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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 85 – 1 March 2019
– ODO- 10822 – 10922km – Location- Gwalior, Utter Pradesh, India – Weather- 15-25 degrees I shouldn’t have trusted the hotel food. Last night I spent the hours between 2-4 am riding cramps in bed or sitting on the toilet. This makes my fourth stomach bug in so many month in India. There have been…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 84 – 28 February 2019
– ODO- 10676 – 10822km – Location- Jhansi, Utter Pradesh, India – Weather- 11-28 degrees Today I completed another 150km and still had enough time to setup a briefing call for a new work project while I’m in Dehli and eat a hearty dal fry. I’ve been camping out in some forest campsites that have…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 83 – 27 February 2019
– ODO- 10534 – 10676 – Location- Malthone, Utter Pradesh, India – Weather- 12-24 degrees, rain!! The last time I saw rain was in Georgia over four months ago. I’d almost forgotten what it feels like. Since crossing the shallow range of hills cutting across Madhya Pradesh the scenery has changed to lush green fields…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 82 – 26 February 2019
– ODO- 10388 – 10534km – Location- Vindali, India – Weather- 14-32 degrees, strong headwind all day It’s midday and I’m sitting in a small roadside restaurant. I love these places. I’ve found that I can get one of my favourites – dal fry – a mix of lentils, chilli and bright yellow from the…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 81 – 25 February 2019
– ODO- 10234 – 10388km – Location- Singori, India – Weather- 20-32 degrees, headwind in the morning How India Could Keep More Tourists A moment ago while I was sitting starting my lunch a young man came to sit opposite me and began chatting to me. As he left he gave me a piece of…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 80 – 24 February 2019
– ODO- 10159 – 10234km – Location- Nagpur, India – Weather- 21-35 degrees Last night I barely slept. I hate that feeling. I was laying there awake. Comfortable. Not aching. But awake. Eyes staring through the mosquito net focusing on the consolation of Orion. The first problem was my campsite. I’d passed through a town…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 79 – 23 February 2019
– ODO- 10033 – 10159km – Location- Jamb, India – Weather- 25-38 Clear and roasting Today I went over the halfway mark from Pondicherry to Dehli. These long stretches on the road get over any initial excitement that being on the road brings. When you realise that you’ve only just reached halfway of this leg…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 78 – 22 February 2019
– ODO- 9886 – 10033km – Location- Gudihatnur, India – Weather- 24-37 degrees I’m sitting in a forest clearing looking up at the stars. The rumble of tyres and arpeggios horns of the highway mix with cricket and bird song. Today I exceeded 10,000km on the road since leaving London 9 months ago and I’m…
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India’s Privacy Industry – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 77 – 21 February 2019
– ODO- 9738 – 9886km – Location- near Kammaready, India – Weather- 24-35 degrees India’s Privacy Industry Last night my OYO hotel had a sticker behind the door next to the latch. It read “Swipe right for privacy mode”. As a foreigner in another’s county I have very little privacy in India. That’s to be…
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Childhood Memories – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 76 – 20 February 2019
– ODO- 9512 – 9738 – Location- Hyderabad, India – Weather- 26-35 degrees Childhood Memories Yesterday was my dads birthday. After 169km I made it to my OYO hotel just as the sun set. Jostling with the autos along the highway into Hyderabad. Mixing the dust and diesel fumes in my lungs. I ordered Mc…