September 26, 2004
Deported!
Justin points out our route to a Chinese immigration official. The niceties didn't work, however, as we were deported the very next day.
Photo by Nancy Olson
| Logbook for Sept. 26, Day 331 | ||
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Start: Tashikurgan, China Time: 10:00 a.m. N: 37* 45.998 E: 75* 13.617 |
Finish: Sost, Pakistan Time: 5:45 p.m. N: 36* 41.312 E: 74* 49.260 | Mileage: 126 Number of weeks: Kilometers in country: Total mileage so far: |
| Notes: The team walked back to immigration in the morning expecting to clear things up with the visas and head further into China. The officials, typical of China’s affinity for good order and discipline, were unbending. As a result of a line on the visas that said “Enter before Sept. 11, 2004,” we were officially deported from the People’s Republic of China and forced to drive back to Pakistan. Todd and Nick (for safety reasons, no women are allowed on this mission) drove back to Islamabad with Riaz in D3, while the rest of the team remained overnight at our familiar Sost hotel. Tomorrow, while the boys are still driving to Islamabad (16 hrs away), we will move to Hunza to wait it out. Hunza is safe and beautiful. (N.O.) | ||
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