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Day 1,379: No Surprises, Please

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 October 2012
  • Post category:Marooned!/Sri Lanka/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Thu 11.10.12: With confirmation from the owners, charterers, agents, customs, immigration, the international war-crimes tribunal in The Hague and the ghost of Jimmy Stewart, the stage was set for what…

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Day 1,374: The Last Roll of the Die

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 October 2012
  • Post category:Marooned!/Sri Lanka/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Fri 05.10.12: Steam shooting out my ears, I spent the remainder of the afternoon writing passive (aggressive) emails to every shipping company operating out of Sri Lanka pleading (demanding) to…

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Day 1,371: Icarus, Not Daedalus

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 October 2012
  • Post category:Marooned!/Sri Lanka/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:10 Comments

Tue 02.10.12 My incredible plan for Sunday night was stay up all night drinking and partying at Chili’s Bar in Unawatuna. Then I was to take first express bus back…

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Day 1,369: Amelia’s Final Farewell

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:7 October 2012
  • Post category:Marooned!/Sri Lanka/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Sun 30.09.12: "Raggedy Man: Goodbye." So there’s me, on the beach in Unawatuna, watching Doctor Who on my laptop and sobbing LIKE A LITTLE GIRL. It's over. She’s gone, the…

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Day 1,367: Throw Yourself At The Tide

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:7 October 2012
  • Post category:Marooned!/Sri Lanka/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Fri 28.10.12: Shaking off the inevitable hangover, much like a dog shaking itself dry after a paddle in the stream, I headed back over to the visa department of the…

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Day 1,365: Now, Voyager…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 September 2012
  • Post category:Marooned!/Sri Lanka/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Wed 26.09.12: And so back to Sri Lanka. Exactly one year TO THE DAY that I rebooted The Odyssey Expedition in Wewak, Papua New Guinea. That was Day 1,000. Now…

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Day 1,364: The Measure of a Man

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 September 2012
  • Post category:England/Marooned!/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Tue 25.09.12: I can’t enthuse about these last six weeks enough. I’d be a fool to pretend that everything was rosy in my personal life: most of my family aren’t…

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Day 1,363: I Am Not A Number

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 September 2012
  • Post category:England/Marooned!/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:6 Comments

24.09.12: Just before I jumped the train back to Liverpool, I met up with my top mates Dan and Stan for a swift half around the corner from Euston Station.…

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Day 1,351: High Flying Birds

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 September 2012
  • Post category:England/Marooned!/Northern Ireland/Scotland/The Odyssey Expedition/Wales
  • Post comments:3 Comments

12.09.12: So the last two weeks have not been particularly merry ones. But, on the bright side, I’ve been able to spend time with my dad (and… er… let him…

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Day 1,338: We’ll Always Have Paris

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 August 2012
  • Post category:Australia/England/Marooned!/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:16 Comments

30.08.12: Let me just say this: I have the best mates anyone could ever hope for. Within 5 hours of my arrival on Saturday 11 August 2012, I was celebrating…

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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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