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    • Part I: Man of the World
      • 1. South America
      • 2. The Caribbean
      • 3. Central & North America
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      • 6. Central Africa
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      • 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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  • About
    • The Odyssey Expedition
    • Graham David Hughes
    • Country Checklist
    • Why WaterAid?
    • FAQs
  • Odyssey Blog
    • 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
  • Media
    • Odyssey Books
    • Odyssey TV
    • TV Interviews
    • News Coverage
    • TED Talks
  • Souvenirs
    • Passports
    • Photos
    • Videos
    • GPS Records
    • Newspaper Clippings
  • Heroes
    • Team Odyssey
    • The Americas
    • Europe
    • Africa
    • Middle East
    • Sponsors
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Day 16: Hog Roast!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:17 January 2009
  • Post category:Guyana/South America/Suriname/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

16.01.09: Up at 4am and on the minibus to Suriname. Thankfully paved roads all the way, and even a nice new shiny bridge over the river meant that we got…

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Day 15: Death Bus To Guyana

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 January 2009
  • Post category:Guyana/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

15.01.09: Awoken at 4am, we recommenced our journey through the jungle. Over a river on a chain ferry made of rusty metal and some wooden planks borrowed from The African…

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Day 14: Call Me JoJo

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 January 2009
  • Post category:Brazil/Guyana/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:10 Comments

14.01.09: Got up nice and early after a surprising restful sleep and headed to the border. I was first to be stamped through and I headed to the nearest bank…

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Day 13: Sorry, We’re Closed!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:14 January 2009
  • Post category:Brazil/South America/The Odyssey Expedition/Venezuela
  • Post comments:9 Comments

13.01.09: Woke up in Mario's house. His family had been so accommodating, taking in a big ginger stray like me for the night and looking after me on my trip…

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Day 12: The Jenga Piece

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 January 2009
  • Post category:South America/The Odyssey Expedition/Venezuela
  • Post comments:1 Comment

12.01.09: WOKE UP to the DEAFENING SOUND of a pirate copy of ‘Death Race' being played on the bus at MAXIMUM VOLUME. This continued until Jason Stratham got sacked from…

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Day 11: My Guardian Angels

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:12 January 2009
  • Post category:Colombia/South America/The Odyssey Expedition/Venezuela
  • Post comments:5 Comments

11.01.09: Got to Bogotá yesterday, but there was barely enough time to pull my undies out of my backside before I was bang! on another overnight bus heading up to…

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Day 10: The Need For Speed(Boat)!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:11 January 2009
  • Post category:Colombia/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:9 Comments

10.01.09: I think I'm about 3 days behind schedule now; I really need to make up some time in the Caribbean. Don't know how easy that is going to be,…

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Day 9: Hey Hey We’re The Monkees

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 January 2009
  • Post category:Colombia/Ecuador/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

09.01.09: Okay - day of ACTION! Got up at some ungodly hour and rendered the podcast, got to the Internet café at 7.30am and uploaded it. Got to bookshop at…

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Day 8: The Brussels Sprout

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 January 2009
  • Post category:Ecuador/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

08.01.09: I flaked it. I should have been up with the lark and on a bus to the border, but I decided to have a day off. This decision is…

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Day 7: Frenchie And The Book

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:8 January 2009
  • Post category:Ecuador/Peru/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

07.01.09: Got to the border bright and early this morning, and tried to find a bus to Quito, the capital of Ecuador. There was no central bus station, each coach…

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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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