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      • 7. Southeast Asia
      • 8. Australasia
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      • Epilogue
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Read more about the article Day 138: Due South

Day 138: Due South

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:18 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa/Western Sahara

The connection to the desert town of Dakhla - the furthest south one can go on public transport in Morocco - was seamless. I had barely arrived in Agadir before…

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Read more about the article Day 137: The Road To Casablanca

Day 137: The Road To Casablanca

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:17 May 2009
  • Post category:Morocco/Spain/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa

The plan was to get the 7.30am bus to the coast. However, however, however... we got a taxi to the southern bus station (a good bet as we where heading…

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Read more about the article Day 136: Travel Rules

Day 136: Travel Rules

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:16 May 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Portugal/Spain/The Odyssey Expedition

After last night's antics, I'm surprised I stayed awake. Matt and I jumped on the mega-mega fast train to Madrid (300kph! - whoosh!) and I drove him up the wall…

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Read more about the article Day 135: Daddy Issues

Day 135: Daddy Issues

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:15 May 2009
  • Post category:Andorra/Europe/France/Spain/The Odyssey Expedition

Early-early-sickly-feeling start to the day, and onto the 5:20 bus to the Andorran border. Quick change of buses and by about 8am I was in Andorra - another of Europe's…

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Read more about the article Day 128: Interdit!

Day 128: Interdit!

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:8 May 2009
  • Post category:Algeria/Europe/The Odyssey Expedition/Tunisia

Laura and I hauled ourselves out of bed as early as we could and jumped a taxi for the short ride to the Algerian border. Now, if this was anything…

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Read more about the article Day 127: Like A Man Possessed

Day 127: Like A Man Possessed

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:7 May 2009
  • Post category:Europe/The Odyssey Expedition/Tunisia

The ferry to Tunisia was supposed to leave at 8am, so Laura and I dragged our asses to the port for 7am. The ferry didn't arrive until 8am. By 10.30am,…

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Read more about the article Day 126: The Sicily Circuit

Day 126: The Sicily Circuit

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:6 May 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Italy/Malta/The Odyssey Expedition

Our ferry got us into Pozzallo, which is not the same place we left from (Catania), so we raced to the train station and hopped on the OLDEST TRAIN IN…

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Read more about the article Day 122: Top Of The Balkans

Day 122: Top Of The Balkans

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:2 May 2009
  • Post category:Albania/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Croatia/Europe/Montenegro/The Odyssey Expedition

We got into Podgorica so early, my legs were shaking. I immediately hopped a taxi to the nearby border with Albania. My driver, Ratko, was top - he didn't speak…

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Read more about the article Day 121: The Checkpoint Charlie

Day 121: The Checkpoint Charlie

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:1 May 2009
  • Post category:Bulgaria/Europe/Greece/Kosovo/Macedonia/Montenegro/Serbia/The Odyssey Expedition

What transpired to be an incredibly long day, started in Thessaloniki before dawn. It was raining hard and John and I took far too long getting off the train, so…

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Read more about the article Day 119: Carlos The Jackal

Day 119: Carlos The Jackal

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:29 April 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Hungary/Moldova/Romania/The Odyssey Expedition/Ukraine

After all the excitement of yesterday, I slept like a baby. By that, I mean that I woke up every two hours and started screaming. Although my laptop and camcorder…

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