Iran to India
Check out my route through Iran, Pakistan, Nepal & India in the Day-by-Day Table below. You'll find comments, daily distances in kilometers, and altitudes when appropriate.
Iran to India |
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Check out my route through Iran, Pakistan, Nepal & India in the Day-by-Day Table below. You'll find comments, daily distances in kilometers, and altitudes when appropriate.
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Iran |
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| Date | To | Distance | Total | Comments |
| 1/4 1999 | Bazargan | 3 | 5974 | Altitude profile: 1500 - 1413 m. |
| 2/4 | Qareziya'od-din | 120 | 6094 | |
| 3/4 | Mardan | 100 | 6194 | |
| 4/4 | Tabriz | 73 | 6267 | Alt: 1300 m. |
| 5-6/4 | Tabriz | 16 | 6283 | |
| 7/4 | Azarsahr | 66 | 6348 | |
| 8/4 | Bonab | 60 | 6408 | |
| 9/4 | Miyandoab | 49 | 6457 | Altitude: 1300 m. |
| 10/4 | Sahin Dez | 61 | 6518 | |
| 11/4 | Takab | 82 | 6600 | Altitude: 1790 m. |
| 12/4 | Takab | - | ||
| 13/4 | Bijar | 91 | 6691 | Altitude profile: 1800 - 1500 - 2000 - 1500 - 1921 m. |
| 14/4 | Gol Tappe | 91 | 6782 | Altitude profile: 1921 - 2050 - 1648 - 2090 m. |
| 15/4 | Ali Sadr | 36 | 6818 | Alt: 2000 m. |
| 16/4 | Hamadan | 76 | 6894 | Alt: 1819 m. |
| 17/4 | Hamadan | 38 | 6932 | |
| 18/4 | Hamadan | 11 | 6943 | |
| 19/4 | Malayer | 91 | 7034 | Altitude profile: 1819 - 2020 - 1750 m. |
| 20/4 | Borugerd | 60 | 7094 | |
| 21/4 | Dorud | 59 | 7153 | |
| 22/4 | Aligudarz | 73 | 7226 | |
| 23/4 | Esfahan (Isfahan) | 231 | 7457 | Alt: 1600 m. |
| 24/4-1/5 | Esfahan | 56 | 7513 | |
| 2/5 | Koruye | 115 | 7628 | Camped on the first Zagros foothills. |
| 3/5 | Meymend | 112 | 7740 | Two passes. Camped near a dry river bed. |
| 4/5 | Yasuj | 109 | 7849 | Two lower and one high pass. Was invited to stay in a student dorm, until the police came. The Journal |
| 5/5 | Sepidan (Ardakan) | 78 | 7927 | Two high passes. Was invited to stay with the local shool teacher. |
| 6/5 | Shiraz | 85 | 8012 | One low pass. |
| 7-9/5 | Shiraz | - | ||
| 10/5 | Nightbus to Kerman | 5 | 8017 | |
| 11/5 | Kerman | 40 | 8057 | Alt: 1700 m. |
| 12/5 | Kerman | 10 | 8067 | |
| 13/5 | Bam | 15 | 8082 | Bus to Bam 200 km. Alt: 1200 m. |
| 14-19/5 | Bam | 30 | 8112 | |
| 20/5 | Taftan (Border) | 3 | 8115 | |
| 49 | Iran total | 2143 | 8115 | |
Pakistan |
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| Date | To | Distance | Total | Comments |
| 20/5 | Nightbus to Quetta | - | ||
| 21-24/5 | Quetta | 3 | 8116 | Alt: 1750 m. |
| 25/5 | Quetta | 28 | 8144 | |
| 26-28/5 | Quetta | 4 | 8148 | |
| 29/5 | Kach (police checkpost) | 72 | 8221 | |
| 30/5 | Ziarat | 72 | 8293 | Alt: 2450 m. |
| 31/5 | Ziarat | - | ||
| 1/6 | Loralai | 98 | 8391 | Altitude profile: 2450 - 2600 - 1500 m. |
| 2/6 | Multan | - | Bus to Rawalpindi via Multan. | |
| 3/6 | Rawalpindi | 5 | 8396 | Alt: 600 m. |
| 4-8/6 | Rawalpindi | - | ||
| 9-12/6 | Peshawar | 4 | 8400 | Alt: 350 m. |
| 13-21/6 | Rawalpindi | 5 | 8405 | Bus to Rawalpindi. |
| 22-24/6 | Peshawar | 5 | 8410 | Bus to Peshawar. |
| 25/6 | Dir | 6 | 8416 | Bus to Dir. Alt: 1200 m. |
| 26/6 | Drosh (via Lowari Pass) | 72 | 8487 | Altitude profile: 1200 - 3118 - 1400 m. |
| 27/6 | Guru (Birir Valley) | 24 | 8511 | Alt: 1700 m. |
| 28/6 | Krakal (Bomburet Valley) | - | Walk/climb: 9 km/ 12 h. Altitude profile: 1700 - 3060 - 2130 m. | |
| 29/6 | Brun (Bomburet Valley) | - | ||
| 30/6 | Krakal (Bomburet Valley) | - | ||
| 1/7 | Guru (Birir Valley) | - | Walk: 20 km/ 3,5 h | |
