Tag: Ben Around The World
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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…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 71 – 4rd Feb 2019
– ODO- 8701 – 8849 – Location- Auroville Joy Community Guesthouse, Auroville, India – Weather- 19-30 degrees Auroville I’m writing today’s diary after nearly a week in Auroville. I’ve rarely used my phone all week and my laptop has remained untouched in my bag. I’ve been drawn in by the spirit of Auroville. The Joy…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 70 – 3rd Feb 2019
– ODO- 8596 – 8701km – Location- Forest outside Singarapettai, India – Weather- 20-32 degrees This morning I left Bangalore early with the sun. The traffic had yet to build but I still had the early morning busses to contend with as I retraced my steps down the highway towards Hosur. The industrial suburb I…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 69 – 19th January 2019
– ODO- 8511-8596 – Location- Bangalore, Telangana, India – Weather- 10- Thick smog I left the hotel in the industrial district of Hosur at the usual 7 am. The hotel staff were all asleep on the sofas when I first came down the stairs. The smog was so thick that I could barely see the…