Category: Favourites
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 68 – 18th January 2019
– ODO- 8397 – 8511km – Location- Hotel in Hosur, India – Weather- 20-34 Thick fog until 10am Camping in India Last night I tried a new approach to camping. In Europe, Turkey and the caucuses the population is sparse enough that within 10km I easily found a field or a tree down to camp…
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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 62 – 11th January 2019
– ODO: 7682 – 7825km – Location: A Highway in Kerala, India – Weather: 19-35 Clear and Hot Today I met Chidam for the second time. Sleeping outside a store only 800 meters from the abandoned building I was sleeping in. He’s cycling from Mumbai to the southern most tip of the country. He has…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 61 – 10th January 2019
ODO: 7565 – 7682km Location: A Highway in India Weather: 18-34 Clear and Hot As the sun began to set last night, my route began to merge with the coastline. During the day I’d caught the glimmer of rivers, pools and beaches from many bridges that connect the lowlands here in Kerala. My mind drifted…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 60 – 9th January 2019
ODO: 7424 – 7565km Location: Bekal Fort, Kerala, India Weather: 18-34 Clear and Hot Let tell you what I love about South Indian food. And oh boy have I eaten a lot of it. Another perk of cycling is that – even in these short equatorial days – I can easily eat three full meals…
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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 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 dropped sharply from the mountains into the bowl of the city below. Two things signalled my switch from the country to the city. The road…
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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 fear and excitement. A tightening of the sphincter I’ve only ever experienced by looking down in deep clear water to see I’m floating tens of…
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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 of the sky. Starting a deep grey on the morning with grizzly clouds licking the summits. Opening up onto ochers from life and death. The…
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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 people I meet and the cars on the road have been growing progressively more and more friendly as I head east. Yet there is still…