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EU CAPITAL of CULTURE Plovdiv
Matt, Jelle and I head into Plovdiv for the night to explore the EU Capital of Culture. More at <a href="https://benbowler.com"
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 55 – 21th November 2018
ODO: 6443 Location: Shridhar’s Family House, India Weather: 24-35 Fog in the morning breaking to a clear hot day. The relentless paneer masala diet got to me last night. After my 7th roti for the day, I felt heavy and slightly sick. Getting to bed in my second roadside hotel of the trip I fell…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 54 – 20th November 2018
ODO: 6345km Location: between Khed and Chiplun Weather: 24-30 Overcast and light rain. Humid After the oppressive heat of yesterday’s midday sun, the blanket of cloud that built from the south is like dipping your bare feet into a stream after a long days hiking. With occasional light drizzle bringing up the humidity my morning…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 53 – 19th November 2018
ODO: 6229 Location: Raigarh Weather: 29-36 Dusty and polluted My next adventure on the bike has come after another long break working out of co-working spaces. I was apprehensive leaving from the dirty, smelly and polluted streets of Mumbai. A memory of my second ever cycle trip across France. Stepping off the Eurostar train and…
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STUCK in the MUD
After two months in Sofia I rode out from the city with Matt and Jelle for a muddy ride up
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Recommendation: Born to Run
As I cycle around the world I get a lot of time to sit under a tree reading. Each week
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After Work Flying the CAPITAL of BULGARIA
After some work in the flat I head out and up 2000m to fly from Vitosha – the mountain towering
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RTW Recommendation: Uproot by Jace Clayton
One of the great things about traveling by bike is that I get a lot of rest time to read
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Slow TV: Full Hour of Paragliding at El Toro
For you paragliding fans out there, here’s the full hour and eight minute unedited flight from El Toro. As a
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Chew – Elevator Pitch
