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Taftan Plantak 2005

A group of three enterprising young Britons left England in August in two 4X4 vehicles on a gruelling expedition to drive 65,000 km to New Zealand to raise money for charity. They meet up with 17 Pakistani members of the 4X4 Offroaders Club Karachi who drove to Taftan in a convoy of seven jeeps to welcome Marianne (Maz) Towns, her husband Alex Towns, and Martin Pitwood, and then drove back with them to Karachi, on a five-day journey that through Saindak, Qilla Ladgasht, the Mashkel salt flats, Palantak, Panjgur, Saka Qalat, Besima, the Nal valley, and Khuzdar. See East meets West in Koh-i-Taftan on the Pakistan-Iran border today.

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Somewhere in the desert

Somewhere in the desert: From the taftan-plantak-2005 gallery.

Somewhere in the desert Jeep bumper closeup Racing to Panjgur Camel Somwhere between Palantak and Panjgur 1942 Ford Enroute to Winder A CJ5 awaiting resurrection Distance signboard Marble being trucked to Karachi Stopped on the highway Refuelling General Dyer's residence Saindak Fort Saindak fort entrance Ore from Saindak Crossing the Mashkell desert Galuga Necropolis Martin alongside his Landcruiser The 15 second tent A proper expedition vehicle One of the views on the way from Plantak to Panjgur Plantak post Breakfast at Plantak Pulling up fresh water at Plantak A well near our camp at Plantak Real world testing of an Ibex towstrap Enroute from Plantak to Panjgur. Group photo on a mountain Everything including the kitchen sink is stored within! Three dustdevils Repair stop A typical group photo Imad taking a breather Green Jeep View from high At the pump Stuck or not Goluga Sunset in the Mashkell desert Accident on the way Speeding along the Mashkell desert Doc speeding along Inside one of the large broken down tombs A tomb at Galuga Inside view of one of the levels of a tomb at Galuga The jeeps in Mashkell Landcruiser speeding along in Mashkell A mud outcrop in the desert On the road repairs Mosque in the middle of the desert Inside the Saindak Fort A mud fort Sunset behind a date palm in Mashkell Another nice view of a sunset at Mashkell Waiting by the Sodhagan fort Not everyone speeds along the highway

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This gallery is part of the 4x4 Offroaders Club Karachi heritage archive, documenting decades of Pakistani adventure travel. Click on any thumbnail to view the full-size image and read the original descriptions.