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Read more about the article Day 259: England Expects

Day 259: England Expects

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

First thing, I headed off to Kinshasa over the River Congo, escorted on and off the boat by British Embassy Officials. I’m taking no chances. Now in Kinshasa – “The…

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Read more about the article Day 258: The Second Pizza of Freedom

Day 258: The Second Pizza of Freedom

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

RULE 6: NEVER EXPECT AN APOLOGYI woke up before dawn to find that my guard had gone. I went for a walk around the station – it was empty. I…

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Read more about the article Day 257: You’re Free But You Can’t Leave

Day 257: You’re Free But You Can’t Leave

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:14 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

RULE 5: AVOID AFRICAI’m sorry. I’ve cracked. The wars (all 47 of them, want a list?) may be over (kinda) and I was desperate to blaze a trail from Rabat…

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Read more about the article Day 256: The Horror, The Horror

Day 256: The Horror, The Horror

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

RULE 4: VOGONS ARE UNFEASIBLY STUPIDYou cannot reason somebody out of a position they haven’t reasoned themselves into. Appealing to my captors on the logical grounds that I was a…

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Read more about the article Day 255: The Heart of Darkness

Day 255: The Heart of Darkness

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:12 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

RULE 3: VOGONS HAVE NO EMPATHY“The only way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down their throat”.- Douglas Adams, The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To…

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Read more about the article Day 254: The Saddest Song In The World

Day 254: The Saddest Song In The World

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:11 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

RULE 2: NEVER TRUST A VOGONI awoke on the little couch in the ‘chief’s’ office. Gone was any chance of me submitting my visa application for Angola this week. Max…

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Read more about the article Day 253: The Last Thing I Needed

Day 253: The Last Thing I Needed

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

"Vogons have to be just about one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn't even lift a finger…

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Read more about the article Day 252: Exit Planet Dust

Day 252: Exit Planet Dust

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/The Odyssey Expedition
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Setting off again at dawn, I found the shared truck for Dolisie (the junction half way to Congo’s capital city, Brazzaville) actually left early. I had to run to clamber…

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Read more about the article Day 251: The Overlander

Day 251: The Overlander

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:8 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

In a trend that will no doubt continue for the rest of the month, I got up at 5am only to find that there was no transport to the Congo…

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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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