Tag: cycling
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Video: Oman Sand and Storms Destroy my Bike
In October 2023 I spent a week cycling out into the Hajar Mountains in Oman. A trip I had been dreaming about since I cycled around the world. During that trip, Oman was inaccessible with Saudi Arabia not offering tourist visas at the time. The journey was incredibly challenging, and not in the way you…
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Cycling Across Java – Day 180 – 14 March 2020
– ODO- 22491-22631km – Location- Pamanukan, Indonesia – Weather- 27-38 Today was my first day if my ride across the Indonesian island of Java. After crossing the city from my ferry I was ready for the same crazy roads and I wasn’t disappointed. I left at 4 am to cross central Jakarta before the major…
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Avoiding Coronavirus Lockdown in Indonesia – My Flight for COVID-19 2020 Cycle Touring Diary
The last 48 hours have been an epic journey travelling back from small-town Indonesia with my bicycle and all my kit. Here’s how and I why I came back early from my round the world bikepacking trip. I still have 9 months worth of footage to edit from the last year on the road! Subscribe…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 175 – 16th February 2020
– ODO- 22023-22162km – Location- Bukit Baru, Malaysia – Weather- 31-37 clear and humid I’m tired today. Last night I rode into Kuala Lumpur for an afternoon off. I stopped to meet my friend Adrian, who I’d last seen on a paragliding launch back in Bir, India – 10,000km hence. To get in early to…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 174 – 15th February 2020
– ODO- 21917-22023km – Location- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Weather- 31-37 storms in the afternoon Often along the side of the road, I encounter a randomised survey of local wildlife in differing states of compression. Often in Europe and Central Asia, it’s a long string of flattened rats and mice and the occasional cat or…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 171 – 12th February 2020
– ODO- 21460-21615km – Location- Sungai Putani, Malaysia – Weather- 26-36 hot and humid Malaysians love malls. I have visited Kuala Lumpur previously, for a couple of weeks, and spent most of that time in malls eating donuts and ice-cream but I wasn’t expecting it to extend beyond the capital. I crossed the border too…
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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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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 169 – 10th February 2020
– ODO- 21317-21460km – Location- Thailand – Weather- 25-32 showers in the afternoon Last night I pushed and pushed through a lul in my mood. The road turned away from the sandy beaches and bay vistas back to the highway packed with pickup trucks and lorries all in a hurry to blast past on their…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 168 – 9th February 2020
– ODO- 21166-21317km – Location- Outside Wiang Sa, near an open cast mine, Thailand – Weather- 25-32 showers in the afternoon Last night I pulled a long ride so I could get a shower. Two nights among the palms and town days peaking at 36 degrees much of the day made me feel gross and…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 167 – 8th February 2020
– ODO- 21021-21166km – Location- Lamae Beach Resort, Thailand – Weather- 26-35 Some mornings I feel so unnaturally happy. I mean I’ve been woken up throughout the night by a small animal sniffing round my head outside the tent, then sat up in the strong moonlight for hours trying to get back to sleep, only…