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Days 974-984: Conspiracy Nut Cornflakes

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  • Post published:6 September 2011
  • Post category:Afghanistan/England/India/Intermission/Iran/Iraq/Rants/Spain/The Odyssey Expedition/USA
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01.09.11-11.09.11: I was a kid in the eighties. I grew up with the distinct possibility that at any moment the Russians might take a dislike to the latest Madness single…

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Day 394: Chav and Chav-Nots

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  • Post published:30 January 2010
  • Post category:Iraq/Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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29.01.10: You know what though – all these dangerous places I've been to, I haven't seen one gang of horrible teenage lads hanging around on a street corner with their…

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Day 393: The Morning After

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  • Post published:28 January 2010
  • Post category:Iraq/Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition
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28.01.10: </object I woke up in the morning wearing all my clothes, with hardly any recollection of the night before and Mike Tyson's pet tiger in the room with me.…

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Day 392: Drunk… with an AK-47

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  • Post published:27 January 2010
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27.01.10: Londa hails from a place called Colorado in a little out-of-the-way country called America not far from Comoros, Sao Tome and Djibouti. She's been living in Iraq now for…

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Day 391: The Invasion of Iraq

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  • Post published:26 January 2010
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26.01.10: I blame Lonely Planet. The nearest town to the border of Iraq according to my guide book is a place called Sirnak, the real closest town is called Silopi.…

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