Hi guyz it was probarbly 26th of june 2013 when i had to make this trip...
Following are the details...
Vehcile used: Honda City 2005 (Auto)
Left Home Karachi at: 8:00 PM
filled gas right at tool plaza on red light........3700 rupees full tank
Reached aziz abad under construction bridge at 8:30 and got caught up in heavy trafic
pick taken just before reaching sohrab goth.....meter clocked at 62000 some thing (not too clear)
avg speeds i mantained were 90 to a max 120 and to a min 80 this im mentioning the avg and not the here and ders
I had recorded all the timings of departure and arrival but misplaced ( but ill write as much as i can recall accurately)
just before hyderabad i guess (prolly jamshoro)
Drove all night like a time attack as every one challanged me that i am a fool to go all alone but it was more of a work trip so i did not wana be disturbed.....and waned to enjoy my pakistan to th max.....and i didnt even think of it as a challange.
first day light after driving all night and just stopping to (water the plants) on the way:D.
this pic was taken some wer near i am not sure weather it was fatima fertilizer,or fauji fertilizer co.my tank was empty and i was about to cross sindh......
kept on driving till it was near the bottom.....
stopped at sadiqabad it was almost 6:30 in the morning filled fuel for 4200......again tank full possibly one tank baught me 700 kms in.
shell pump in the bg
remind your this expedition has come after years of travelling alone by daewoo busses through the highways..so i know the roads all to well......and finaly i had a car which wouldnt be an over kill on fuel..unlike my rx8 so i gave it a go and am sure ill do it again this time more organized cus sialkot is like 3rd home after colombo then khi then sialkot.
this is how u look after driving all night..lol i look bad because as day light struck i started feelin sleepy...so i pushed as mush distance at night knowing day light will bring trafic
above pic i stopped to check the damage done by a brick lying in the middle of the road....i was doin 100 and was thaught itd be better driven over.....it cost me the steering whole way till i got back steering had a tuk tuk sound,and had a slight jerk while turning fully...but was working fine ALHUMDULILLAH.
i reached lahore next day arround 9 it was a 21 hour journey but i completed it in 24 as i took a few naps and stopped at khanewal at some good hotel...
stayed at jims guest house gulberg 2
left lahore next morning for sialkot
was asked to leave motor way for sheikhupur interchange i was a bit confused but i did it....so i could meet gujranwala road.
any way i knew i had missed the road but was willing to go thru the village
stopped at some random truck stop.......to adventure the dhaba food and it was ok
some dall lassi nans etc..........
stoped at shikhu pura some hindu named village and took snaps
truck stop
some wer in i dont know wer
some more odometer pics
again next to sadiqabad
punjab pics
some river posibly chenab \
so this is how the timing went
left khi arround 8:30 on 23 june
reached lahore at 8:30 on 24
total naps first one taken at arround 11.in the car with ac on arround half an hour, second one taken at arround 2 for abt 1 hour.
stopped just on out skirts of lahore posibly sahiwal (black gold city)
had lunch.
reached lahore arround 8:30
total fuel cost from khi to lahore 9200 rupees
thats exactly 2 and a half city tanks.
left at arround 2 from lahore for sialkot
reached arrround 5:30
total fuel cost from lahore to sialkot was 2000 rupees. which i thot was above i expected.
so total fuel cost for my 1 way trip was 12000 rupees from khi to sialkot thats cus spun arround while in lahore
did my work till 7
went and chilled with friends.
styaed at my usual silver spoon hotel main cant, opposite iqbal chawk.
next evening did my work and left back for lahore to have some recreation
reached lahore tried searching for another good hotel for change but couldnot find so stayed at jims itself.
next morning went and distributed some of my software company brocures arround lahore and it was burning hot so stopped at cinabon lahore
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waited till the heat ran out then left for wagha border it was almost 5 to crowded and boring so didnt wait for the ceremony....just left.
next morning visited badshahi mosque
first time in my sense after child hood was i able to visit shair e mashriq alama iqbal sahab it is an honor for lahore to have his mosuleum
was mesmerised by the quila as i am a big fan of history and architecture and one uncle also showed me the echo of the domes in the mosque.
visited roshni gate and the elephant pass also
soo amazing
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