Category: Updates
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Paragliding in Bali + New Blog Updates
I’m out in Bali for three weeks. I am working remotely and taking time off with my wife before the baby arrives in February. Today, I spent a few hours flying along the cliffs on the South of the island. I’m using this video as a chance to share the updates I’ve made to this…
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Upcoming Talk for the Southern Hang Gliding Club
Next month, on April 10th, I’ll be giving a talk on my round-the-world cycle and paragliding trip in 2018-29, details will be posted here shortly.
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Is Paragliding Dangerous References
Here are my references for my video Is Paragliding Dangerous. Turkish Medical Report: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316301613 Skiing and Snow Boarding Safety: https://www.nsaa.org/media/68045/NSAA-Facts-About-Skiing-Snowboarding-Safety-10-1-12.pdf
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COVID-19 Update
As you know I’ve paused the trip and am now on lockdown at home in London. Initially, I decided to stop putting out videos and posts until things began to calm down, but after being at home for just a week I feel there’s a real value (even if just for my own sanity) in…
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Coronavirus – Day 182/183 – 15 March 2020
– ODO-22787-22850km – Location- London, United Kingdom After a morning cycling as normal in the extreme Indonesia heat, my plans changed drastically. I spoke to my partner Naomi back in England and realised that the Coronavirus situation was becoming grave. I’d been watching it closely since January when I flew back to Bangkok and cycled…
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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…
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2019 – Year in Review Blog Post
The end of the decade has come around fast. After crossing Europe in my first 7 months on the bike in 2018 I hit Asia – and wow it’s big! 5 months cycling up and down India followed by Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia before heading back to Thailand where I’ll be starting…
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Warning: Incoming Content Amnesty
When I began this crazy trip, it was a struggle. Just hitting the distance I wanted, working out where to eat, sleep and repeat every day. Ok, so it’s still not easy these days. But after nine months on the road, I’ve got the hang of living on and off the bike. From the first…
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Year in Review – Ben Bowler in 2018
This year started back in my little flat in south London. 10 years since my first dream of traveling around the world by bike it seemed like that dream might just be possible. A lot of planning and work began to pay off in May when I… Left to Cycling Around the World Against all…
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Playlists Getting Me Around the World
Goooo Ben! My friend Flick from the music world back in London created this playlist for me. A range of British indie, disco-funk and reggae that I can’t stop listening too. Particularly because it reminds me so much of the UK. Those accents. Producer Focusses I’m really interested in how producers influence the sounds of…