WAGAH-border to MUMBAI
I crossed wagah border last week without any problem, applied for the visa in Islamabad. Friendly people both sides.
Changed euros to INR with Pakistani guy at the border, who stamps your carnet, really good rate, better then official. After crossing the border, i had everywhere problems to find an ATM who worked with european visa-card. Even petrol-stations all denied my card. And the toll gates dont accept it at all. Payed about 5000 INR only on toll from border to Mumbai (all cash) and 10000 on petrol, all cash. Found in DHULE first ATM who worked with my card after some help from my hotel, it seems most banks dont accept foreign cards. It was a SBI-ATM which is probably the only bank accepting foreign cards !!
Would have changed more at the border if i had known it before !!
The toll is mostly double charged if you dont have Fast-tag, no idea you can get it on a foreign car, India knowing, it will take 25 pages of paperwork and days of waiting, thats why i didnt even tried it. You can avoid the toll gates, but the traffic is in my eyes bad enough already on the toll-roads, if taking the non-tollroads it will be worse, and losing a lot of time and fuel.
Now in Mumbai trying to ship car to Malaysia . . .
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