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    • The Odyssey Expedition
    • Graham David Hughes
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    • Why WaterAid?
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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
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      • 6. East Asia
      • 7. Southeast Asia
      • 8. Australasia
    • Part III: End of the World
      • 1. Intermission
      • 2. Melanesia
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      • 4. Micronesia
      • 5. Return to SE Asia
      • 6. Marooned!
      • 7. The Final Frontiers
      • 8. The Journey Home
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THE ODYSSEY: Review of 2009

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:1 January 2010
  • Post category:Canada/Cape Verde/East Africa/Egypt/Featured/Gabon/Tunisia/Turkey/USA
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I guess now is a good time to look back over what was the year that was, the highs and lows of life on the road. If you can't be…

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Day 365: We’re Here

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Egypt/The Odyssey Expedition
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31.12.09: Egypt. Ground Zero. My first backpacking adventure was in Egypt ten years ago, an adventure which introduced me to the joys of backpacking, the love of deserts and the…

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Day 364: This Is A Drill

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Egypt/Red Sea/The Odyssey Expedition
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30.12.09: Yesterday's little incident was soon forgotten and we were now making our way pell-mell towards the Suez canal – possibly the most famous canal in the world. You know…

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Day 363: First Catch Your Jerk

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
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29.12.09: Today we hit land in fortress Saudi, possibly the most difficult country in the world to pop in for a quick visit. It was a great sunset as we…

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Days 361-362: All Aboard!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 December 2009
  • Post category:Djibouti/East Africa/Red Sea/The Odyssey Expedition
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27.12.09-28.12.09: 3am phone calls are not my favourite form of wake-up call. When I picked up the phone it somehow integrated it into my dream so much that I assumed…

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Day 360: Boxing Day In Somalia

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 December 2009
  • Post category:Djibouti/East Africa/Ethiopia/Somalia/Somaliland/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

26.12.09: This was it. The most critical day of The Odyssey so far – make or break, do or die, cake or death. Dino Deasha, that magnificent chap, had cadged…

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Day 359: Do They Know It’s Christmas?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:26 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Ethiopia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

25.12.09: After a good three hours sleep, I left the Dil Hotel to go and get a ticket for Dira Dawa on the 'luxury' coach. No chance. Sold out. Although…

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Day 358: Birdstrike!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Ethiopia/The Odyssey Expedition
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24.12.09: Another 6am bus didn't seem like a lot of fun, but the minibus up to Addis turned out to be quite an eventful one, as after just half an…

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Day 357: The Hard Slog

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Ethiopia/Kenya/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
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23.12.09: Any time frame you are given in Africa, remember to add a few hours, or even days. Matt and I got up at 6am, just in time to jump…

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Day 356: The Special Bus

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Kenya/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

22.12.09: Groan. T.I.A. strikes again! The bus we're on is equipped to ferry disabled schoolchildren around in Japan. It is not in any way shape or form designed to survive…

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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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