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    • The Odyssey Expedition
    • Graham David Hughes
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    • Part I: Man of the World
      • 1. South America
      • 2. The Caribbean
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      • 4. Europe
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      • 6. Central Africa
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      • 4. Arabia
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      • 8. Australasia
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      • 8. The Journey Home
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Day 537: OK, Where’s The Catch?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
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21.06.10: Turki gets up at some horrendously early hour of the morning, but I was allowed to sleep in until 8am, and then we both headed over to the Eritrean…

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Day 536: And All That Hejaz

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
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20.06.10: Turki’s apartment in the north of Jeddah was as sweet as sweet can be. Not only did I get my own room (and bathroom), his fridge was stocked and…

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Days 534 & 535: The Sands Of Time

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
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18.06.10-19.06.10: So after a good night’s kip I had a the best part of a day to shake off my hangover.  The bus for Riyadh, the Saudi capital, left at…

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Day 533: Burning Up On Re-Entry

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/India/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
  • Post comments:2 Comments

17.06.10: The bus rolled into jolly old Dubai at around six in the morning.  If there is a time of day I dislike more I am yet to meet it. …

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Day 532: The Cunning Plan

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Oman/Seychelles/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
  • Post comments:1 Comment

16.06.10: After again saying my farewells to Luke and Dave, our mate Alasdair gave me a lift to the bus depot. After AGAIN being told the bus to Dubai was…

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Day 531: Less Than Zero

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/The Odyssey Expedition
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15.06.10: Back in November 2009 when I was trying to sail the 166nm from Diego Suarez in Madagascar to the lower Seychelles islands, the threat of piracy stopped me in…

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Day 530: Somali Piracy: Q&A

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/Somalia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

14.06.10: Yesterday I discovered that the chances of anybody taking me onboard a ship bound for The Seychelles was about one in a million.  I also found out that another…

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Days 522-529: Frankincensed

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/Somalia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

06.06.10-13.06.10: The mission this week was to clamber on board the MV San Cristobal bound for The Seychelles.  As emails and phone calls went back and forth behind the scenes,…

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Day 521: At World’s End

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition
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05.06.10: So everyone was keen on taking me on board the DAL Mauritius except for the owners, and they didn’t give a reason for their decision.  Well, let’s scratch that…

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Day 520: Yemen Jelly

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition/Yemen
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04.06.10: Bright and early Luke’s mate Dave dropped me at the bus station for the bus to Yemen, but there was trouble in paradise.  Al-Qaeda has a large presence in…

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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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