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Days 1,411-8: The Maersk Sebarok

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 November 2012
  • Post category:Final Frontiers/Indian Ocean/Mauritius/South Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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Sun 11.11.12 - Sun 18.11.12 I was up an’ at ’em! by 8am, and by 8.30am I was on the bus back to Port Louis. I didn’t get to say…

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Day 1,390: The Costa Living

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 October 2012
  • Post category:Final Frontiers/Indian Ocean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Tue 23.10.12: The two days at sea passed like some velvet morning (when I’m straight). For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to be less of a fat bastard…

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Read more about the article Days 349 to 350: The Good Ship

Days 349 to 350: The Good Ship

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 December 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/East Africa/Indian Ocean/The Odyssey Expedition
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Yesterday I and 43 other passengers boarded the 'Simacom' bound for Dar es Saleem, three weeks to the day since I arrived in Comoros.It was supposed to have left two…

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Read more about the article Days 318 to 348: Don’t Look Back In Anger

Days 318 to 348: Don’t Look Back In Anger

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:14 December 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/East Africa/Indian Ocean/Mauritius/Mayotte/The Odyssey Expedition
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Oh Graham, you tease, what's the meaning of this, compressing an entire MONTH of gallivanting into just one blog entry? Well, truth be told if there was something of any…

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Read more about the article Day 311: Here Be Pirates

Day 311: Here Be Pirates

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:7 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Indian Ocean/Madagascar/The Odyssey Expedition
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Polished off the new Dan Brown book, The Lost Symbol, which is, to be quite blunt, f---ing awful. The 'twist' was more obvious than if Bruce Willis spent the entirety…

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Read more about the article Day 302: The Road Ahead

Day 302: The Road Ahead

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 October 2009
  • Post category:Indian Ocean/Madagascar/Reunion/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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My entire route for The Odyssey is mapped out in my head and has been for years so I never bother looking at the route plan; but just for giggles…

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Read more about the article Day 298: The Secret of My Itchy Feet

Day 298: The Secret of My Itchy Feet

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 October 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/Indian Ocean/Rants/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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An entire day at sea today, so I thought I'd write about how I came to be such a champion adventurer.I'm not really the likely sort I guess – spent most…

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Read more about the article Day 294: The Grottiest Boat Afloat

Day 294: The Grottiest Boat Afloat

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 October 2009
  • Post category:Indian Ocean/Southern Africa/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
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Sometimes words fail me. It doesn't happen very often but blimey this boat is a rotten carcass of grot. All I can think of as I see the 100+ people…

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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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