We spent over a week in Islamabad. In that time we got our visas issued for the U.A.E and arranged transport of the motorcycle to Dubai. We’ve finally decided to skip the relatively featureless landscape of Balochistan and ship our bike by ferry from Karachi. A big factor in our decision was the security situation [...]

Before leaving Skardu, we received news about the kidnapping of a Polish engineer by Taliban forces just outside the town of Peshawar. This did nothing for our confidence and we had second thoughts about continuing our journey through Pakistan overland. So far we have not seen any evidence of hostilities, but the constant bad press, [...]

Kashgar is predominantly an Uigur town/city, with people of ‘true’ Chinese heritage making up only a small portion of the population. It’s sometimes hard to believe that you’re actually in China. This is especially true when walking through Kashgar’s old quarter. It’s the place we liked most when we visited 3 years ago and it’s [...]