Tag: diary
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The Dream – Podcast – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 165 – 6th February 2020
– ODO- 20766-20884km – Location- Prachuapkhirikhun, Thailand – Weather- 29-36 hot As the temperature hits 36 degrees in the middle of the morning I hop from sheltered cabins to convenience store stoops, drinking constantly and instantly sweating it out. The surface of my skin, a dark glistening sheen of sweat and dust picked up from…
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Drinking- A Love Story – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 146 – 10th November 2019
– ODO- 18287-18394km – Location- Unknown Highway Town – Weather- 20-29 overcast most of the day Cycling all day every day gives me plenty of time to reflect. Often I’m reflecting on great moments of my life. Loves, laughs and times with family. But so too come the intrusive thoughts. The doubts that can break…
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The Four S’s and One M – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 112 – 29 May 2019
– ODO- 14324 – 14462km – Location- Hotel on a Lake near Barpeta, Assam, India – Weather- 26-35 Showers in the morning My time in the Air Cadets could be considered responsible for this crazy adventure. I was already sold on the Royal Air Force funded youth organisation by the time my dad showed me…
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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 65 – 15th January 2019
– ODO- 8024 – 8118km – Location- Allinagaram, Munnar, India – Weather- 13-31 Cold above 1000m Today was my third off road day. My mapped route took me down steep gravel mountain bike tracks in Austria and Turkey. The day started on a high. I left the guesthouse I had been staying in nice and…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 56 – 22th November 2018
ODO: 6510km Location The Forest India Weather: 23-36 Clear and hot Last night was the night I met Shridhar. I’ve made a habit of stopping for a selfie only when I was planning to stop anyway. For a drink or snack or a full lunch. Otherwise, I’d end up never making progress at all. For…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 53 – 19th November 2018
ODO: 6229 Location: Raigarh Weather: 29-36 Dusty and polluted My next adventure on the bike has come after another long break working out of co-working spaces. I was apprehensive leaving from the dirty, smelly and polluted streets of Mumbai. A memory of my second ever cycle trip across France. Stepping off the Eurostar train and…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 26 – 8th August 2018
ODO 3245km Location Beyond Havsa Weather 25-40 Hotter down in the lowlands The buzz wore off and I felt alone and tired and wanting a good nights sleep. I’ve been having nightmares of problems again. Running out of food. Being found my the Guardia in the night. The call to prayer woke me at 5am.…