Tag: Ben Around The World
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The Summer of Love and Loss – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 135 – 19th October 2019
– ODO- 17047 – 17213km – Location- Van Vieng – Weather- 27-35 humid and dusty It’s been over two months since my last daily diary. 10 weeks since I crossed the friendship bridge into Laos to stay with my friend Steff and spend summer back with my family in Europe for one month. Things changed…
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USB Free – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 10
Dan and I are both in Barcelona for Sonar festival and meet up for the first in-person podcast, episode 10, from HQ members club. More at: https://youtube.com/benbowler
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iTunes is Dead: Introducing Audio for Mac on Kickstarter
A few weeks ago at the WWDC conference, Apple announced they are killing iTunes in the next release of MacOS Catalina. If you’re a serious music collector or industry professional like me you’ve long seen the demise of iTunes coming. At the same time, the independent software community around the Mac and iOS devices has…
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Invincible – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 134 – 20 June 2019
– ODO- 16890 – 17047km – Location- Non Khai, Thailand – Across the River from Vientiane – Weather- 25-38 Vivid streams and flashbacks kept me awake throughout the night. For my final day on the bike I gave myself 165km to travel. I woke before the alarm and lay with a heavy head for several…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 133 – 19 June 2019
– ODO- 16786 – 16890km – Location- Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand – Weather- 24-38 As I approach the last couple of days on the road on this leg, from Kathmandu to Vientiane, I become pensive. By this point I’ve been cycling solidly for a month. My daily routine. However tough it seems to cycle…
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The Bike After 15,000km – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 132 – 18 June 2019
– ODO- 16684 -16786km – Location-, Thailand – Weather- 24-34 As I approach the 20,000km mark the wear on my bike and is becoming more and more apparent. As my body gets slicker and stronger each component has worn gradually down. My bottom bracket is loose and my pedals move left to right on each…
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Thailand Rules – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 131 – 17 June 2019
– ODO- 16556 -16686km – Location- Forest between Atak and Sukhothai, Thailand – Weather- 24-34 Broken showers Thailand is my favourite place to ride in all Asia so far. It has fast smooth roads crossing flatlands and wild mountainous national parks with the extra lanes cars give you decent space. Hotels (and I’ve even seen…
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Loneliness on the Road – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 130 – 16 June 2019
– ODO- 16336 – 16456km – Location- Forest between Atak and Sukhothai, Thailand – Weather- 24-29 Overcast with Showers This morning I woke with a crushing loneliness. Staying in a hotel with a king size bed just feels wrong when your on your own. I sat on the edge of the covers remembering weekends with…
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Myanmar to Thailand – Myawaddy to Mae Sot Border Crossing – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 129 – 15 June 2019
– ODO- 16336 – 16392 km – Location- Mae Sot, Thailand – Weather- 27-29 Stormy I camped out in the rainforest for my last night in Myanmar. With two bottles of water stowed in my bag I set up my stove and tent and cooked noodles in my large pan. The sun set and small…
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My Impressions Cycling Myanmar – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 128 – 14 June 2019
– ODO- 16234 – 16336km – Location- The Forest 50km from the Mae Sot Border, Myanmar – Weather- 26-29 Rainstorms with broken hazy sun. It’s my last full day cycling in Myanmar. If I didn’t need to get from Kathmandu to Vientiane all I would know of Myanmar would be the countries international politics. Thanks…