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Read more about the article Day 271: Exit, Stage Left

Day 271: Exit, Stage Left

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 September 2009
  • Post category:Angola/Central Africa/Namibia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Got up at 6am. Bus left at 9. If you think there’s a pattern emerging here, THEN THERE IS AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE BIT SICK OF IT.The journey was…

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Read more about the article Day 270: Gung Ho-Hum

Day 270: Gung Ho-Hum

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 September 2009
  • Post category:Angola/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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With less than 48 hours left on my visa, Emilio’s wonderful driver, Yuri, picked me up at 5am to drop me off at the bus to Benguela, half-way to the…

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Read more about the article Day 269: Luanda House Party

Day 269: Luanda House Party

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:26 September 2009
  • Post category:Angola/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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I woke up resoundingly NOT in Luanda. We hadn’t moved all night. Peter was nowhere to be seen. I was determined to get to Luanda by any means necessary. A…

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Read more about the article Day 268: Breakdown

Day 268: Breakdown

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 September 2009
  • Post category:Angola/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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So I slept a second night in the truck cab. Again I was awoken at 6am; why, I have no clue, as we didn’t set off until after nine. Apart…

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Read more about the article Day 267: The Go-Slow

Day 267: The Go-Slow

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 September 2009
  • Post category:Angola/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

I was roused at 6am and thought great – we’ll be in Luanda tonight. My phone had stopped working and I needed to get a Angolan SIM card, but there…

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Read more about the article Day 266: Anglin’ Fer Angola

Day 266: Anglin’ Fer Angola

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 September 2009
  • Post category:Angola/Central Africa/DR Congo/The Odyssey Expedition
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5am! Are you having a laugh? The bus didn’t leave until nine!! I could have had a good lie-in, although this will form the pattern of the next week of…

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  • Part I: Man of the World
    • 1. South America
    • 2. The Caribbean
    • 3. Central & North America
    • 4. Europe
    • 5. West Africa
    • 6. Central Africa
    • 7. Southern Africa
    • 8. East Africa
  • Part II: Top of the World
    • 1. The Middle East
    • 2. North Africa
    • 3. Central Asia
    • 4. Arabia
    • 5. South Asia
    • 6. East Asia
    • 7. Southeast Asia
    • 8. Australasia
  • Part III: End of the World
    • 1. Intermission
    • 2. Melanesia
    • 3. Polynesia
    • 4. Micronesia
    • 5. Return to SE Asia
    • 6. Marooned!
    • 7. The Final Frontiers
    • 8. The Journey Home
  • Epilogue

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