The police knocked at our guesthouse door in Bam, Iran and there began our frustrations!
We were given numerous escorts to the border at Zahedan, the last 3 of which did not have either, gun, catapult, stick or transport. They jumped on the rear seat luggage of the least loaded bike and expected to be taken that way. When we cossed into Pakistan on 8 Sept the guard said he would ride 68klms on the luggage. We decided otherwise and when he went into the office to say he was going, we beat a hasty retreat.
We rode from Taftan to Dalbandin along a badly erroded road with a sand storm blowing. When we arrived in Dalbandin the police were politely not amused and insisted we do not leave the hotel at all. The next day they rode with us to Quetta. We have had escorts for the last 3 days, they had us riding 13hours yesterday from Jacobabad to Multan with an enormous detour almost to Fort Munro before we shut engines off and refused to budge. D.G. Khan is a closed area they wouldn't let us stay there, they insisted we go to Multan.
Some escorts ride fast some incredibly slowly, they are always in front and won't let us pass. We had to follow one black police car with no rear lights late at night. One would almost think Pakistan wanted to put overland tourists off!
Apart from the hassle of the armed guards, no problems at all in Iran or at the border.
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