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Day 1,391: I Sell Seychelles

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 October 2012
  • Post category:Final Frontiers/Seychelles/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:9 Comments

Wed 24.10.12: Country 2-0-0. Friends, can you BELIEVE IT? Nope. Neither can I, which is good, because Seychelles is quite an unbelievable place. In a good way. Unlike The Maldives,…

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Day 532: The Cunning Plan

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Oman/Seychelles/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
  • Post comments:1 Comment

16.06.10: After again saying my farewells to Luke and Dave, our mate Alasdair gave me a lift to the bus depot. After AGAIN being told the bus to Dubai was…

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Day 531: Less Than Zero

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/The Odyssey Expedition
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15.06.10: Back in November 2009 when I was trying to sail the 166nm from Diego Suarez in Madagascar to the lower Seychelles islands, the threat of piracy stopped me in…

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Day 530: Somali Piracy: Q&A

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/Somalia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

14.06.10: Yesterday I discovered that the chances of anybody taking me onboard a ship bound for The Seychelles was about one in a million.  I also found out that another…

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Days 522-529: Frankincensed

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/Somalia/The Odyssey Expedition
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06.06.10-13.06.10: The mission this week was to clamber on board the MV San Cristobal bound for The Seychelles.  As emails and phone calls went back and forth behind the scenes,…

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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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