Tag: travel
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I Almost Didn’t Make the Start Line
“It felt as if everything that had happened so far in my life had been leading me to this point, preparing me for this task, and that I was uniquely equipped to pursue this quest. It was a perfect collision of personality, past experience, purpose, and timing.” ― Roz Savage, Stop Drifting, Start Rowing. My meticulous plan…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 7th June 2018
ODO 2580km Location Sumadijski, Serbia Weather 25-37℃ Hot Feelings Hit the wall and broke through it [post_gallery] Weather you’ve run a marathon or been made to lap the field as a high school punishment, everyone has an experience of hitting the wall. Your tells your body to move and your body resists. Eyes loose focus. Usual…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 5th June 2018
ODO 2310km Location Belgrade, Serbia Weather 26-37℃ – Hot Feelings Happy and clean [post_gallery] It’s 9am and 32 degrees as I change my 200 kuna into 3200 dinar at a small roadside exchange on the outskirts of NoviSad. I’ve had a terrible nights sleep after pitching my tent the wrong way. You didn’t know there…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 4th June 2018
ODO 2179km Location Serbia Weather 22-33℃ Hot Feelings Happy after a day of friendly encounters [post_gallery] After a couple of days in Croatia I realised that standing still is better than walking to keep mosquitoes off you. The problem with walking is you attract new followers and kick up others from the grass until you…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 3rd June 2018
ODO 2010km Location Sopje Croatia Weather 25-33℃ Sunny with thunder and hail showers Feelings Different and tired [post_gallery] There are certain thing you really only notice with traveling at the speed of a bike. Over the last two weeks I’ve been aiming to make camp by 8:30pm and get up at 7am to be on…
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Ben Around the World Diary – 2nd June 2018
ODO 1838km Location just inside the Croatian boarder Weather broken cloud with storm breaking just as I crossed the Slovenian border Feelings Utter exhaustion in the morning but with a few power naps across the day I felt better by the afternoon [post_gallery] I camped across the other side of a sketchy wooden bridge. I was…
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Where are the best places to live and work around the world? – 25 Years. 25 Cities.
Travel is the only expense that makes you richer. – Anonymous Travel is so often that wish. The delayed gratification. Something to wait for next year. Next summer. Over the last year I’ve been lucky enough to travel to some great cities building my company Chew. Because of the nature of my trips I’ve…
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Chewhiker – Welcome to Miami
During February and March 2016 I traveled North America to meet the Chew community, DJs, partners and investors. Read more about the entire Chewhiker trip here. With a short stop off in Atlanta airport I flew down the west coast of Florida. The plane turned inland and crossed the state. The ground looked like a…
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Chewhiker – Into the Arizona Desert
From snowy Denver the heat of the Arizona desert hit me as I walked from the airport terminal. I walked out into the of the air conditioned airport terminal and my hat and scarf were useless. I sat on a wall as businessmen reunited with their families and tired arguing families piled oversize luggage into taxis. I…
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Chewhiker – Denver and Boulder in One
During February and March 2016 I traveled North America to meet the Chew community, DJs, partners and investors. For more subscribe the the Chew Insider newsletter using the form to the left. Every two weeks I bring you updates on investor, brand and partner meetings. By my second Amtrak ride I was a professional. I…