Category: Travel
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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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Aux Wins Music Tectonics Startup Competion – Judges Choice
I’ve been out in LA this week for the Music Tectonics conference, sharing some of the upcoming app features as part of the Narwhals startup competition. The Aux Hub app will be launching AI mastering and a sample library in the coming weeks! It was a tough competition with a range of interesting startups, judged…
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Are you at ADE? Let’s meet!
Back in 2020, I was planning to head out to Amsterdam for a live streaming gig, and, well, you know what happened 🦠. This year I’ll be back out for Amsterdam Dance Event from the 19th to the 21st of October, taking meetings for Aux. If you’re heading to the conference, drop me an email…
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South of the Equator – Day 181 – 15 March 2020
– ODO-22631-22787km – Location- Tegal, Indonesia – Weather- 26-37 I realised today for the first time that I crossed the equator. On my ferry from Singapore to Jakarta a couple of weeks ago, while I’ll slept in my bunk, I made it to the other half of the globe almost two years since leaving home.…
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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…
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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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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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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…