its time

.Go to BODH GAYA 13KS return and stay day at bodgaya and return to gaya and stay.Leave backpack at cloak room.Staying at siddhartha hotel near station
DOON exp to varanassi 5.05 am to 12.20

see fort and taj mahal -stay agra
AGRA CANTT to new dehli
KERALA EXP no.2625 1003 to 1320
stay at
hotel sheela
http://www.hotelsheelaagra.com/sheela_re…
booked at the sheela
NEW dec 10 may just go from here to rishikesh etc skip dehli
maybe go UTKAL EXP
agra cantt to haridwar
dep 1055 arr 2030
book on cleatrip abt $18

Browse city cable car to mansai devi temple,stay haridwar.Go to RISIKESH .AMBALA/KALKA TRAIN or HEMKUNT EXP dep 0650 only 23ks so maybe taxi
maybe stay
Bhaj Govindam, Bhimgoda near Jai Ram Ashram Haridwar-249410
Tel- 01334-261682/218888
book COTTAGE on the ganges

browse old shimla,check out theatre[michael palin].Bus/taxi/toy train to dharamsala.
maybe stay
SUNRISE VILLA
Anandpur road, Shoghi, shimla himachal pradesh , Shimla 173219,

spend some time at the temple, go to the bus station, find the bus to Wagah (I think it was gate 37; , which leaves every 20 minutes I think, at Wagah get a rickshaw to the border, go through customs and immigration on both ends, then grab a rickshaw to Attari village, from where there are buses to Lahore. Those buses take half an hour. All in all, Amritsar to Lahore should take no more than 3 hours.
heck out border ceremony
maybe stay
SHARMA GUEST HOUSE
Mahnaseing Road Near Jallialwalla Bagh, Amritsar 143006, India
NEAR TEMPLE

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House 8, Justice Abdul Rasheed Road,

F-6/1 IslamabaD PakistaN - 44000

+92-300-5252232, +92-364-4912278.



ARRIVE The buses leave for Gilgit after every 2 hours, start from 8:00 AM in the morning till 10:00 PM at night.
PIA airline no. in pakistan
111 786 786
repeat NATCO buses, coaches, coasters, leave for Gilgit from Pirwadhai bus stand Rawalpindi, 665 km from Rawalpindi to Gilgit, 16 to 18 hrs, Abbaotabad, Chattar plain, Batagram, Besham, Dasu,Chilas then Gilgit, an excellen trip.
NATCO bus terminal
Ph: 051 92 78 441
2
stay gilgit
Serene Guest House
Tourist Cottage

OR

City
PIA office must go to to buy flight
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan
Address
5, The Mall, Rawalpindi.
Phone
9272211/111-786-786
Fax
9272244

another description
PIA office
Blue area
near Achakzai carpets.




After 2 hrs the very scenic part of KKH starts when the bus ascends the slopes of Abbotabad and the weather gets better.

it is some 16 to 18 hrs drive, from Rawalpindi Pir Wadhai bus terminal, Abbotabad, Manshera, Chattar plain, Besham, Chilas and Gilgit.

There are flights to Gilgit from Islamabad Benazir Bhutto International airport, at 7:15 AM in the morning, better to make a reservation a week back and confirm it 24 hrs before the departure.
Airline Origin Departure Destination Arrival
PK-605 Islamabad Sun 7:05:00 AM Gilgit Sun 8:05:00 AM
PK-605 Islamabad Mon 7:05:00 AM Gilgit Mon 8:05:00 AM
PK-605 Islamabad Tue 7:05:00 AM Gilgit Tue 8:05:00 AM
PK-605 Islamabad Wed 7:05:00 AM Gilgit Wed 8:05:00 AM
PK-605 Islamabad Fri 7:05:00 AM Gilgit Fri 8:05:00 AM
PK-605 Islamabad Sat 7:05:00 AM Gilgit Sat 8:05:00 AM
PK-607 Islamabad Sun 7:30:00 AM Gilgit Sun 8:30:00 AM
PK-607 Islamabad Mon 11:15:00 AM Gilgit Mon 12:15:00 PM
PK-607 Islamabad Tue 10:00:00 AM Gilgit Tue 11:00:00 AM
PK-607 Islamabad Wed 10:00:00 AM Gilgit Wed 11:00:00 AM
PK-607 Islamabad Thu 11:00:00 AM Gilgit Thu 12:00:00 PM
PK-607 Islamabad Fri 10:00:00 AM Gilgit Fri 11:00:00 AM
PK-607 Islamabad Sat 7:30:00 AM Gilgit Sat 8:30:00 AM
RETURN FROM GILGIT

