Category: Travel
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 28 – 12th August 2018
ODO 3443km Location Mine south of Bursa Weather 26-36 Clear Istanbul was moody and hot as I left the hostel at 6:45am. Low grey cloud hung over the fishing district. Deciding to rain before changing its mind and blowing out over the Bosporus. The ferry was supposed to leave at 7:30am so I arrived ready…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 27 – 9th August 2018
ODO 3366km Location Istanbul Weather 22-28 with 30/40kmh gusts of wind and clouds Despite our best efforts we had a big day left on to make it to Istanbul. We left nice and early after changing Jelle’s back inner tube. His bag packing had become really quick over the days we’d rode together. Over the…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 26 – 8th August 2018
ODO 3245km Location Beyond Havsa Weather 25-40 Hotter down in the lowlands The buzz wore off and I felt alone and tired and wanting a good nights sleep. I’ve been having nightmares of problems again. Running out of food. Being found my the Guardia in the night. The call to prayer woke me at 5am.…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 25 – 7th August 2018
ODO 3148km Location Just outside Havsa Weather 25-40 Hotter down in the lowlands I got a nice early night at Matts camping spot – avoiding the mosquitoes by getting in my bivi early. At 4am the next day I was woken by a cockerels call. Until then I’d never realise what a perfect Torture device…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 24 – 6th August 2018
ODO 3037km Location Matts Camping, Sakar Hills Weather 22-35 Hotter down in the lowlands Jelle’s style of riding and stopping for coffee and lunch in local towns is really different to mine. I’m really enjoying the difference, meeting more people and getting out there more. We made good progress in the day despite our differences…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 23 – 5th August 2018
ODO 2911km Location Bike Hostel, Plovdiv Weather 20-34 Sunny all day After picking a hilltop campsite with big views over rolling deciduous trees interspersed with neat rows of regimented conifers we settled in. I took stove duty which began spitting and sputtering as it struggled to cook 500g of pasta for three. Matt and Jelle…
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Ben Around the World Diary – Day 22 – 4th August 2018
ODO 2825 Location Fortress Gate of Trajan Weather 20-30 Sunny all day – the first sunny day in two weeks here in Bulgaria Feelings Sad to leave my new Sofia family but so ready to be back in the road For weeks after I left home in May I felt sad to have left so…
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The Japanese Music Market and Tokyo Dance Music Event
This month I’ve been exploring Tokyo. The neon city is more different from London, New York or LA than I ever could have imagined. The language, the customs, the music industry. Wandering the streets of Shibuya in the west of the city I came across a glowing monument to CDs. Long since the preserve of…
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Where are the best places to live and work around the world? – 25 Years. 25 Cities.
Travel is the only expense that makes you richer. – Anonymous Travel is so often that wish. The delayed gratification. Something to wait for next year. Next summer. Over the last year I’ve been lucky enough to travel to some great cities building my company Chew. Because of the nature of my trips I’ve…
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BEC Conference – Stream Work Makes the Dream Work
This week I was invited to speak at the inaugural Beats Evolution conference. One of a few recent upstart events. BEC focusses on the Drum and Bass industry. Coming a few months after Beatport announced that drum and bass as a genre had recently moved four points to the fifth most popular genre on the…