Category: Daily Diary
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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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Thailand Wins – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 166 – 7th February 2020
– ODO- 20884-21021km – Location- Palm Forest near Bam Saphli, Thailand – Weather- 26-35 Thailand is my favourite country in South East Asia to ride in. Before Bangkok I’d had a taste of the north of the country crossing into Laos and back in from Cambodia some months later. There have been some busy highways…
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The Dream – Podcast – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 165 – 6th February 2020
– ODO- 20766-20884km – Location- Prachuapkhirikhun, Thailand – Weather- 29-36 hot As the temperature hits 36 degrees in the middle of the morning I hop from sheltered cabins to convenience store stoops, drinking constantly and instantly sweating it out. The surface of my skin, a dark glistening sheen of sweat and dust picked up from…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 164 – 5th February 2020
– ODO- 20602-20766km – Location- Cha-an, Thailand – Weather- 30-34 clear and sweaty It’s been nearly two months since I arrived in Bangkok. After spending my first Christmas on the road in Goa in 2018 I didn’t want to spend this one away from family and loved ones so I flew from 29 degree Bangkok…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 163 – 9th December 2019
– ODO- 20500-20602km – Location- Bangkok, Thailand – Weather- 18-29 clear This morning I made it to Bangkok. For Christmas, I’m heading back to see my family. I don’t want a repeat of my busy lonely Christmas in Goa last year. I left my hotel at 5:30am excited to finish this leg. While I’m away…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 162 – 8th December 2019
– ODO- 20347-20500km – Location- Rung Rot Village, Thailand – Weather- 17-32 Thailand is easy to ride. The roads are wide and smooth and every 30km there’s a service station with a Jiffy or a 7-eleven. I’ve eaten too much today. My favourite rice and omelette or cheese toasty is fast and cheap and I…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 161 – 7th December 2019
– ODO- 20191-20347km – Location- Over the border from Poipet, Thailand – Weather- 17-29 These last few days I’ve had lingering feelings of depression and boredom. From the mountains of the Vietnamese highlands, I’ve hit long, hard and hot days of the Cambodian planes. Staying in cheap tourist hotels and eating bad food. This is…
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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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100 Miles in Cambodia – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 159 – 4th December 2019
– ODO- 19872-20042km – Location- 150km west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Weather- 28-32 high altitude cloud and haze Today I pushed myself. Siem Riep, my next short stop, is 300km from Phnom Penh and rather than splitting it into two long and one short ride I thought why not push it. My alarm went…
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Phnom Penh – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 158 – 3rd December 2019
– ODO- 19757-19872km – Location- Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Weather- 28-32 high altitude cloud and haze Today the highway continued to the capital. The surface improving as the traffic worsened. In frustration I shouted “wanker” at the top of my voice into the window of a Toyota Camry who overtook a truck on my side…