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Day 1,441: Halfa Way Home

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:18 December 2012
  • Post category:Journey Home/Sudan/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Tue: 11.12.12: My phone alarm was set for 2am, as Mr. Mohammed told me that the bus left for Wadi Halfa at 3. Thus began a very long day in…

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Day 1,440: Tomb Raider

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 December 2012
  • Post category:Journey Home/Sudan/The Odyssey Expedition
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Mon 10.12.12: The Meroe Pyramids mark the southern extreme of Egyptian influence as you follow the course of the Nile river south towards its source. After the glories of the…

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Day 1,439: The Invasion of Khartoum

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/Sudan/The Odyssey Expedition
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Sun 09.12.12: Odyssey rules state that I’m not allowed to use private transport over large distances, and so far I haven’t. But there has to be exceptions made here. Of…

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Day 1,438: The Camelot of Africa

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
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Sat 08.12.12: Before Addis Ababa was founded around 100 years ago (Addis meaning ‘New’ and Ababa meaning ‘Flower’), the capital of what we now call Ethiopia had a tendency to…

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Day 1,437: Let’s Blow This Thing And Go Home

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
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Fri 07.12.12: And? Okay. Here’s what happened. Arrived at the Sudanese Embassy at 10.30am, a little early, but I figured it could do no harm. Was told to sit. So…

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Day 1,436: See You Tomorrow, Indiana Hughes…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
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Thu 06.12.12: Day 7 of my epic journey home from Juba began incredibly well. I called the Egyptian embassy and the nice lady told me that they were going to…

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Day 1,435: Lucy

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
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Wed 05.12.12: Ethiopia is a remarkable place, not least because it was the only African country not to suffer the indignity of colonisation, and not only for its immensely strong…

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Day 1,434: The New Flower

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
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Tue 04.12.12: I got a phone call at 4am – it was Isit? calling to tell me that the bus was waiting outside. Crikey: when he said 4am I didn’t…

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Day 1,433: Same Same, But Different

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/The Odyssey Expedition
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Mon 03.12.12: Yet another early start and by 6am we were hurling north towards Addis Ababa on a brand spanking new commuter bus, travelling along Ethiopia’s impressively smooth asphalt roads.…

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Day 1,432: Badlands

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 December 2012
  • Post category:Ethiopia/Journey Home/Kenya/The Odyssey Expedition
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Sun 02.12.12: The ‘badlands’ of northern Kenyan are not so called because they are full of bandits (although there are probably a few still knocking about), but because they’re no…

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    • 4. Europe
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    • 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
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