Day 107 – 22nd July 2014 altitude 2,800 metres (KKH) Karimiabad
I wanted to wake at 4.30am to see sunrise but slept through the alarm. I woke at 8am and went straight to the balcony and just sat and marvelled at the amazing view. At midday I was sitting on the balcony feeling the baking sun whilst looking over the beautiful Hunza Valley with snow on […]
Day 106 – 21st July 2014 leave 8.45am altitude 2,800 metres (KKH) Chilas – Karimiabad
The last several thousand Km have shaken my bike so much my GB letters on the back of the bike have fallen off. The G went first, maybe the Great in GB went many years ago? I had the best days riding of my life today. Off road riding with rocks, sand etc then later […]
Day 105 – 20th July 2014 leave 8.15am altitude 1,100 metres (KKH) Besham – Chilas
As we were about to leave the policemen said ‘which bike am I riding on the back of?’ I said ‘none’ and a few minutes later we rode off leaving him there. I’m riding the KKH, a dream come true. After years of reading about other overlanders experiences of riding it I’m doing it myself […]
Day 104 – 19th July 2014 KKH (Karakoram Highway) Besham
As I loaded the bike I was told there had been a landslide blocking the road 3 or 4 hours away which was half way towards our destination. Heiko arrived late for breakfast and told us he has a fever so the decision to stay here today was easy. I sneaked passed the policeman and […]
Day 103 – 18th July 2014 leave 9.30am altitude 650metres Islamabad – Besham, KKH (Karakoram Highway)
Pakistan bureaucracy is too much to take so, stuff the system! We headed off without the NOC or the authorities knowing and rode north towards the KKH (Karakoram Highway), after about an hour we arrived at the start and for a further 3 hours we rode free before the police caught us up and said […]
Day 102 – 17th July 2014 Islamabad
As Islamabad is so dull the picture is of me in Balochistan running away from the Shia Pilgrims who are just passing in the middle of the desert – Ha Ha – ref: Day 88 blog. The Monsoon arrived today. Luckily I was in a posh American restaurant having breakfast in the Diplomatic Enclave when […]
Day 101 – 16th July 2014 Islamabad
It rained last night! That’s the first clouds and rain for months. We arrived at the Ministry of Interior a few minutes to 10 and Mr Ghulam Muhammad, the Deputy Minister of Interior asked us a few basic questions, where are you from etc. for the next hour he spoke about Islam. He is passionate […]
Day 100 – 15th July 2014 Islamabad
As I’ve been on the road 100 days I thought I would answer some of the questions I’ve been asked; Distance travelled – 11,500 miles / 18,500 Km Total countries – 20 Camera – All photos taken with Apple iPhone 4S Dakar (bike) been great – 1 service, 1 new set of tyres, the bespoke […]
Day 99 – 14th July 2014 leave 5.30am Miles rode 202 lahore – Islamabad
Up at 4.30am as Thomas, Agata and I are riding to Islamabad today. I didn’t sleep that well and although the ride wasn’t as hot I couldn’t get into the day, it wasn’t the best journey although we rode into the country and saw a great fort. We arrived Islamabad at 11am and I had […]
Day 98 – 13th July 2014 lahore
Heiko’s friend gave us a tour of some of lahore, there is so much grand British architecture here, we went to ‘Lahore Museum’ which is largest museum in this part of Asia, fascinating. Again it was so hot but we had the luxury of a car with AC. We went Heiko’s friends house and again […]
Day 97 – 12th July 2014 lahore
3 cold showers before midday. I can’t start to tell you how hot it is here! This means staying in the hostel all day and when the electricity works inside with AC. We went out to a village and a lovely farm, I didn’t see any cannabis growing anywhere… In the evening we went to […]
Day 96 – 11th July 2014 leave 7.30am Miles rode 220 Multan – lahore
And relax. I went for a curry last night and I was happy it was so cheap, 70pence. I spent the night on the toilet and wasn’t looking forward to the ride into lahore. Defiant Dan – We all agreed to try and get rid of the police today so we thought we would leave […]
