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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…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 75 – 19 February 2019
– ODO- 9402 – 9512km – Location- Dachepalle, India – Weather- 26-36 degrees Today I left the coastal highway and flipped my paper map for the first time. With the flip came the realisation that I’ve got a long road to travel to Agra. I’d covered half of one fold in three days. Hyderabad, the…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 74 – 18 February 2019
– ODO- 9254 – 9402 – Location- Singarayakonda, India – Weather- 26-36 degrees Not much to report today. I slept better outside last night than in the hotel the night before. Laying on top of my sleeping bag and roll mat completely starkers apart from my pants. I lose a degree off the peak temperature…
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Try OYO Hotels when Traveling in India – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 73 – 17 February 2019
– ODO- 9088 – 9254km – Location- 10km south of Gudar, India – Weather- 26-38, degrees Try OYO Hotels when Traveling in India When I arrived in Mumbai and stayed with my friend Len for a few nights he suggested the app OYO. A hotel agrigator app that seems to have taken over here. As…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 72 – 16 February 2019
– ODO- 8849 – 9088km – Location- Hotel in Kovalam, India – Weather- 26-30 Hot and humid This morning I had a tough choice. I’ve picked up a stinking head cold from too much laughing yoga in Auroville. I tried to extend my hostel stay for an extra night but I was too late. The…