Category: Favourites
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32 Hour PELNI Ferry from Singapore to Jakarta Ben Around the World Diary – Day 178/179 – 26th/27th February 2020
– ODO- 22415-22491km – Location- West Jakarta – Weather- 28-32 and humid on the ocean, some rain on the morning of the 27th As part of cycling around the world, I try to fly as little as possible. After cycling through Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and into Singapore I reached the end of the…
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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 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 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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Angkor Wat – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 160 – 5th December 2019
– ODO- 20042-20191km – Location- Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Weather- 28-32 high altitude cloud and haze I woke up like clockwork at 4:30am even though this is my day off. Opened Grab and typed in Angkor Wat. The driver took me in pitch blackness to the ticket office and then up along the highway. Cars…
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Rainy Season in Vietnam – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 152 – 27th November 2019
– ODO- 18925-19038km – Location- Dal Leng, Vietnam – Weather- 20-27 rain all morning Before I left I spent days reading kit reviews. Something I’ve always spent good money on for hiking and biking is a Goretex jacket. My Arcteryx climbing shell is ultra-light, fitting perfectly in all positions with a hood that fits over…
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Ha Long Bay Marathon – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 151 – 26th November 2019
– ODO- 18803-18925km – Location- Khan Duc, Vietnam – Weather- 27 solid rain A week has passed since my last diary. After a week working in Hoi An in a beachside AirBnB, George and I jumped on a budget flight back up to the same latitude as we began, flying a week’s worth of cycling…
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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…