9 February 2012 – This is going to be tricky…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A visa to Pakistan is only granted from an Embassy in certain countries. Australia or Belgium are of those. The problem is that the thirty days visa is only valid for six months, and can be requested three months before only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three months before entering Pakistan I will be in Nepal, which is not on the list of allowed countries. So I need to send my passport by courier to Canberra, wait for a week, hope it gets sent back to me, then perhaps get the visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another way is from the border checkpoint of Sost, which is on the Chinese-Pakistani border, and my car is NOT allowed in China. Catch 21 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I’ll try again from Delhi, and if it doesn’t work I’ll have to send my passport from the Belgian Embassy to Canberra and hope for the best…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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