Boat Archives - The Odyssey Expedition

Days 1,027-1,032: Beyond The Coral Sea

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Post published:7 November 2011
Post category:Melanesia Pacific Ocean The Odyssey Expedition
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24.10.11-29.10.11: And so I found myself becoming something of a fixture on board the good ship Papuan Chief. Breakfast (which I invariably missed) was served at 8am-9am, Lunch at noon…

AUSSIE SKIPPER REQ’D: FOR HIGH ADVENTURE

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Post published:10 August 2011
Post category:Australia Featured Pacific Pacific Ocean
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THE ODYSSEY EXPEDITION Hi, my name is Graham Hughes. I’m a British adventurer, TV presenter and a Guinness World Record holder. You can read more about me on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hughes I’m currently in…

Days 887-932: A Heavy Wait

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Post published:22 July 2011
Post category:Australia Intermission Pacific Ocean The Odyssey Expedition
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06.06.11-21.07.11: “What’s going on with this boat, Graham?” I must have heard that question over a hundred times in the last few months. Before today I was unable to…

Days 715-721: My Papua Visa Hell

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Post published:23 December 2010
Post category:Australasia Favourite Indonesia Papua New Guinea Rants The Odyssey Expedition
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16.12.10-22.12.10: You know, when I stepped out of the Vietnamese Consulate back in September I honestly thought that my days of being trapped like a cog in the bureaucratic nightmare…

How To Travel The World On The Cheap!

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Post published:21 December 2010
Post category:Canada Cape Verde Egypt Featured Gabon Indonesia Tunisia Turkey USA
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I've been stuck on the border with Papua New Guinea for the last few days, so not wanting to waste my time I made this here video for ya! It's…

Days 713-714: The Floating Menagerie

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Post published:16 December 2010
Post category:Australasia Indonesia The Odyssey Expedition
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14.12.10-15.12.10: Crikey! This ship is even worse than the last one. At least on board the last on I had a bed. Here it’s every man for himself, and as…

Days 707-712: Fuzzy Logic

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Post published:14 December 2010
Post category:Australasia Indonesia The Odyssey Expedition
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08.12.10-13.12.10: The ship came into the sleepy port town of Sorong in West Papua pretty much on time, which made me happy. At the port I was met by the…

Days 704-706: The Power and The Pelni

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Post published:8 December 2010
Post category:Australasia Indonesia The Odyssey Expedition
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05.12.10-07.12.10: Noah had nothing on this. All life is here – spread out all over the floor. Picnics, knick-knacks, porridge, rice and tic-tacs. Families, feuds, filth, food and funny lookin'…

Day 541: Africa’s Final Fortress

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Post published:29 June 2010
Post category:Arabia Eritrea The Odyssey Expedition
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25.06.10: We arrived in Massawa Port, Eritrea just after noon. As I sauntered down the gangplank my head, usually filled with logistics and gibberish, felt surprisingly clear: all I could…

Day 465: Breakfast Of Champions

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Post published:21 April 2010
Post category:Central Asia Favourite Iran The Odyssey Expedition
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10.04.10: In what has to be the most touching thing that’s happened to me in the last 16 months of traversing the globe, last night on the bus from Shiraz,…