Category Archives: Places

Day 26: New Delhi

New Delhi? So what happened to Old Delhi? The foundations for the new city were laid in 1911 to the south of the old city and the World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated New Delhi as an “alpha- world city” … Continue reading

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Ludhiana

I don’t get to Amritsar, the nearest town to the border worth going to, but the Google map route takes me off down the Atari road and on to Tarn Taran. The town was founded by the fifth Sikh Guru … Continue reading

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Day 23: Lahore

I can’t believe it has only taken 23 days to get this far. This seriously overpopulated city is the second largest in Pakistan. It was also the capital of the Punjab region under the Britsh Raj. Over a thousand years … Continue reading

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A stop off at Loralai

I reach Loralai about an hour before the sun dips fully behind the mountains, but it stays light a little longer. The  city was formerly known as Bori, and is now the main city of the Loralai District. Loralai is … Continue reading

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Day 21: Quetta

Let me show you what the Foreign & Commonwealth Office say about Quetta. What is equally worrying is that any research on Google comes up with some shocking information about the area and constant civil unrest. I did a search … Continue reading

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Zahedan and the border

At the end of Highway 84, the city of Zahedan stands as one of the newest cities in Iran. I am just an hour and a half from Pakistan and my next virtual step around the virtual world. Zahedan was … Continue reading

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Tehran

Yesterday, my virtual self passed through Tabriz much quicker than I thought I would, so ventured on towards Tehran to finish the day. This morning I got up, just short of the city, and made a bit of camper breakfast … Continue reading

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Into Iran

The border just past Gurbulak is a large, purpose-built border control opened in 2003. This in one of only a few 24 hour border controls in the area. Most of the others on this side are only open from about … Continue reading

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In the footsteps of Noah

Today my virtual self is seeing something I would love to see for real: Mount Ararat. The drive from Erzurum only took about four hours, but getting here, just half an hour’s drive to the Iran border, is something to … Continue reading

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Erzurum

Another thing I have learnt on this trip is that Turkey is above sea level almost everywhere your go. Certainly true in the north. Erzurum is 1757m (5766 ft) above sea level and known as “The Rock” in NATO code, served as NATO’s … Continue reading

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