Ben Around the World Diary – Day 54 – 20th November 2018
ODO: 6345km Location: between Khed and Chiplun Weather: 24-30 Overcast and light rain. Humid After the oppressive heat of yesterday's midday sun, the blanket of cloud that built from the…
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…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 52 – 26th September 2018
ODO 6128 Location Tbilisi, Georgia Weather 11-19 Storm gusts After a month on the road from Bulgaria through Turkey I came across the roof scape of Tbilisi suddenly. The road…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 51 – 25th September 2018
ODO 6018km Location Sakdrioni, Georgia Weather 8-22 Strong side becoming head wind I like Georgia already. On my climb up to the border I though over all of the experiences…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 50 – 24th September 2018
ODO 5877km Location Lake Cisor Weather 11-24 Today I've felt very down on Turkey and Kurds. After the stone throwing incident yesterday - this morning a young man shoots a…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 49 – 23th September 2018
ODO 5781km Location Digor Weather 11-29 Light showers Having stones thrown at you isn't fun. I'd just stopped st a small town petrol station to top up my water bottles…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 48 – 21th September 2018
ODO 5636 Location Dogubayazit Weather 8-25 Strong head wind The sight of the dark stone of Mount Ararat - the highest peak in Turkey - stirred in me a deep…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 47 – 20th September 2018
ODO 5488km Location Karabakac - just over the pass Weather 7-25 Up at 5am before sunset. On the road with the overnight lorry drivers and nobody else. Seeing the sunrise.…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 46 – 19th September 2018
ODO 5338 Location Ezisiye Weather 15-28 In turkey the earth takes on colours I've never seen. The earth rises thousands of metres between purple and black to the neon blue…
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 45 – 18th September 2018
ODO 5228km Location Past Erzincan off the highway Weather 5-30 a contrast from mountain to valley What is it with men shouting out of vans trying to scare me? The…