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Day 144: Er, Why Are You Here?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:26 May 2009
  • Post category:Mauritania/Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa/Western Sahara
  • Post comments:0 Comments

24.05.09: I stayed in Auberge Du Sahara camping in Dahkla and would thoroughly recommend it. It only cost about a fiver and they even made me dinner. In the morning,…

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Day 143: The Sahara, Again

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa/Western Sahara
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23.05.09: The bus dropped me off in the desert town of Tan Tan at 7am. The guy in the ticket office back in Rabat assured me there was a ‘connecting…

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Day 142: Access Granted

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:2 Comments

22.05.09: I just found out that this change in the rules about getting a visa on the border came into effect LAST WEEK. Bad timing or what? And apparently there…

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Day 141: Letters of Transit

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
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21.05.09: Now I know how Ilsa felt. But at least she had Rick to save the day. I arrived in Rabat at 5am. I tried to get my head down…

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Day 140: Due North

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:4 Comments

20.05.09: My bus arrived in Agadir at 6pm. By 7:30pm I was on the bus to Rabat, safe within my womb. I touch no-one and no-one touches me. I am…

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Day 139: The Mauritania Disaster

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 May 2009
  • Post category:Mauritania/Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa/Western Sahara
  • Post comments:3 Comments

19.05.09: Yawning and creaking, I staggered off the bus. It was still dark in Dahkla. After a particularly weird conversation involving the local police and a desert taxi driver (implying…

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Day 138: Due South

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa/Western Sahara
  • Post comments:2 Comments

18.05.09: The connection to the desert town of Dakhla - the furthest south one can go on public transport in Morocco - was seamless. I had barely arrived in Agadir…

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Day 137: The Road To Casablanca

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/Spain/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
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17.05.09: The plan was to get the 7.30am bus to the coast. However, however, however... we got a taxi to the southern bus station (a good bet as we where…

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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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