Airline Origin Departure Destination Arrival
PK-606 Gilgit Sun 8:25:00 AM Islamabad Sun 9:25:00 AM
PK-606 Gilgit Tue 8:25:00 AM Islamabad Tue 9:25:00 AM
PK-606 Gilgit Wed 8:25:00 AM Islamabad Wed 9:25:00 AM
PK-606 Gilgit Thu 9:30:00 AM Islamabad Thu 10:30:00 AM
PK-606 Gilgit Fri 8:25:00 AM Islamabad Fri 9:25:00 AM
PK-606 Gilgit Sat 8:25:00 AM Islamabad Sat 9:25:00 AM
PK-608 Gilgit Sun 8:50:00 AM Islamabad Sun 9:50:00 AM
PK-608 Gilgit Mon 12:35:00 PM Islamabad Mon 1:35:00 PM
PK-608 Gilgit Tue 11:20:00 AM Islamabad Tue 12:20:00 PM
PK-608 Gilgit Wed 11:20:00 AM Islamabad Wed 12:20:00 PM
PK-608 Gilgit Thu 12:20:00 PM Islamabad Thu 1:20:00 PM
PK-608 Gilgit Fri 11:20:00 AM Islamabad Fri 12:20:00 PM
PK-608 Gilgit Sat 8:50:00 AM Islamabad Sat 9:50:00 AM







DEPART from rawalpindi can catch
no.24 train to quetta via lahore
dep 1110 day 1 arr 1630 day 2

get AC sleeper

OR

you MUST check out northern Pakistan - you can get a Bus from Lahore to Islamabad.

Then book a flight from Islamabad to Skardu.
(Skardu flights aren't very weather dependent - as they're jets who have a high service ceiling - Islamabad-Gilgit flights are frequently delayed)

You can then travel from Skardu to Gilgit if you wish, to Hunza, Nagyr, Phassu and Phunder and such gorgeous places.

Then fly back to Islamabad, either from Gilgit (weather depending) or Skardu (a good few hours by road from Gilgit)

get up early for baltit fort and ultar madow
stay onite maybe 2
head off early to catch gilgit bus and change to rawalpindi
BELOW IS A FEW THEORYS FROM HERE TO IRAN
Flight ex islamabad to shiraz
gulf air flight 771/324
seems best $310 11hrs leaves thursdays and saturdays
FLIGHT ex lahore
gulf air GF 765/324 to shiraz abt $320AUD 12HRS
see depart rawalpindi for details
There is a train leaves rawalpindi called the 'QUETTA EXPRESS' code 24D about 30 hrs dept time would need to be checked
train has
A = AC sleeper, 1 = 1st class sleeper,
also JAFFER EXPRESS ok

BELOW IS A FEW THEORYS FROM HERE TO IRAN
Flight ex islamabad to shiraz
gulf air flight 771/324
seems best $310 11hrs leaves thursdays and saturday

GET USD FOR IRAN get clean fresh notes eg $100 if possible.Probably need 500 for iran

FLIGHT ex lahore
gulf air GF 765/324 to shiraz abt $320AUD 12HRS
seems to go mondays

FLIGHT ex peshawar
GF785-324 $212 gulf air
on tuesdays
see depart rawalpindi for details
There is a train leaves rawalpindi called the 'QUETTA EXPRESS' code 24D about 30 hrs dept time would need to be checked
train has
A = AC sleeper, 1 = 1st class sleeper,
also JAFFER EXPRESS ok


THINK ABOUT BOOKING SLEEPER TICKET FOR TEHRAN TRAIN can book 15 days ahead but no more...check SHIRAZ

get to shiraz.is possible to get a bus to bam/kenman then bus to shiraz

Go to Sarafi along Zand street to exchange money get enough for whole stay .. go to persepolis 50 km north.Sarafi's are the best to exchange cash.
Use kababi's to eat or fast food outlets.
look around city stay 2 nights?
bus to eshfahan via yazd...mat have to stay in yazd onite
BOOK TRANS ASIA EXPRESS
LEAVES EVERY WEDNESDAY 2125--- TEHRAN to
ALEPPO TRAIN every SUNDAY 21.25 would be the BEST
contact travel agency
Donyaye Parvaz
Chahr Bagh-e Bala
Esfahan
(just behind the Suite Hotel coming from the north over Si-o-Seh Pol Bridge)
+98 311 66731015
DEFINITELY BOOK A SLEEPER ROOM NOT A COUCHETTE....get one for myself about $80.00 AUD-MORE research....trans asia only seems to have couchettes... aleppo train may have sleepers ....another reason to go the aleppo/damascus train if poss

TRANS-ASIA EXPRESS You can book the westbound Tehran to Istanbul train at Tehran station - you will need to show your passport. Alternatively, you can book the Tehran to Istanbul train through a number of Iranian travel agencys...train leaves THURSDAY 21.25 arr malatya[turkey] 1250 sat 43 hrs
get sleeper obviously
also check about Tehran - Tabriz - Aleppo - Damascus train,,..leaves tehran 21.25 [9.25pm] on MONDAY nights will go through to aleppo where i will get off ...yeah

FLIGHT option tehran to aleppo syrian arab airlines
RB374 1540 ex tehran arr 1655 damascus only on tues/fri
there are a few connections to aleppo from here but best is
RB113 syrian airlines dep 1900 arr 2010
tehran flight goes on tues and fri
abt $360
PS actually you could this flight nearly every to damascus and connect aleppo next day but not at $360- have to check
GULF AIR is worth acheck aswell

pullman buses for syria
adamea roman site..visit fort above town and markets
stay Al Gawaher Hotel