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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 304: Drink Your Way Around The World

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 October 2009
  • Post category:Mauritius/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

31.10.09: I stepped off the Trochetia and into country 124 feeling marvelously, marvelous about this turn of events. Simply put, I couldn't have done this any faster. Considering that I…

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Day 303: Et Voila!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 October 2009
  • Post category:Reunion/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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30.10.09: The Trochetia is great. It makes me sick every time that I think of the Shissiwani II costing me a comparable sum of money for three nights of hell,…

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Day 302: The Road Ahead

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 October 2009
  • Post category:Indian Ocean/Madagascar/Reunion/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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29.10.09: My entire route for The Odyssey is mapped out in my head and has been for years so I never bother looking at the route plan; but just for…

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Day 301: Welcome To Lemurland

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 October 2009
  • Post category:Madagascar/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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28.10.09: Lemurs are one of my favourite animals on Earth. A primate, cut off from his cousins in Africa and Asia for over fifty million years, they are undoubtedly the…

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Day 300: I ♥ Madagascar

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 October 2009
  • Post category:Madagascar/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

27.10.09: Dear Santa, Hi, it's Graham here. Sorry I haven't written to you in ages. I've been a busy boy. I'm currently trying to set a new world record by…

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Day 299: It’s A Mad Mad Madagascar

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:26 October 2009
  • Post category:Madagascar/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

26.10.09: Yesterday passed with the graceful ebb and flow of the waves, and I am slowly coming to appreciate the grandeur to life on the deep blue. I spent most…

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Day 298: The Secret of My Itchy Feet

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 October 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/Indian Ocean/Rants/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

25.10.09: So how did I come to be such a champion adventurer, eh? Not really the likely sort I guess – spent most of my teenage years picking my nose…

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Day 297: The Joy of Mojangaya

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 October 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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24.10.09: One of those mornings where I really, really can't be bothered getting out of bed, but I haul myself out regardless – after today, there isn't another boat to…

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Day 296: Cloud Coup Coup Land

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 October 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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23.10.09: Can't help but feel that I wasted today. I did waste today. Today was wasted. I got up when I could be bothered, which for the first time in…

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Day 295: Moroni Planet

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 October 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/Southern Africa/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
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22.10.09: I was convinced that I'd be on this sticking hole of a boat until tomorrow morning. Imagine my relief when I went onto the bridge this afternoon to charge…

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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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