5th October 2013 Sukkur, Pakistan to Multan, Pakistan
A fairly miserable day…. riding while feeling crook. The NH5
is a decent enough road, no escorts, no checkpoints.
We had choices…. Ride into Multan, Pakistan’s 5th
largest city or ride past and stop at Khanewal, close to the highway. We
elected for Multan on the basis that continuing on the highway any longer was
marginally more unpleasant than negotiating a huge city. We arrived at the
outskirts and negotiated a rickshaw escort/guide. The young driver got out of
his rickshaw and onto the back of my bike….
Sheza Inn, the Lonely Planet describe it as Multans 2nd
best hotel. It was OK. 3000PR + 25% luxury tax (debateable as to whether we
benefitted from any luxury…) As we entered a security guy searched us and our
bags for alcohol! We took off on a beer hunting expedition, we found beer but
bought none. A sad state of affairs… the “Permit office” staff told us that we
could only drink it in a secret place, not in their office, not on the street
and not in our hotel. L
Multan Mileometer 21178 (234 miles ridden)
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