Category: Daily Diary
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 58 – 7th January 2019
ODO: 7049-7275 – 100 Miles! Location: Gokarna, India Weather: 12-33 Clear and Hot When I work to a deadline I get into a zone where I’m thinking very little about what I’m doing. I know I have to do it and I get on with it. That’s helped me a great deal in the weekend up…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 57 – 23th November 2018
ODO: 6624km Location: Bootstart Co-living Space, Goa, India Weather: 24-35 Light clouds breaking by 10am Boostart in Mandrem is a huge four story building with rows of dorms and private rooms linking from between the white walls and walkways. On a mid level terrace there’s a small pool and working your way to the roof…
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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 55 – 21th November 2018
ODO: 6443 Location: Shridhar’s Family House, India Weather: 24-35 Fog in the morning breaking to a clear hot day. The relentless paneer masala diet got to me last night. After my 7th roti for the day, I felt heavy and slightly sick. Getting to bed in my second roadside hotel of the trip I fell…
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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 south is like dipping your bare feet into a stream after a long days hiking. With occasional light drizzle bringing up the humidity my morning…
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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 from the dirty, smelly and polluted streets of Mumbai. A memory of my second ever cycle trip across France. Stepping off the Eurostar train and…
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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 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 I’d had on Turkey. From being offered food and pastries at the top of a big climb to innumerable chai stops with workman and families…
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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 cap gun out of the window as they pass. I’m so used to this now. Kids shout as I pass but I keep headphones in…
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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 and chatted in my few words of Turkish and there’s of English. Pointing at the map and wondering if the border crossing I’d chosen would…