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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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  • 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
  • Contact

Day 56: Starry Starry Night

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 February 2009
  • Post category:Caribbean Sea/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

25.02.09: Last night, I spent a few hours up on the bridge with Alexander, one of the officers on board. He's from the Ukraine and loves to use the word…

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Day 55: Halcyon Days

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 February 2009
  • Post category:Caribbean Sea/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:10 Comments

24.02.09: I'm going to be 30 this Saturday. 30? Me? Where did all the time go? I'm still pleasantly surprised each morning that I don't have to put my school…

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Day 54: The Jam Maker

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 February 2009
  • Post category:Jamaica/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

23.02.09: 5.30am. The phone rang. Groggily, I answered it. Hello? It was the captain. You have to get off this ship. Now. We will not take you and the ship…

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Day 53: Walking The Plank

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 February 2009
  • Post category:Jamaica/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:6 Comments

22.02.09: We pulled into Kingston, Jamaica at about 6pm. I could see the Pamplona, the ship that will be taking me to Costa Rica, on the other side of the…

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Day 52: We Could Be Heroes

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 February 2009
  • Post category:Haiti/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

21.02.09: Dolphins!! I decided to stretch my legs out on deck and saw hundreds of dolphins splashing about in the water, having a good time. But by the time I…

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Day 51: The Other Odyssey

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 February 2009
  • Post category:Dominican Republic/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

20.02.09: Today passed in a daze. Out to sea, no mobile phone, no internet. I think I had been saving up my first day off work for today. I lay…

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Day 50: The Choir Invisible

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 February 2009
  • Post category:Dominican Republic/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
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19.02.09 Fifty days in, who'd have thunked it? I'm still in the Dominican Republic. I've been here over a week! Bah! But I leave today (thanks again, Team Odyssey!) and…

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Day 49: Go, Team Odyssey!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 February 2009
  • Post category:Dominican Republic/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:6 Comments

18.02.09: Still no word from the Linge Trader. Hugh has gone to Germany now and Lorna and Dino are in work. I'm in the office at DR1 with Ken, TJ,…

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Day 48: Home Cookin’

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 February 2009
  • Post category:Dominican Republic/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
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17.02.09 Are you still here? Got an email from Lonely Planet telling me not to feel too bad about being stuck in the Caribbean, because of all the great footage…

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Day 47: The DR1 Will See You Now

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 February 2009
  • Post category:Dominican Republic/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

16.02.09: I needed somewhere that I could sit and work, and Ken and TJ work in a place around the corner - the offices of DR1.com, which is a website…

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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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