Month: October 2019
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South East Asian Spirit – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 141 – 26 October 2019
– ODO- 17677 – 17811km – Location- Thanh Hóa – Weather- 22-28 Showers in the morning cleaning towards the coast In Laos the spirit was Lao-Lao. A liquid the colour of a thin whisky, proffered to me in re-used orange juice bottles along the highway. Here in Vietnam there is a similar spirit. I’m sitting…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 140 – 25 October 2019
– ODO- 17561 – 17677km – Location- Tan Ky – Weather- 28 and cloudy all day A grey day brought good miles as the terrain flattened out and the broken teeth rocks split and flat to a winding river bed with increasing numbers of houses. The day past without issue, feeding myself from biscuits, peanuts…
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Welcome to Vietnam – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 139 – 24 October 2019
– ODO- 17462 – 17561km – Location- Field near the QL7 Highway – Weather- 24-33 descending from cloud, showers in the afternoon I started my ride in a bad mood. As Id left the border town in Lao heading up the final 20km before the border a white truck cut me up with horn blazing…
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Lao – The Most Bombed Country – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 138 – 23 October 2019
– ODO- 17354 – 17462km – Location- Guest House – Phon Sa Van – Weather- 24-30 cloudy until 11 – cooler up on the plains After another morning of climbing, this time in the cool clouds gripping to the edge of the forests I got my dues. A long sweeping descent down out of the…
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A Glimpse of Laos Ben Around the World Diary – Day 137 – 21 October 2019
– ODO- 17281 – 17354km – Location- 10km from Ban Namchat – Weather- 22-27 mist rising from the mountains I ended my second day on the road with my first night in my new tent, up only 80km from Van Vieng. After overdoeing my first day I then hit the mountains. I climbed 1600m in…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 136 – 20 October 2019
– ODO- 17213 – 17281km – Location- Chilli field past Nam Khene – Weather- 23-35 cloudy in the morning Yesterday I pushed myself too far. I wanted to make the most of my first day out if Vientiane, being hot but flat, so I set myself blindly on Van Vieng some 100miles (160km) away. I…
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The Summer of Love and Loss – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 135 – 19th October 2019
– ODO- 17047 – 17213km – Location- Van Vieng – Weather- 27-35 humid and dusty It’s been over two months since my last daily diary. 10 weeks since I crossed the friendship bridge into Laos to stay with my friend Steff and spend summer back with my family in Europe for one month. Things changed…