In the early hours we leave for Taftan. After a few hours we were stopped at an army checkpoint and we are told we can’t continue without escort, for alleged security reasons. The unarmed policeman stopped a car, got in and drives in front of us to the border. A few kilometres before the border he suddenly stops and tells us to wait. We have to wait a long time for another escort. This new escort is also helping us to finish the paperwork on the Iranian side in order. However, this changed nothing to the fact that this has been the worst border crossing so far. He doesn’t even know himself where he has to go and was constantly running back and forth. In total, we lose three hours to leave Iran!
On the Pakistani side everything is much clearer, and it also seems to proceed smoothly. Eventually we lose yet again two hours due to the many offices that we have to go down and the short wait each time. We wait for our Pakistani escort and after a while we can finally start the most dangerous part of our trip.

Our Pakistani Escort

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