Tag: cycling
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 99 – 5 April 2019
– ODO- 12631 – 12771km – Location- Kohalpur, Nepal – Weather- 18-35 Clear with head wind I camped out for the first time in Nepal a few hundred meters into the forest. Since crossing the border the villages have become smaller and further apart. With the exception of Madhya Pradesh, Indian forests were few and…
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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 94 – 31 March 2019
– ODO- 11873 – 12104km – Location- Under a bridge, East of Chandigarh, Haryana, India – Weather- 18-35 Clear Even when I woke up I’d noticed the temperature had changed. In Bir the mornings were chilly. I kept my fleece on for breakfast. Just 130km south, over a few valleys and a few hundred meters…
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Arriving in Bir – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 92 – 19 March 2019
– ODO: 11742 – 11820km – Location: Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India – Weather: 12-24 Bright and clear I realised today that I’d seen the Himalayas before. From 38,000 feet as I flew to a conference in Australia in 2017. That first time the ridges and valleys seem to flatten out, splitting the sea of cloud.…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 91 – 18 March 2019
– ODO- 11618 – 11742km – Location- The Forest, Himachal Pradesh, India – Weather- 14-28 Clear Last night I had my sights set on camping. I’d been overcharged for a hotel last night and throughout the day I passed small patches of forest and remote tracks splitting from the highway. All teasing campsites but at…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 90 – 17 March 2019
– ODO- 11454 – 11618km – Location- Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India – Weather- 14-32 Cloud breaking by lunchtime Last night I left the highway to find my hotel for the night. Most small towns have one or two places to stay so I was surprised that Kurukushetr had so many when I checked the OYO…
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PSA – Change Your Bike Chain – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 89 – 16 March 2019
– ODO- 11249 – 11454km – Location- Kurukushetra, Punjab, India – Weather- 16-27 Escaping the smog in the morning I left Delhi this morning after two weeks held up in an AirBnB working on SendMusic. After four months in India I didn’t have much of a desire to see any tourists sights, only venturing into…
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Scam Me Once – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 8
I catch up with Dan about my 2,500km cycle across central India and the latest with HoxtonFM from Tokyo. Here are some links we discussed: Temples in the Clouds – The paragliding documentary that got me into the sport – http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/2996/Temples-in-the-Clouds Joe Rogan speaks to the climber Alex Honnold – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OhHkBmbb5Y
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Chat with Tim & Adam from Total Bike Forever – Ben Around the World Podcast: Episode 7
I chat with Tim and Adam from Total Bike Forever who are 10 months into their cycle from London to Tokyo. Along the way they’re producing and preforming with their mini electronic music setup. Subscribe to Total Bike Forever: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ3r7jPQ-eUs6v2ss3frs_g
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 66 – 16th January 2019
– ODO- 8118 – 8260km – Location- Nachimuthu Natrayan Thirukovil Temple, India – Weather- 22-35 Hazy in the morning but very hot in the afternoon Yesterday was the festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu. Outside each house the women paint with coloured sand. Flowers and spirals in intricate patterns. Fast high pitched music, driven by…