Tag: bikepacking
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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…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 127 – 13 June 2019
– ODO- 16156 – 16234km – Location- Thaton, Myanmar – Weather- 26-28 Rain Since reaching Myanmar I’ve been following in the wheel tracks of so many other cyclists. In Europe there are ten ways to get from any one place to another. In India I chose a very untraditional circuit. Myanmar from Tamu to Myawaddy…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 126 – 12 June 2019
– ODO- 16036 – 16156km – Location- Diak-U, Myanmar – Weather- 26-29 Rain showers throughout the day After three days of torturous heat I woke up at 3am to make use of the coolness of the night. This morning though the storms had built into a near solid cloth of cloud. I’d written off the…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 125 – 11 June 2019
– ODO- 15933 – 16036km – Location- Taungoo, Myanmar – Weather- 26-29 overcast with drizzle Another 36 degree day and after 150km I rolled into Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar. The heat sapped my energy and the thought of a cold shower and a firm mattress kept me going. Watching each kilometre click past like…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 124 – 10 June 2019
– ODO- 15769 – 15933km – Location- Naypyitaw, Myanmar – Weather- 29-36 headwind with broken cloud in the afternoon This morning I started out at 4am. Using the morning darkness alone on the highway 1 toward Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw. Moving fast and pushing forward I found that tiredness effect my speed as much as the…
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Mandalay to Yangon Highway is Closed for Cyclists – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 123 – 9 June 2019
– ODO- 15676 – 15769km – Location- Meiktila, Myanmar – Weather- 29-38 27km/h headwind The highway policewoman blew her whistle and stepped out into the road. I’d been on the Mandalay to Yangon highway for an hour already, heading towards the the Mandalay airport when I came to the toll gate. Throughout my trip I’ve…
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Reaching My Limit – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 122 – 8 June 2019
– ODO- 15531 – 15676km – Location- Highway 1, Amarapura, Myanmar – Weather- 29-40 Clear I’ve always been able to keep going. Even if I have to push the bike I’ve always been able to push on. Thursday was the first time I reached my real limit. I was exhausted. A combination of the heat,…