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      • 8. Australasia
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Read more about the article Day 11: Mario and his Mum

Day 11: Mario and his Mum

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:11 January 2009
  • Post category:Colombia/South America/The Odyssey Expedition/Venezuela
  • Post comments:5 Comments

Got to Bogotá yesterday, but there was barely enough time to pull my undies out of my backside before I was bang! on another overnight bus heading up to the…

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Read more about the article Day 10: Plan Colombia

Day 10: Plan Colombia

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:10 January 2009
  • Post category:Colombia/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:9 Comments

I think I'm about three days behind schedule now; I really need to make up some time in the Caribbean. Don't know how easy that is going to be, absolutely…

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Read more about the article Day 9: Crossing The Equator

Day 9: Crossing The Equator

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:9 January 2009
  • Post category:Colombia/Ecuador/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Okay - day of ACTION! Got up at some ungodly hour and rendered the podcast, got to the Internet café at 7.30am and uploaded it. Got to bookshop at 9am…

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Read more about the article Day 8: A Taste of Quito

Day 8: A Taste of Quito

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:8 January 2009
  • Post category:Ecuador/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
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I flaked it. I should have been up with the lark and on a bus to the border, but I decided to have a day off. This decision is no…

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Read more about the article Day 7: The Long Way Round

Day 7: The Long Way Round

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  • Post published:7 January 2009
  • Post category:Ecuador/Peru/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Got to the border bright and early this morning, and tried to find a bus to Quito, the capital of Ecuador. There was no central bus station, each coach operative…

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Read more about the article Day 6: Shut Your Eyes And Hope For The Best

Day 6: Shut Your Eyes And Hope For The Best

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:6 January 2009
  • Post category:Peru/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:8 Comments

Got into Lima at 8am this morning. It was a rollercoaster ride last night, if you tried to stay awake it was just a non-stop cavalcade of terror as the…

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Read more about the article Day 5: Bo Diddily Crazy

Day 5: Bo Diddily Crazy

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  • Post published:5 January 2009
  • Post category:Chile/Peru/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

The maid was supposed to wake me at 6.30, but didn't. Luckily, by some miracle I woke up myself at 7am after clocking up a whole 3 hours of sleep.…

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Read more about the article Day 4: Carry On Up The Andes

Day 4: Carry On Up The Andes

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:4 January 2009
  • Post category:Bolivia/Chile/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Arrived, shaken but not stirred, in Oruro, Bolivia. I felt the best course of action was to find out when the first bus for Chile left - 11.30am - and…

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Read more about the article Day 3: On The (Bolivian) Buses

Day 3: On The (Bolivian) Buses

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  • Post published:3 January 2009
  • Post category:Argentina/Bolivia/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Another very early morning and after joining me on the bus to San Salvador De Jujuy (pronounced HooHoy, which is something I'd expect Mr Burns to say when he answers…

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Read more about the article Day 2: Global Positioning System

Day 2: Global Positioning System

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  • Post published:2 January 2009
  • Post category:Argentina/Paraguay/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

Arriving at some ungodly hour in Posadas, we took a taxi over the Paraguayan border.  And back.  I would love to tell you how much fun and how interesting Paraguay…

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