Category: Daily Diary
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 70 – 3rd Feb 2019
– ODO- 8596 – 8701km – Location- Forest outside Singarapettai, India – Weather- 20-32 degrees This morning I left Bangalore early with the sun. The traffic had yet to build but I still had the early morning busses to contend with as I retraced my steps down the highway towards Hosur. The industrial suburb I…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 69 – 19th January 2019
– ODO- 8511-8596 – Location- Bangalore, Telangana, India – Weather- 10- Thick smog I left the hotel in the industrial district of Hosur at the usual 7 am. The hotel staff were all asleep on the sofas when I first came down the stairs. The smog was so thick that I could barely see the…
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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 67 – 17th January 2019
– ODO- 8260 – 8397km – Location- Near Dharmapuri in the hills, India – Weather- 22-35 Burning hot I’m uninspired to write today. As I’ve left the mountains and pedalled deeper into Tamil Nadu I’ve been struggling with the attention I receive. More so than ever before I’m stopped every 10 minutes. Every scooter slows…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 66 – 16th January 2019
– ODO- 8118 – 8260km – Location- Nachimuthu Natrayan Thirukovil Temple, India – Weather- 22-35 Hazy in the morning but very hot in the afternoon Yesterday was the festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu. Outside each house the women paint with coloured sand. Flowers and spirals in intricate patterns. Fast high pitched music, driven by…
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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 64 – 14th January 2019
– ODO- 7896 – 8046km – Location- Guest House 13km short of Munnar, India – Weather- 22-31 Haze in the morning After a days rest in Kochi I headed towards Munnar. Famous for the tee hills surrounding the area. After my first two weeks cycling in India along the flat and overpopulated coastal highway this…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 63 – 12th January 2019
– ODO- 7825 – 7896km – Location- Santa Maria Hostel Cochin (Kochi), India – Weather- 19-35 Clear and Hot As I’ve moved further south into Kerala there are more and more people. Especially down by the coastal highway I’ve been following. That’s lead to some awkward situations trying to camp. The last couple of day…
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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…