Tag: cycling
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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…
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Thailand Wins – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 166 – 7th February 2020
– ODO- 20884-21021km – Location- Palm Forest near Bam Saphli, Thailand – Weather- 26-35 Thailand is my favourite country in South East Asia to ride in. Before Bangkok I’d had a taste of the north of the country crossing into Laos and back in from Cambodia some months later. There have been some busy highways…