Tour de Pakistan
This is the photographic story of my motorcycle tour of Pakistan. It started as a dream quite a few years ago. I never thought I’ll be living this dream; it was just one of those distant thoughts you wish you could pursue but never do.
In the mid of 2008, after establishing a successful freelancing career, I wrote a blog post describing the wish and inviting others to join me. No one did. Fast-forward to March 9, 2010:
It’s been almost two years, you see. I could not pursue it. Other (useless) things kept me engaged. It has now come to a point where my thoughts have undergone a revolution about certain matters of life which, in turn, gives me courage to make the dream a reality.
That day marks the beginning of, what I called, “a freelancer’s grand Pakistan tour”. It started from Islamabad, where I’m based. At the end of the tour, Neeli (my motorbike) and I had covered 5000km in 30 days, visiting more than 30 cities, meeting strangers, taking photographs, attending local festivals, and what not. It was one hell of a month.
Are you ready to go down the memory lane with me? Start the tour.
AOA, I would like to congratulate you on this very best effort to generate these images that we normally don’t see.Its a great piece of work for us who are living abroad.It would be gerat if photos are also named individually. Thanks
HI Sohail,
I am a bullet rider from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. I have a vivid dream to make a trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and wherever I get the visa of since these countries none of my friends have been to, neither I know anything about it. Moreover I have heard that price of petrol is very less compared to India (INR 58.55).
Can you please tell me how to go about it.
Regards & all the best.
damn good my friend m from jalandhar punjab ind , lookin for villages near by sialkot ……..MANJITOR ,BHUTTA . for my grandparents and love to see the pics of it as well if u can send me ‘ll be very thankful to u .nice work anyways god bless
Lets meetup when you are in Karachi :)
Good luck! Its better to keep moving in Pakistan..safer actually than being stationary..Nevertheless, the roads arent in the best condition..so I wish you all the luck and prayers.
Regards
its a great effort. and specialy encourages the youth of pakistan to keep moving for the best of there future.i like your efforts. and go on, my best wishes and prayers are with you
excellent and specially like your effort regarding http://folkpunjab.com/
Well it attracts, i dn got such an opportunity and time…
Thank you for sharing your beautiful country with the rest of the world, I would love to be able to visit myself one day.
hi!! I’m from Pakistan, how can I be part of tour de pakistan??
salam dear! men b ap k group ka hissa bun’na chahta hun. n plz visit my facebook profile n photos. by name (sukkur to china boarder tour on cd70 secondhand bikes)
mara facebook profile name “fareed faani”
अल्लह अप को हर काम माय सफ्लता दे
How much I wish to travel across the border and enjoy a tour to Pakistan. But the political issues and an unknown scare thats in the air between my and your country puts a ‘full stop’ to any such plan!
I wish….someday I can come close to you guys!