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Pakistan

  • 10-01-2012 8:00pm
    #1
    imme
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    Anyone been to or through Pakistan.
    I'm contemplating travelling through Iran to Pakistan and on to India.


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  • #2
    BuffyBot
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    It's pretty much not the safest place to go, and I suspect you might find it extremely tough to get a visa.


  • #3
    therewillbe
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    Hi,Unless you have either the same religion or skin tone I would say you are on dangerous ground.Straight to India.


  • #4
    PaulieG
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    India is very welcoming and friendly. If you are Irish and look Irish, do not go to Iran or Pakistan!


  • #5
    Badgermonkey
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    PaulieG wrote: »
    India is very welcoming and friendly. If you are Irish and look Irish, do not go to Iran or Pakistan!

    The hospitality one encounters in Iran is quite unlike anything I'd ever experienced elsewhere.

    Despite the theocratic nature of the state, its people are curious, friendly and hugely hospitable. Its landscape encompasses lush forests, mountains, desert and bizarrely, some terrific skiing.

    Its cultural and archaeological history is breathtaking - sites as impressive as Persepolis or the city of Esfahan are virtually tourist free and it is an inexpensive country in which to travel.

    The Iran/Pakistan border is another matter entirely and I believe the current DOFA advice to avoid that frontier should be heeded. I'd also imagine the train which ran from Zahedan-Quetta is a non-starter for foreigners.

    http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=417

    As for Pakistan, you could visit Lahore from Amritsar easily enough if the mood takes you.


  • #6
    Columbia
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    PaulieG wrote: »
    India is very welcoming and friendly. If you are Irish and look Irish, do not go to Iran or Pakistan!

    No, definitely incorrect! In Tehran they have a street named after Bobby Sands, only a few days ago an Iranian told me it used to be called Winston Churchill street before they renamed it.


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  • #7
    Tombo2000
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    I was there in 1999 for five weeks. Had no problem getting a visa. Loved it, fantastic place. Lahore a lovely town, fantastic mountain scenery.

    I had absolutely no trouble there whatsoever.

    But that is not to say you would have no trouble.

    Its a different place now.

    Its difficult for me to guage how dangerous it might be now. For example I was in Peshawar for a week, loved it. However there have been multiple terrorist attacks in that city in recent years.

    I suspect the North of the country around Gilgit would be a lot safer; and I suspect anywhere close to the Afghan border would be more dangerous.

    I'd view it a bit like a tourist visiting Northern Ireland twenty years ago. But I havent followed it that closely, and to be honest, you wouldnt want to be taking your advice from boards.ie on this one.

    Incidentally, my memory of it is that people who had been through iran into pakistan said that Iran was a far, far more liberal country than Pakistan at that time. i'd not be suprised if that is still the way.

    Incidentally, my guess is that the only thing Pakistani people will know about Ireland is Kevin O'Brien.


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