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Read more about the article Day 284: Zambezi-Peasy

Day 284: Zambezi-Peasy

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:11 October 2009
  • Post category:Mozambique/South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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But at 5am, I was up an at 'em, kicking ass all the way up to Tete on what was admittedly a dreadful bus journey. All I wanted to do…

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Read more about the article Day 283: Back on the Hard Road

Day 283: Back on the Hard Road

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:10 October 2009
  • Post category:Mozambique/South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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First up, buses in Mozambique are not allowed to run at night (no street lights + drunk drivers = too dangerous), which is why the bus left at half-four in…

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Read more about the article Day 282: Havin’ a Mozey

Day 282: Havin’ a Mozey

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  • Post published:9 October 2009
  • Post category:Mozambique/South Africa/Southern Africa/Swaziland/The Odyssey Expedition
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You know when you should really be getting up but you just really can't be bothered? That was me this morning. Feeling a little bad for waking Lilianna with my…

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Read more about the article Day 281: Hey Ya!

Day 281: Hey Ya!

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  • Post published:8 October 2009
  • Post category:South Africa/Southern Africa/Swaziland/The Odyssey Expedition
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Staggeringly early bus to Swaziland, but I needn't have bothered. Let me explain; I rose at the butt-crack to get my ultra-early bus across the border into Swaziland, which is…

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Read more about the article Day 280: …And Nothing But The Tooth

Day 280: …And Nothing But The Tooth

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  • Post published:7 October 2009
  • Post category:South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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Being a massive four months behind schedule now, I don't really have time for dossing about, but today I really needed to get things done. Jeans and teeth where the…

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Read more about the article Day 279: The Highest Pub in Africa

Day 279: The Highest Pub in Africa

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:6 October 2009
  • Post category:Lesotho/South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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I actually didn't want to go all the way to Durban – I wanted to get off at a place called Pietermaritzburg. I heard you could get minibus from there…

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Read more about the article Day 278: Sunrise

Day 278: Sunrise

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  • Post published:5 October 2009
  • Post category:South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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Crikey, I could have done without this early start, but it's all power for the cause. Today in a move guaranteed to get me another 500 clicks on this website,…

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Read more about the article Day 277: The Nuns of Gaborone

Day 277: The Nuns of Gaborone

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:4 October 2009
  • Post category:Botswana/South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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Best blog entry title of The Odyssey? Up at 6am and down to the nearby service station where one goes to cadge a lift to the border. Was waiting until…

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Read more about the article Day 276: A Break for the Border

Day 276: A Break for the Border

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  • Post published:3 October 2009
  • Post category:South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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A little water to help slacken my brain's outer membrane and I shook off my hangover. Andy and I compared notes from the previous evening, but both our notebooks draw…

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Read more about the article Day 275: Five Quid A Page?!

Day 275: Five Quid A Page?!

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  • Post published:2 October 2009
  • Post category:South Africa/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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The British High Commission in Pretoria is a little tricky to find – I wandered about for about half-an-hour before I realised that the building with no sign and no…

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