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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 63 – 12th January 2019
– ODO- 7825 – 7896km – Location- Santa Maria Hostel Cochin (Kochi), India – Weather- 19-35 Clear and Hot As I’ve moved further south into Kerala there are more and more people. Especially down by the coastal highway I’ve been following. That’s lead to some awkward situations trying to camp. The last couple of day…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 62 – 11th January 2019
– ODO: 7682 – 7825km – Location: A Highway in Kerala, India – Weather: 19-35 Clear and Hot Today I met Chidam for the second time. Sleeping outside a store only 800 meters from the abandoned building I was sleeping in. He’s cycling from Mumbai to the southern most tip of the country. He has…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 61 – 10th January 2019
ODO: 7565 – 7682km Location: A Highway in India Weather: 18-34 Clear and Hot As the sun began to set last night, my route began to merge with the coastline. During the day I’d caught the glimmer of rivers, pools and beaches from many bridges that connect the lowlands here in Kerala. My mind drifted…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 60 – 9th January 2019
ODO: 7424 – 7565km Location: Bekal Fort, Kerala, India Weather: 18-34 Clear and Hot Let tell you what I love about South Indian food. And oh boy have I eaten a lot of it. Another perk of cycling is that – even in these short equatorial days – I can easily eat three full meals…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 59 – 8th January 2019
ODO: 7275 – 7424km Location: Camping South of Kundapura, India Weather: 18-33 Clear and Hot Goa was decidedly Christian with its white and blue churches and busses of school kids in starched shirts and long trousers and skirts queuing up for mass on a Sunday. I can’t image what that feels like in 35-degree heat.…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 58 – 7th January 2019
ODO: 7049-7275 – 100 Miles! Location: Gokarna, India Weather: 12-33 Clear and Hot When I work to a deadline I get into a zone where I’m thinking very little about what I’m doing. I know I have to do it and I get on with it. That’s helped me a great deal in the weekend up…
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Year in Review – Ben Bowler in 2018
This year started back in my little flat in south London. 10 years since my first dream of traveling around the world by bike it seemed like that dream might just be possible. A lot of planning and work began to pay off in May when I… Left to Cycling Around the World Against all…
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Chat with Josiah Skeats – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 6
I speak to Josiah Skeats who’s been cycling (skiing, cowboying and sailing) around the world for several years.
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Chat with Josiah Skeats – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 6
I speak to Josiah Skeats who’s been cycling (skiing, cowboying and sailing) around the world for several years. Follow Josiah on
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Strava Year in Review 2018
My cycling stats from Strava for my first year cycling round the world.