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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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  • About
    • The Odyssey Expedition
    • Graham David Hughes
    • Country Checklist
    • Why WaterAid?
    • FAQs
  • Odyssey Blog
    • 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
  • Media
    • Odyssey Books
    • Odyssey TV
    • TV Interviews
    • News Coverage
    • TED Talks
  • Souvenirs
    • Passports
    • Photos
    • Videos
    • GPS Records
    • Newspaper Clippings
  • Heroes
    • Team Odyssey
    • The Americas
    • Europe
    • Africa
    • Middle East
    • Sponsors
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Day 246: The Blue Desert

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 September 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

03.09.09: So then your humble narrator found himself back on the high seas. The Reol was tiny – the smallest vessel I’ve been on so far, just about 7 meters…

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Days 198 to 201: The Odyssey Reloaded

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 July 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Guinea-Bissau/Mali/Senegal/The Gambia/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Day 198: The Approach 17.07.09: Wawaweewa. Friday! Are we still at sea? It would appear so. No sign of Dakar yet, but the GPS was insisting it was less than…

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Days 194 to 197: Dolphins and Doldrums

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 July 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Cape Verde/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Day 194: Ray The Ray 13.07.09: Wow! I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like this before. There was not one iota of a smidgin of a…

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Days 190 to 193: The Great Escape

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 July 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Cape Verde/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Day 190: On The Beach 09.07.09: Perhaps I should have mentioned this before – Val, the guy who was ‘helping’ me last week is now demanding that I pay him…

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Day 153: Ninjas and Heroes

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:3 June 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

02.06.09: As I kid, I was always HACKED off that the BBC in their infinite wisdom altered the name of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the Teenage Mutant Hero…

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Day 152: Famous Last Words

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:3 June 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

01.06.09: I got to the fisherman's beach just after midnight - there she was, the Mustapha Sy - a wooden long boat just two metres wide that the Vikings may…

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Day 105: Chivas Regal vs. The Pirates

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:18 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

15.04.09: Had a good chat with Chivas Regal, the cook, today - remarkable chap, last year the boat he was on from Kenya to Romania was captured by Somalian Pirates…

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Day 104: Sea Sick

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:18 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

14.04.09: This isn't even funny anymore. The sea isn't even that rough - the Gulf Stream in a little yacht was much, much worse. And yet I've been sick three…

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Day 103: Another Monday Comes

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:18 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

13.04.09: Oh my word, I feel ROTTEN! Spent a good part of today in bed, did a little editing, but it's hard to concentrate when you feel two seconds away…

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Day 102: Heading East for Easter

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:18 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

12.04.09: The least Easterly Easter of my life - no chocolate eggs, in fact no chocolate at all! To be honest with you, I spent most of the day 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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