| 2/7 | Chitral | 39 | 8551 | Alt: 1500 m. |
| 3/7 | Chitral | - | ||
| 4/7 | Buni | 81 | 8632 | Walk: 6 km/ 2 h. Alt: 2200 m. |
| 5/7 | Buni | - | Walk: 16 km/ 6 h. Altitude profile: 2200 - 3100 - 2200 m. | |
| 6/7 | Mastuj | 36 | 8668 | Alt: 2400 m. |
| 7-8/7 | Mastuj | - | ||
| 9/7 | Brok | 26 | 8694 | Alt: 2700 m. |
| 10/7 | Shandur Pass | 20 | 8715 | Alt: 3720 m. |
| 11/7 | Shandur Pass | - | ||
| 12/7 | Phander | 43 | 8758 | Alt: 3000 m. |
| 13/7 | Dahimal | 42 | 8800 | |
| 14/7 | Gakuch | 61 | 8861 | |
| 15/7 | Gilgit | 73 | 8934 | Alt: 1453 m. |
| 16-19/7 | Gilgit | - | ||
| 20/7 | Karimabad | - | Alt: 2300 m. | |
| 21/7 | Karimabad | - | Walk: 6 km/ 2 h. Altitude profile: 2300 - 2600 - 2300 m. | |
| 22/7 | Karimabad | - | Walk: 15 km/ 6 h. Altitude profile: 2300 - 2500 - 2300 m. | |
| 23/7 | Karimabad | - | Walk: 4 km/ 1 h. Altitude profile: 2300 - 2500 - 2100 - 2300 m. | |
| 24/7 | Karimabad | - | Walk: 8 km/ 6 h. Altitude profile: 2300 - 3250 - 2200 m. Trek to Ultar Meadows and back. | |
| 25-26/7 | Gilgit | - | Alt: 1453 m. | |
| 27/7 | Telechi | 66 | 9000 | Alt: 1200 m. |
| 28/7 | Chilas | 71 | 9071 | Alt: 1100 m. |
| 29/7 | Besham | - | ||
| 30/7-13/8 | Rawalpindi | 4 | 9075 | Alt: 600 m. |
| 14/8 | Nightbus to Lahore | 10 | 9085 | |
| 15-17/8 | Lahore | - | ||
| 18/8 | Wagah (Border) | 28 | 9113 | |
| 90 days | Pakistan total | 1076 | 9113 | |
India |
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| Date | To | Distance | Total | Comments |
| 18/8 | Amritsar | 33 | 9146 | |
| 19/8 | Amritsar | - | ||
| 20-26/8 | Daramsala/ McLeod Ganj | 3 | 9149 | Alt: 2000 m. |
| 27/8 | Nightbus to Delhi | 1 | 9150 | |
| 28-30/8 | Delhi | 1 | 9151 | |
| Delhi | - | |||
| 31/8 | Night train to Gorakhpur | 6 | 9157 | |
| 1/9 | Sunauli (Border) | 3 | 9160 | |
| 14 days | India total | 47 | 9160 | |
Nepal |
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| Date | To | Distance | Total | Comments |
| 1/9 | Nightbus to Pokhara | 4 | 9164 | |
| 2-13/9 | Pokhara | 4 | 9168 | Alt: 900 m. |
| 14-25/9 | Kathmandu | 23 | 9191 | Alt: 1450 m. |
| 26-28/9 | Pokhara | 5 | 9196 | Alt: 900 m. |
| 29/9 | Jhinu | - | Walk: 6 h. Alt: 1800 m. | |
| 30/9 | Dovan | - | Walk: 6 h. Alt: 2585 m. | |
| 1/10 | Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) | - | Walk: 5 h. Alt: 4180 m. | |
| 2/10 | Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) | - | Walk: 1 h. Altitude profile: 4180 - 4300 - 4180 m. | |
| 3/10 | Chomrong | - | Walk: 7 h. Alt: 2215 m. | |
| 4-7/10 | Pokhara | - | Walk: 6 h. Alt: 900 m. | |
| 8-26/10 | Kathmandu | 48 | 9244 | Alt: 1450 m. |
| 27/10 | Lower Daman | 71 | 9315 | Altitude profile: 1450 - 1850 - 900 - 2030 - 1800 - 1900 m. |
| 28/10 | Hetauda | 69 | 9384 | Altitude profile: 1900 - 2466 - 400 m. |
| 29/10 | Birganj (Border) | 60 | 9444 | |
| 58 days | Nepal total | 224 | 9444 | |
India (& Thailand/Cambodia) |
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| Date | To | Distance | Total | Comments |
| 29-30/10 | Patna | 2 | 9446 | |
| 31/10 | Night train to Calcutta | 2 | 9448 | |
| 1-13/11 | Calcutta | 106 | 9554 | |
| 13/11-22/12 | Bangkok | 10 | 9564 | Including a one week stay in a Thai hospital. |
| 23/12 | Trat | - | ||
| 24/12-2/1 2000 | Sianoukville | - | Christmas and New Millenium on the beach in Cambodia. | |
| 3-19/1 | Bangkok | 11 | 9575 | |
| 20-29/1 | Koh Chiang | - | A second beach holiday. | |
| 30/1-4/2 | Bangkok | 26 | 9601 | |
| 5/2 2000 | Stockholm | - | Back home. | |
| days | Grand total | 9601 | ||
© Tallabomba 1998-2005 |
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