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      • 8. Australasia
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Day 390: The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:25 January 2010
  • Post category:Middle East/Syria/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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25.01.10: It was the wee small hours when we pulled into Aleppo in the top left corner of Syria. Not one to stand on ceremony and after last night's jiggery-pokery…

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Day 389: A Blizzard In Beirut

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  • Post published:24 January 2010
  • Post category:Lebanon/Middle East/Syria/The Odyssey Expedition
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24.01.10: Before you could say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, I was on the coach heading to the Lebanese border. Again, Lebanon has a bit of a bad rap when it comes to popular…

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Day 388: The Road To Damascus

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  • Post published:23 January 2010
  • Post category:Jordan/Middle East/Syria/The Odyssey Expedition
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23.01.10: Jordan was awesome. I really felt as if I had finally left Africa behind me and was back on the backpacker trail, rather than the backbreaker trial. I was…

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