Famo Adventure Motorcycling Guide

From Islamabad, I rode only to get to Iran, and expected it to take me about four or five days through different conditions, with route decisions based on the attitudes of the local authorities. I had to organise enough cash to get me to the border, and through Iran to Turkey, because there are really no cash machines that accept Australian cards in Iran, or the desert areas of Baluchistan for that matter... read more >>

We left Peshawar in search of quiet back roads and chose a path through the Lowari pass, a mountainous traverse that would take us up to Chitral, and Sor-Laspur, the jumping off point for the highest polo ground in the world - Shandur Top... read more >>

An interesting point to make is that this pre-conceived image of Pakistan has for some time been illuminated by the glow of a comment I read in Ted Simon's book Jupiter's Travels, where he describes The country as a relaxing respite after spending some months in India. That sounded good, India was nuts and I needed a respite... read more >>