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Day 1,461: And So, In Closing…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 December 2012
  • Post category:Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:14 Comments

Mon 31.12.12: If you’re lucky, very lucky, you might live 30,000 days, about 82 years. You won’t remember much of the first 4,000: you’re just a kid. The following 1,800…

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Day 1,455: Let’s Hear It

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 December 2012
  • Post category:Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Tue 25.12.12: Merry Christmas everyone! I started this THANK YOU list over 6 weeks ago, and it’s still hopelessly incomplete. These are just SOME of the people who made The…

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Day 1,452: Well, I’m Back

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2012
  • Post category:England/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Sat 22.12.12: I had planned a long time ago to return to my hometown of Liverpool on the ferry. Originally it was to be the ferry from Ireland, but it…

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Day 1,450: All The Old Turks

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2012
  • Post category:Austria/Bulgaria/Croatia/Germany/Journey Home/Serbia/Slovenia/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Thu 20.12.12: So arrived at Istanbul international bus station bang on 8am and then started the usually fun (but not fun today because it was cold, damp and my feet…

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Day 1,448: Asia, One Last Time

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2012
  • Post category:Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Tue 18.12.12: It was teeming down with rain when the ship arrived in Iskenderun. I was feeling rather intolerant of any hanging about, but that’s what we did. First of…

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Day 1,447: Africa Has The Last Laugh

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2012
  • Post category:Egypt/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
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Sun 16.12.12:Kendra, Mohammed, Mohammed, Mohammed and I jumped into the car and headed back to Cairo. Tahrir Square was having some kind of meltdown, so we had to get back…

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Day 1,446: 29.9792°N, 31.1342°E

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2012
  • Post category:Egypt/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Sun 16.12.12 So long as the world continues spinning and the sun continues to shine, there will be days. There will be happy days, sad days, rainy days, days in…

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Day 1,444: I Predict A Riot

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 December 2012
  • Post category:Egypt/Journey Home/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Fri 14.12.12: Yesterday the Sinai arrived in Aswan without too much fuss. Danny and Jill, the couple I shared lunch with in Wadi Halfa, slept the night on the deck…

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Day 1,443: His Dark Materials

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 December 2012
  • Post category:Egypt/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:9 Comments

Thu 13.12.12: According to some, in an alternate reality the path I’ve chosen through life puts me in a very different place. Somewhere in the multiverse there’s a Graham who…

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Day 1,442: The Battle of Lake Nasser

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 December 2012
  • Post category:Journey Home/Sudan/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Wed 12.12.12: It was an early start as Mazar left to go help fix what – if it works – could herald a new era for trans-Saharan travel. Today he…

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    • 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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