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Read more about the article Day 105: Chivas Regal vs. The Pirates

Day 105: Chivas Regal vs. The Pirates

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

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 and…

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Read more about the article Day 104: The Guts of the Ship

Day 104: The Guts of the Ship

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:14 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

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 times…

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Read more about the article Day 103: Another Monday Comes

Day 103: Another Monday Comes

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
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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 from…

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Read more about the article Day 102: Heading East for Easter

Day 102: Heading East for Easter

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:12 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Aside from our heading, 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…

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Read more about the article Day 101: The Shipping Booze

Day 101: The Shipping Booze

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:11 April 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Today was a half day for the Filipino crew - it's a public holiday in the Philippines, so they got to let their hair down and down a few beers.…

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Read more about the article Day 100: ¡Adiós Américas!

Day 100: ¡Adiós Américas!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 April 2009
  • Post category:Canada/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Unbelievable as it may seem, I'm STILL in the Americas!! Loading took a lot longer than expected so we're still on the Canadian island of Newfoundland. Looks like I'm not…

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Read more about the article Day 99: Lost and Newfoundland

Day 99: Lost and Newfoundland

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 April 2009
  • Post category:Canada/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

The Reykjafoss cruised into the port of Argentia at about 7pm. I had spent the day getting to know the crew - our Polish Captain, Miroslaw, Chief Engineer Andrey from…

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Read more about the article Day 98: The Reykjafoss Awaits!

Day 98: The Reykjafoss Awaits!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:8 April 2009
  • Post category:Canada/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Woke up with thunder crashing in my head (as Elvis once sang) with the owner of the backpackers telling me that the representatives from Eimskip where here to get me.…

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Read more about the article Day 97: The Hustler

Day 97: The Hustler

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:7 April 2009
  • Post category:Canada/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
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After spending the day trying (and failing) to get a video edited before I left Halifax, it was with great relief that I got to speak to Mandy on Skype…

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Read more about the article Day 96: The Heckler

Day 96: The Heckler

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:6 April 2009
  • Post category:Canada/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
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Today I went for a walk around the city, but it was still a bit rubbish. Although now the snow has all melted, it wasn't even covered in white fluffy…

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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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