Category: Daily Diary
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Hue Imperial Palace – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 149 – 14th November 2019
– ODO- 18601-18673km – Location- Hue – Weather- 25-31 broken cloud I’ve visited more tourists spots in this week with George in Vietnam then my entire last leg across Myanmar. Pushing through the crowd of taxis and weed sellers we entered the palace gate under a bed sheet sized Vietnamese flag. The palace grounds were…
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Rainy Day – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 148 – 13th November 2019
– ODO- 18476-18601km – Location- Dong Na – Weather- 23-25 rain Today was the longest day of George and I’s shared week of cycling. Along with the struggle of the distance we hit the first of a streak of rain which looks to absorb our remaining time. Sodden and hungry we rolled into the hotel…
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Phong Nha Cave – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 147 – 11th November 2019
– ODO- 18394-18476km – Location- Phong Nha – Weather- 23-28 cloudy After four sunny days we hit the second tourist spot. The Phong Nha National Park was always a big point to reach on the map. We arrived just in time for the rain to start. We dropped the bikes, spread our dirty clothes out…
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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…
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Going Vegan in Vietnam – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 145 – 9th November 2019
– ODO- 18185-18287km – Location- Vinh – Weather- 20-31 high altitude cloud all morning As a vegetarian world cyclist some countries have been harder than others. Turkish pida with chunks beef hidden in the layers, Georgian shops stocked with walls of meat and a sad block of spongy cheese and surprise pork in Thai noodle…
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Triang An Boat Ride (Check the Video)- Ben Around the World Diary – Day 144 – 8th November 2019
– ODO- 18068-18185km – Location- Hải Hòa Beach – Weather- 21-31 clear Having someone else cycling with you changes your perspective. Back in Bulgaria, Matt and Jelle helped me enjoy my ride more, stop more to enjoy the food and the company of locals and take the detour on to unknown roads. Last night George…
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£100 Bike Challenge – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 143 – 7th November 2019
– ODO- 17969-18068km – Location- Triang An – Weather- 22-29 tailwind For the second time on the trip I have a visitor. I’ve been mates with George since we met aroubd the Ignite accelerator program in Newcastle and since he’s been the creative force behind all the branding of all my companies and projects, from…
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Rainy Season in Vietnam – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 142 – 27 October 2019
– ODO- 17811-17969km – Location- Hanoi – Weather- 22-24 with constant downpours I’ve never seen so much water on the road. I followed the highway on the hard shoulder as the rain come down. I left at 5-30, just before sunrise, to get to Hanoi early to relax and settle in but as I awoke…
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South East Asian Spirit – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 141 – 26 October 2019
– ODO- 17677 – 17811km – Location- Thanh Hóa – Weather- 22-28 Showers in the morning cleaning towards the coast In Laos the spirit was Lao-Lao. A liquid the colour of a thin whisky, proffered to me in re-used orange juice bottles along the highway. Here in Vietnam there is a similar spirit. I’m sitting…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 140 – 25 October 2019
– ODO- 17561 – 17677km – Location- Tan Ky – Weather- 28 and cloudy all day A grey day brought good miles as the terrain flattened out and the broken teeth rocks split and flat to a winding river bed with increasing numbers of houses. The day past without issue, feeding myself from biscuits, peanuts…