Tag: Ben Around The World
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 88 – 4 March 2019
– ODO- 11125 – 11249 – Location- New Dehli, India – Weather- 13-21 Smog through the morning For my last day into Delhi, I only had 120km to ride so I cancelled my alarm and slept in that extra hour in my highway-side hotel. I woke to a thick smog that rolled out from the…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 87 – 3 March 2019
– ODO- 11062 – 11125km – Location- 19 Highway Agra -> Dehli, Utter Pradesh, India – Weather- 13-21 rain in the morning Last night I arrived in Agra very early. Around 2 pm. The sky was heavy and grey as I crossed the river looking for a spot to take a photo with my bike outside…
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Roll of the Dice – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 86 – 2 March 2019
– ODO- 10922 – 11062km – Location- Agra, Utter Pradesh, India – Weather- 13-20 light drizzle Roll of the Dice Today I learned that Alex Clark (who appeared on my podcast just a few months ago) was struck by a “semi” on a North American highway and seriously injured. Thankfully he’s alive but he won’t…
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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…