AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ODYSSEY
THE JOURNEY SO FAR...
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Days 591-596: Kochi Kochi Koo
17.08.10-22.08.10: Well it was another frustrating (but remarkably pleasant) week in Kochi spent contacting...
Days 584-591: The Boat Race
09.08.10-16.08.10: “I always like going south – it feels like walking downhill” – Treebeard India,...
Day 583: The Bombay Boo-Boo
08.08.10: Grr. Sometimes your Lonely Planet can literally save your life, other times it can make...
Day 582: Flashback
07.08.10: So it was a cloudy, overcast day on which I returned to India after an absence of eight years....
Days 577-581: A Passage To India
02.08.10-06.08.10: Monday morning bright and early, the wonderful Pamela drove me to the Bur Dubai...
Days 548-576: Delayed in Dubai
04.07.10–01.08.10: So I wound up stuck in Dubai for four weeks. Tons of stuff happened, but not much...
Day 547: World Cup Pool Party
02.07.10: So I rolled back into Dubai for the third time of asking. After a delightful chat with the...
Day 546: Nothing To See Here, Move Along
01.07.09: I arrived in Riyadh around 12 noon and thought about heading out to the town as I had a few...
Day 545: Gra’m Crackers
Wed 30 Jun: I got a call of the Mandster saying that her mum’s mate had seen a trailer for my television...
Days 543 & 544: Another Mad Scheme
Mon 28 & Tue 29 Jun: I was a little iniquitous last time I left Africa, and for that I am truly...
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New Twitter Feed: “EveryCountry”
If you want to follow The Odyssey Expedition and Graham’s World on Twitter,...
“Graham’s World”: My Very Own TV Show Starts Tuesday!
Okay, Odyssey fans… this is it, the television show documenting my travels...
Where Do We Go From Here?
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks in the Omani town of Salalah trying to find...
The Final Forty
Only forty more countries to go!! But as you can no doubt see, I wasn’t joking...
Record Breakers United!
Last Sunday I had the great pleasure of meeting the legend that is Mr. Kashi Samaddar...
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Day 465: Breakfast Of Champions
10.04.10: In what has to be the most touching thing that’s happened to me in...
Day 382: The Pyramid Scheme
17.01.10: I was planning to be at the Jordanian Embassy first thing in the morning,...
Day 365: We’re Here
31.12.09: Egypt. Ground Zero. My first backpacking adventure was in Egypt ten years...
Day 45: The Golden Ticket
14.02.09: Valentine’s Day. My girl, Mandy, is on the other side of the world...
Day 1: Hey-Ho LET’S GO!
01.01.09: 7.30am. Woke up to find a brass band had barged its way into my brain...
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The Odyssey Expedition
My name is Graham Hughes. Welcome To The World!
The Odyssey Expedition is the first official attempt to visit every country in the world in one epic journey, without flying. Follow me as I go via my Blogs, YouTube videos, Twitter, GPS and the TV show "Graham's World" screening this summer on National Geographic Adventure.
THE RULES (set by Guinness World Records™):
- - I cannot fly
- - I may not drive
- - I must use public transport
- - I must step foot on dry land
I'm doing this to raise money and awareness for the incredibly worthy charity WaterAid and I've already set a new Guinness World Record™ by visiting 133 countries in one year without ever leaving the ground.
So far I've been imprisoned in Congo, I got caught sneaking into Russia, ran the blockade into Cuba, fought my way into Eritrea, got wasted in Iraq, got mobbed in Afghanistan, rode on the top of a truck in Kenya, drove a train in Denmark, hitched a ride on a cruise ship to The Dominican Republic, joined a tribe in Gabon and screamed at the ocean in El Salvador. But it's not over yet!!! I still have a quarter of the world left to visit and you are invited along for the ride.
Hold tight... the next few months could be a little bumpy...!