Police escort, smiling people and tropical green

We take our bikes from the pick-up and we start with our border crossing process. This time it seems very easy and the border crossing looks totally different from the ones we crossed before. There are only a few buildings located in the sand. There is not a real gate and with the help of the people we receive our stamps at different places. Iran lets us go easily and Pakistan welcomes us friendly. There are big smiles on the faces of the custom officers and we drink a cup of tea with them. A good start in Pakistan...
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Bumpy roads, hospitality and a wedding

In Bahawalpur the stomach doesn’t feel well again so we take our time to get it right. We don’t have our guards at the hotel and we are happy that we can walk around freely. I’m afraid I lost too much water and I start taking ORS. Doing this and drinking a lot of water I feel better again. We want to go to a wild park. When we are ready to leave, the hotel manager tells us to wait for the police. We tell him that that’s not necessary and that we are going to cycle without any escorts. After 20 kilometers there are 4 policemen on bikes who pass us.
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Cycled route through Pakistan

Below you can view a map with our cycled route through Pakistan
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