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THE ODYSSEY WORLD VISA GUIDE

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:17 December 2010
  • Post category:Featured
  • Post comments:5 Comments

One of the things that holds back many people from travelling is the prospect of wasting time and effort attempting to get into countries that would quite prefer it if…

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Day 690: Oh Dear

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Indonesia/Southeast Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:9 Comments

21.11.10: Kupang is a little dull.  Here’s a list of my ten favourite place names in the world: Azerbaijan – Sounds like something a magician would say before pulling a…

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Day 445: The Naxçivan

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Central Asia/Kazakhstan/The Odyssey Expedition
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21.03.10: This must be the most incredibly naff ship I've been on so far; all dirty floors, peeling fake wood wallpaper, murky corridors, broken lights, stained matress, rusty bulkheads, dripping…

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Day 444: Shurely Shum Mishtake

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Azerbaijan/Central Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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20.03.10: So I had nothing important to do today, it was a big public holiday in Baku and the main road through town were shut. I was looking forward to…

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Day 443: Bless My Lucky Underpants

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Azerbaijan/Central Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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19.03.10: I called Alex (whom I met at the Irish Pub the other night) and asked him if he could get in touch with the Uzbek embassy to see if…

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Day 442: The Dolphins In The Dole Queue

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Azerbaijan/Central Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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18.03.10: The Caucasus – it’s where us whities get our rather daffy pigeonhole ‘Caucasian’, a term lampooned by Lewis Carroll in his nonsensical Caucus Race in which everybody wins a…

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Day 441: Politics & Modern History

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Azerbaijan/Central Asia/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

17.03.10: So after yesterday's half-crazied shenanigans, I found myself kicked off the bus at 6am in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE somewhere in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The sky was…

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Day 440: You’ve GOT To Be Kidding

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Central Asia/Georgia/The Odyssey Expedition
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16.03.10: The day started slowly, with me finally dragging myself out of bed around 11pm. I spent most of the day packing my bag, organising my tapes and doing a…

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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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