Category: Leg 4: Kathmandu -> Vientiane
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 113 – 30 May 2019
– ODO- 14462-14592km – Location- Guwahati, Assam, India – Weather- 21-28 Storm in the morning, then overcast After some good nights camping I felt like I needed a roof over my head for a night or two before heading into the mountains bordering Myanmar. I stopped early, around 4pm for a second lunch or early…
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The Four S’s and One M – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 112 – 29 May 2019
– ODO- 14324 – 14462km – Location- Hotel on a Lake near Barpeta, Assam, India – Weather- 26-35 Showers in the morning My time in the Air Cadets could be considered responsible for this crazy adventure. I was already sold on the Royal Air Force funded youth organisation by the time my dad showed me…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 111 – 27 May 2019
– ODO- 14162 – 14324km – Location- Riverbank, Purbachak Chaka, East Bengal, India – Weather- 28-30 Mostly overcast My experience with rain forests up until this point has been sitting and watching David Attenborough programs in the sofa with my mum. A family favourite when I was young. Once I left Siliguri, the first major…
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Many Ghosts Here – Ben Around the World Diary – Day 109 – 26 May 2019
– ODO- 13910 – 14052km – Location- Hotel Near Belbari, Nepal – Weather- 21-32 Overcast until midday but windy. After yesterday’s wrong turn I decided to retrace my steps. Partly up the unfinished highway on compressed and sprayed sand and the rest of the time on the rough and broken slabs of the old road.…