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-   -   Crossing Pakistan - India land border with e-visa (https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/west-and-south-asia/crossing-pakistan-india-land-border-105534)

chris 9 Nov 2024 02:15
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Originally Posted by Alanymarce (Post 644108)
Thanks for taking the time to explain the situation you experienced.

I'm aware of the restrictions on InReach (and have no intention of taking one (don't have one anyway)).

So, in Bangalore were you allowed to take the GPS units as hand baggage or did you have to check them?

We will have no luggage to check, however if it makes it easier/possible we might just get a cardboard box to check them - obviously we'd prefer not to check anything.

I'm aware of the draconian style of security checks in India. Good news however that you found a solution both in Bangalore and Delhi.
Yes, from Delhi to Bangalore at the domestic terminal security they eventually allowed me after *much* explanation/ cajoling to take my 2 GPS devices as cabin baggage.

semiroundel 5 Jan 2025 16:53
Interesting to hear about the GPS situation, I have an InReach for safety reasons, and especially as I'm travelling with my wife pillion.
If entering with a motorbike, would the advice be to bury it somewhere inside the frame so it's not visible, or just hand it over to the authorities to retrieve it on our return (hopefully have no emergencies in India)?

chris 5 Jan 2025 17:15
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Originally Posted by semiroundel (Post 644930)
Interesting to hear about the GPS situation, I have an InReach for safety reasons, and especially as I'm travelling with my wife pillion.
If entering with a motorbike, would the advice be to bury it somewhere inside the frame so it's not visible, or just hand it over to the authorities to retrieve it on our return (hopefully have no emergencies in India)?
If I were you, I'd bury the inReach deep in your panniers. Leave your GPS in your jacket too and pretend you navigate by phone.

It's way beyond my pay scale to trust any Indian in a uniform to turbocharge any remaining independent thinking braincells/ honesty/ ethics, that anything you "store" with them will ever be seen again.


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