Tag: border crossing
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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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Crossing into Myanmar Part II – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 119 – 5 June 2019
– ODO- 15252 – 15356 km – Location- 20km South if Tamu, Myanmar – Weather- 25-35 Clear and humid The Moreh to Tamu border crossing between India and Myanmar has only been open for about a year according to the blogs I read before leaving Nepal. I described cycling through Manipur and passing the ever…
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Crossing into Myanmar Part I – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 118 – 4 June 2019
– ODO- 15083 – 15252km – Location- Forest north of Khamphat, Myanmar – Weather- 25-33 Overcast Until 10am I slept the whole afternoon waking groggily to get an overpriced veggie burger in my overpriced hotel. I slept well all night regardless. The bed was firm and the ground floor room faced a quiet courtyard where…
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Crossing the Nepal/India border at Siliguri – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 110 – 27 May 2019
– ODO- 14052-14162km – Location- Mahananda Wildlife Sanctury, East Bengal, India – Weather- 21-34 Consistent headwind For my last night in Nepal I chose a hotel. It was around five pm and the heat began to get to me. I stopped more and more often. Water flowed right through me soaking my shirt, my helmet,…
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India-Nepal Border Crossing at Bhimdatta with UK Passport and Nepal Telecom SIM – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 98 – 4 April 2019
– ODO- 12536 – 12631km – Location- Attariya, Nepal – Weather- 18-33 Clear with head wind Today was my first border crossing in Asia. I left early from my hotel but was still stuck in a line of pedestrians, bikes and horse drawn carts to the border. My first impression was the disorder. In all…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 25 – 7th August 2018
ODO 3148km Location Just outside Havsa Weather 25-40 Hotter down in the lowlands I got a nice early night at Matts camping spot – avoiding the mosquitoes by getting in my bivi early. At 4am the next day I was woken by a cockerels call. Until then I’d never realise what a perfect Torture device…