From London to Bali Indonesia on a YAMAHA TDM900, 42,000km

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Pakistan-India Border
The Pakistan (Wagah) - India(Attari) Border crossing was not too much of a pain. The Pakistani side was as friendly as we have come to know them. The Indian side took its time and they (border officials ) were not in any hurry to see us get to our destination (Amritsar) before dark. /
Cruzamos la frontera Pakistan (Wagah)- India (Attari) sin muchos problemas. En el lado pakistani los oficiales fueron tan amables como ya nos tienen acostumbrados. En el lado indio sin embargo se tomaron su tiempo (los oficiales de aduanas) y no parecian tener ninguna prisa por dejarnos salir hacia nuestro proximo destino (Amritsar) antes de que anocheciera.

The border crossing between these two (not so) friendly nations is the strangest we have experienced so far. There is no Indian or Pakistani registered vehicles entering the other country. The goods (whatever little) that get exported/imported from across the border is brought by hand to the border line and then passed over to the opposite side. The labourers in blue are on the Indian side and ones in red are on the Pakistani side. / La frontera entre estos dos paises (que no mantienen relaciones muy amigables) es de las mas extranas que hemos cruzado hasta ahora. No hay vehiculos que crucen de uno al otro pais. Todas las mercancias que se importan/exportan de un lado al otro de la frontera tienen que ser llevadas a mano por interminables filas de porteadores. Los porteadores vestidos de azul son indios y los rojos son pakistanies.

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