Pacific Ocean Archives - The Odyssey Expedition

Day 1,213: Sing Us A Song

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:29 April 2012
Post category:Pacific Ocean Return To Southeast Asia The Odyssey Expedition
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Fri 27.04.12: It’s been seven months since I re-booted The Odyssey Expedition after my enforced sabbatical and I’m pleased to announce that I have now visited EVERY COUNTRY in the…

Days 1,202-1,207: The Voyage of the Mell Sembawang

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:22 April 2012
Post category:Japan Micronesia Pacific Ocean The Odyssey Expedition
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Mon 16.04.12 – Sat 21.04.12 The Mell Sembawang is a wonderful little boat: my cabin is clean, the air-con is working, the food is magnificent (I had steak in pepper…

Days 1,188-1,197: Placating Neptune

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:22 April 2012
Post category:Australia Micronesia Pacific Ocean Taiwan The Odyssey Expedition
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Mon 02.04.12 – Wed 11.04.12: It was an early start on Monday morning. Sam had to go into work, so I grabbed all my gear and tagged along with her…

Day 1,154: Such A Pretty House

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:2 March 2012
Post category:Micronesia Pacific Ocean Rants The Odyssey Expedition
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Tue 28.02.12: Today I turned 33 years old. Too old, Yoda would say, to begin the training. By the age of 33, Jesus had convinced enough illiterate sailors that he…

Days 1,150–1,153: Piercing The Gloom

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:2 March 2012
Post category:Australia Micronesia Pacific Ocean The Odyssey Expedition
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Fri 24.02.12 – Mon 27.02.12: So I went from the Papuan Chief to the Pacific Pearl to the Southern Pearl to the Southern Lily 2 to the Sea Princess to…

Day 1,086: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part IV

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:29 December 2011
Post category:Pacific Ocean Polynesia Rants The Odyssey Expedition
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22.12.11: Antagonists This is the easy bit. Your antagonist could be a rival news anchor, a monster from the black lagoon or the protagonist’s own fear of commitment (although if…

Day 1,085: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part III

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:29 December 2011
Post category:Pacific Ocean Polynesia Rants The Odyssey Expedition
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21.12.11: The Re-writes Begin... There are certain rules you have to stick to in order to write a successful movie script. If you would prefer to ignore these rules, write…

Day 1,084: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part II

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:29 December 2011
Post category:Pacific Ocean Polynesia Rants The Odyssey Expedition
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20.12.11: The Premise First up, work out the basic premise in your head. Don’t worry about making it all make sense just yet, just worry about the main features of…

Day 1,083: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part I

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:29 December 2011
Post category:Pacific Ocean Polynesia Rants The Odyssey Expedition
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19.12.11: I’ve been spending my days and nights (mostly nights) on board the good ship Southern Pearl practicing the ancient art of writing. I’ve been writing my blog (of course)…

Day 1,082: There And Back Again

Post author:Graham Hughes
Post published:29 December 2011
Post category:Pacific Ocean Polynesia The Odyssey Expedition
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18.12.11: The hard part done, the crew of The Southern Pearl could now afford to let their hair down for the five day sail back down the Pacific Ocean to Fiji.…