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      • 8. Australasia
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      • Epilogue
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Day 699: The Ruteng Clan

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition

30.11.10: After dragging myself out of bed at 6.30am, I wasn’t too chuffed when I was told that the minibus to the next waypoint, Ruteng, didn’t leave until 8am.  But…

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Day 698: The Ende of All Things

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition

29.11.10: So the ferry pulled into Larantuka port nice and early, around 7am.  Now I just had the small matter of the entirety of Flores to get across.  Cast from…

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Day 697: The Game Is Afoot!

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  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition

28.11.10: Is The Odyssey possible?  It’s been a question that has been bugging me for some time.  Okay, I’ve made it this far, on the surface it looks like I’m…

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Day 696: Yes I Awoke

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/East Timor/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition

27.11.10: But only because Dan woke me up.  Groggy and sleep deprived I clambered onto the minibus that would be speeding me back to Kupang.  Bye bye Dili!  The minibus…

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Day 695: Gadzooks!

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  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/East Timor/The Odyssey Expedition

26.11.10 When I'm done with all this, I plan to turn The Odyssey Expedition into a board game. The ‘Chance’ and ‘Community Chest’ cards are going to renamed ‘Shipping’ and…

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Day 694: El Presidente

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  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/The Odyssey Expedition

25.11.10: So what do you know about East Timor?  Not much?  Good.  You must be British.  Or American.  Aussies will have heard of the place for reasons I’ll come to…

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Day 693: A Red Background

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/East Timor/The Odyssey Expedition

24.11.10:Today’s adventures centre around my efforts to get a new Indonesian visa.Indonesia, being a bit of an awkward sod, only allows you to pick up visas at certain border crossings,…

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