Category: Ben Around the World
-
32 Hour PELNI Ferry from Singapore to Jakarta Ben Around the World Diary – Day 178/179 – 26th/27th February 2020
– ODO- 22415-22491km – Location- West Jakarta – Weather- 28-32 and humid on the ocean, some rain on the morning of the 27th As part of cycling around the world, I try to fly as little as possible. After cycling through Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and into Singapore I reached the end of the…
-
Avoiding Coronavirus Lockdown in Indonesia – My Flight for COVID-19 2020 Cycle Touring Diary
The last 48 hours have been an epic journey travelling back from small-town Indonesia with my bicycle and all my kit. Here’s how and I why I came back early from my round the world bikepacking trip. I still have 9 months worth of footage to edit from the last year on the road! Subscribe…
-
Avoiding Coronavirus Lockdown in Indonesia – My Flight for COVID-19 2020 Cycle Touring Diary
The last 48 hours have been an epic journey travelling back from small-town Indonesia with my bicycle and all my
-
Digital Nomad Life – What £800 per Month Get’s You in Delhi
In every city, I stop to get my laptop out. Based on my London rent I’m always surprised what apartment
-
Cycle Touring Route Planning with Komoot in India
This week I run through the app I use to plan my 7 months cycle tour around India – Komoot. More
-
Bikepack to the Taj Mahal
After 6 months in India, I made it to the Taj Mahal. I have to be honest, I didn’t enjoy
-
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 177 – 18th February 2020
– ODO- 22311-22415km – Location- Atlantis Pod Hotel Bugis, Singapore – Weather- 28-34 showers Before I left for this trip I’d rarely travelled beyond Europe and the US. I was worried about taking remote border crossings for the first time. Quickly though, I’d got used to the casual nature of most Asian borders. Several times…
-
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 176 – 17th February 2020
– ODO- 22162-22311km – Location- Simpang Renggam, Malaysia – Weather- 31-36 shower in the morning I must have been through a hundred blank hotel rooms by now. Cheap Malaysian hotels seem to be exclusively windowless. Internal white cubes with zero natural light and zero ventilation, which is made even worse by the fact that you’re…
-
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 175 – 16th February 2020
– ODO- 22023-22162km – Location- Bukit Baru, Malaysia – Weather- 31-37 clear and humid I’m tired today. Last night I rode into Kuala Lumpur for an afternoon off. I stopped to meet my friend Adrian, who I’d last seen on a paragliding launch back in Bir, India – 10,000km hence. To get in early to…
-
Ben Around the World Diary – Day 174 – 15th February 2020
– ODO- 21917-22023km – Location- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Weather- 31-37 storms in the afternoon Often along the side of the road, I encounter a randomised survey of local wildlife in differing states of compression. Often in Europe and Central Asia, it’s a long string of flattened rats and mice and the occasional cat or…