guns. They allowed us to sleep at the roof near the entrance of the mosque. At
6 am we were asked to leave.
I stay now at Azad Muslim Hotel. In this hotel I also met Ryuta I met him in Esfahan in the Amir kabit hotel. We shared a room.
Quetta is a very dusty frontier town, but it has something.
Tomorrow in the afternoon I will take the train to Rawalpindi and then
on to Gilgit. The train takes about 29 hours. Just imagine 29 hours to cross the country from west to east.
Meinoud Rijnen
http://www.rijnentravel.blogspot.com
India overland by bus and train
posted by Meinoud at 9:48 AM
1 Comments:
Ha die Meinoud,
Zo af en toe dan kijk ik eens naar de stand van zaken inzake je reis overland naar India. het schiet al lekker op. Pakistan klinkt als dicht bij India. Maar dan heb ik natuurlijk de Nederlandse afstanden op mijn netvlies staan. Dus nog een goede tocht door Pakiland en c u in India.
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