Month: June 2019
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Invincible – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 134 – 20 June 2019
– ODO- 16890 – 17047km – Location- Non Khai, Thailand – Across the River from Vientiane – Weather- 25-38 Vivid streams and flashbacks kept me awake throughout the night. For my final day on the bike I gave myself 165km to travel. I woke before the alarm and lay with a heavy head for several…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 133 – 19 June 2019
– ODO- 16786 – 16890km – Location- Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand – Weather- 24-38 As I approach the last couple of days on the road on this leg, from Kathmandu to Vientiane, I become pensive. By this point I’ve been cycling solidly for a month. My daily routine. However tough it seems to cycle…
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The Bike After 15,000km – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 132 – 18 June 2019
– ODO- 16684 -16786km – Location-, Thailand – Weather- 24-34 As I approach the 20,000km mark the wear on my bike and is becoming more and more apparent. As my body gets slicker and stronger each component has worn gradually down. My bottom bracket is loose and my pedals move left to right on each…
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Can You Wild Camp in India? – Camping on the Beach and Bekal Fort
I try wild camping in India with mixed results. A building site, a hedge and the amazing Bekal Fort. More at
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Thailand Rules – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 131 – 17 June 2019
– ODO- 16556 -16686km – Location- Forest between Atak and Sukhothai, Thailand – Weather- 24-34 Broken showers Thailand is my favourite place to ride in all Asia so far. It has fast smooth roads crossing flatlands and wild mountainous national parks with the extra lanes cars give you decent space. Hotels (and I’ve even seen…
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Loneliness on the Road – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 130 – 16 June 2019
– ODO- 16336 – 16456km – Location- Forest between Atak and Sukhothai, Thailand – Weather- 24-29 Overcast with Showers This morning I woke with a crushing loneliness. Staying in a hotel with a king size bed just feels wrong when your on your own. I sat on the edge of the covers remembering weekends with…
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Myanmar to Thailand – Myawaddy to Mae Sot Border Crossing – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 129 – 15 June 2019
– ODO- 16336 – 16392 km – Location- Mae Sot, Thailand – Weather- 27-29 Stormy I camped out in the rainforest for my last night in Myanmar. With two bottles of water stowed in my bag I set up my stove and tent and cooked noodles in my large pan. The sun set and small…
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My Impressions Cycling Myanmar – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 128 – 14 June 2019
– ODO- 16234 – 16336km – Location- The Forest 50km from the Mae Sot Border, Myanmar – Weather- 26-29 Rainstorms with broken hazy sun. It’s my last full day cycling in Myanmar. If I didn’t need to get from Kathmandu to Vientiane all I would know of Myanmar would be the countries international politics. Thanks…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 127 – 13 June 2019
– ODO- 16156 – 16234km – Location- Thaton, Myanmar – Weather- 26-28 Rain Since reaching Myanmar I’ve been following in the wheel tracks of so many other cyclists. In Europe there are ten ways to get from any one place to another. In India I chose a very untraditional circuit. Myanmar from Tamu to Myawaddy…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 126 – 12 June 2019
– ODO- 16036 – 16156km – Location- Diak-U, Myanmar – Weather- 26-29 Rain showers throughout the day After three days of torturous heat I woke up at 3am to make use of the coolness of the night. This morning though the storms had built into a near solid cloth of cloud. I’d written off the…