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    • Part I: Man of the World
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      • 7. Southeast Asia
      • 8. Australasia
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      • 8. The Journey Home
      • Epilogue
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Day 1,068-1,070: My Lucky Underpants

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:10 December 2011
  • Post category:Polynesia/The Odyssey Expedition/Wallis and Futuna

04.12.11-06.12.11: The less said about Sunday, the better. Hangovers are not something I tremendously suffer from unless a) I drink more than my bodyweight in alcohol the night before b)…

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Days 1,066-1,067: The Canary in The Coal Mine

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:10 December 2011
  • Post category:Polynesia/The Odyssey Expedition/Tuvalu

02.12.11-03.12.11: Meet Tuvalu, the modern day Atlantis. If anyone fancies their chances taking on my Guinness World Record, you better get your skates on because very soon Tuvalu will cease…

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Days 1,062-1,065: The Chief’s Hairdo

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:10 December 2011
  • Post category:Fiji/Melanesia/The Odyssey Expedition

28.11.11-01.12.11: 7am on Monday morning, I was just about mustering up the energy to drag myself out of the bed when my mobile rang. It was Lopeti, the port agent…

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Days 1,060-1,061: The Super Sevens

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:10 December 2011
  • Post category:Fiji/Melanesia/The Odyssey Expedition

26.11.11-27.11.11: I was rather expecting the old Southern Pearl to be leaving today, but its ETA in Suva has been pushed back by a day so it wouldn’t be leaving…

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Days 1,058-1,059: A Coconut Full of Kava

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  • Post published:10 December 2011
  • Post category:Fiji/Melanesia/The Odyssey Expedition

24.11.11-25.11.11: Kava is the tipple around these parts. Like beer and wine in Europe, it’s the one strand of commonality that runs through this disparate set of islands. Brewed (that’s…

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Days 1,055-1,057: The Longpigs

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  • Post published:10 December 2011
  • Post category:Fiji/Melanesia/The Odyssey Expedition

21.11.11-23.11.11: You know the theme song for the TV series Red Dwarf makes no frikkin’ sense at all? Have you ever stopped to consider why? It’s because the composer, Howard…

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