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Days 1,171-1,174: An Express Elevator to Hell!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:26 March 2012
  • Post category:Micronesia/Nauru/Solomon Islands/The Odyssey Expedition
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Fri 16.03.12 - Mon 19.03.12 We left Nauru at around 7pm, and I was disappointed that customs didn’t come back on board before we set sail. I would have liked…

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Day 1,170: What Next?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 March 2012
  • Post category:Micronesia/Nauru/The Odyssey Expedition
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Thu 15.03.12: With any luck and despite the lengthy delays here in Nauru and last week in Kiribati, the Scarlett Lucy should be back in Brisbane by Saturday March 24.…

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Day 1,169: The Smallest Parliament in the World

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 March 2012
  • Post category:Micronesia/Nauru/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Wed 14.03.12: Nauru has no natural harbour: its smooth potato-like shape does not offer the world any nooks or crannies to slip your vessel into. So like in Tarawa when…

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Day 1,168: The Bird Man of Nauru

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 March 2012
  • Post category:Micronesia/Nauru/The Odyssey Expedition
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Tue 13.03.12: One of our cranes is broken. This means that yesterday, instead of unloading the 80 containers like we were meant to, we didn’t unload a single one. While…

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Day 1,167: …And Then There Was SIX!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 March 2012
  • Post category:Micronesia/Nauru/The Odyssey Expedition
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Mon 12.03.12: It may have taken me the best part of two months to get here from New Zealand, but I’m proud to announce that I AM NOW IN NAURU!!!…

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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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