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Before Visiting India, Watch Karl Rock – Round the World Recommendations
Last week I discussed some of the scams you can get into visiting awesome India — https://youtu.be/aSu-vgWOJbM Watching
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 172 – 13th February 2020
– ODO- 21615-21756km – Location- Palm forest, Malaysia – Weather- 28-36 hot and humid I can’t help but think about Coronavirus. My phone lights up with texts from concerned family, shop attendants wear masks and every podcast I listen to mentions the latest count or tech angle on the infection. It reminds me again of…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 171 – 12th February 2020
– ODO- 21460-21615km – Location- Sungai Putani, Malaysia – Weather- 26-36 hot and humid Malaysians love malls. I have visited Kuala Lumpur previously, for a couple of weeks, and spent most of that time in malls eating donuts and ice-cream but I wasn’t expecting it to extend beyond the capital. I crossed the border too…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 170 – 11th February 2020
– ODO- 21460-21615km – Location- Padang Besar, Malaysia – Weather- 22-31 strong showers across the day My final day in Thailand was a disaster. I started early but with zero energy after a night of deep yet interrupted sleep. The big expanses of palms died off as the sun set so all I was left…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 169 – 10th February 2020
– ODO- 21317-21460km – Location- Thailand – Weather- 25-32 showers in the afternoon Last night I pushed and pushed through a lul in my mood. The road turned away from the sandy beaches and bay vistas back to the highway packed with pickup trucks and lorries all in a hurry to blast past on their…
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Scam Stories from India – How India Could Keep More Tourists
I loved my 7 months in India but I heard lots of travel horror stories from tourists across the country.
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 168 – 9th February 2020
– ODO- 21166-21317km – Location- Outside Wiang Sa, near an open cast mine, Thailand – Weather- 25-32 showers in the afternoon Last night I pulled a long ride so I could get a shower. Two nights among the palms and town days peaking at 36 degrees much of the day made me feel gross and…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 167 – 8th February 2020
– ODO- 21021-21166km – Location- Lamae Beach Resort, Thailand – Weather- 26-35 Some mornings I feel so unnaturally happy. I mean I’ve been woken up throughout the night by a small animal sniffing round my head outside the tent, then sat up in the strong moonlight for hours trying to get back to sleep, only…
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Thailand Wins – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 166 – 7th February 2020
– ODO- 20884-21021km – Location- Palm Forest near Bam Saphli, Thailand – Weather- 26-35 Thailand is my favourite country in South East Asia to ride in. Before Bangkok I’d had a taste of the north of the country crossing into Laos and back in from Cambodia some months later. There have been some busy highways…
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The Dream – Podcast – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 165 – 6th February 2020
– ODO- 20766-20884km – Location- Prachuapkhirikhun, Thailand – Weather- 29-36 hot As the temperature hits 36 degrees in the middle of the morning I hop from sheltered cabins to convenience store stoops, drinking constantly and instantly sweating it out. The surface of my skin, a dark glistening sheen of sweat and dust picked up from…