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Wrong Turn – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 108 – 25 May 2019
– ODO- 13815 – 13910km – Location- Down by the River, Gil Bazaar, Nepal – Weather- 21-36 I’ve had a challenging morning. Last night I met a fellow cyclist called Scott and spent almost an hour talking by the side of the road. As we parted the clouds began to build and I decided to…
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Getting A Myanmar Visa in Kathmandu – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 107 – 24 May 2019
– ODO- 13722 – 13815km – Location- Forest near Bhimeshwor, Nepal – Weather- 21-36 I’ve been in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu for the last two weeks getting visas. I enjoyed myself so much on my Indian leg that my original visa expired days after crossing the border. The Indian visa process takes 5-7 days with multiple…
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Mucky Mumbai Ride Out
My first experience cyclng in India. I rode south from Mumbai towards Goa on the dirty dusty highway. To watch the
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Struggling in the Heat – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 106 – 12 May 2019
– ODO- 13669 – 13722km – Location- Kathmandu, Nepal – Weather- 23-36 Super humid I’ve found my limit. Last night I camped out on a sandy riverbank between two Nepalese villages. I rolled my bike down the steep stone sidetrack and set up my tent on the sandy shore by the flowing rapids. As I…
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I Love Pokhara – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 105 – 11 May 2019
– ODO- 13536 – 13669km – Location- Bagmati, Nepal – Weather- 18-36 Super humid My last diary from the road was on the 10th of April – a whole month ago. Pokhara is just perfect for me. The area with all the action is lakeside. A small strip of land between the ridge and the…
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Slow TV in 360: Full 20m Georgian Mountain Paragliding
For the last year, I’ve been flying with the Insta360 strapped my head to capture my flights in their entirety. More
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Slow TV: Full 20mins Georgian Mountain Paragliding
Watch one full flight over the Russia-Georgia friendship monument. Watch the edited version: https://youtu.be/2RHLmyQZX0Q More at <a href="https://benbowler.com"
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Mountain Paragliding the Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument
My highest paragliding training hill was 500m in Southern Spain. Fast forward to Georgia I take off in the glorious
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Bikepacking across the Border to Georgia (The Country)
I cross into the tenth country of my bikepacking trip around the world. Georgia is a jewel in the Caucasus,
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The StreamOn.app Origins Story
I’ve launched a new startup — https://streamon.app Here’s the origins story. So far I’ve only been sharing 1/3 of