After staying an extra day in Sukkur Adam, our driver, was well enough to continue. We set off in searing heat and a dust cloud. The scenery is becoming more agricultural and we are see our first heard of water buffalo there are more cattle instead of goats. The roads are improving and our police escort is a lot more professional, getting us through the traffic using sirens and hand signals, to stop the traffic as we pass through, even at some of the tolls we ju...

As we have a day in Quetta we took a walk into the bazaar area with some of the group, that was our first experience of beggars, poverty and open sewers and being followed by mobs of people, I think some were put off by it, but it was okay for us, once we were on our own. It was fantastic to see butchers, barbers ,beard painters, fruit sellers alongside flatscreen TVs being sold in the markets. There were very few women and most of them appeared to be beggars wit...

We cross the border into Pakistan with relative ease and find ourselves sitting amongst of money changers in a tent in the searing heat, most of them have walked out the era of the Raj and everybody is excited at the prospect of the next few days of our adventure. We do our deals with the money changers but because of the rates they are offering however we only change a small amount, and we are not expecting to spend much anyway. We are all waiting on the truck, ...