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      • 7. Southeast Asia
      • 8. Australasia
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      • 8. The Journey Home
      • Epilogue
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Read more about the article Day 118: Er, Anyone seen my bag?

Day 118: Er, Anyone seen my bag?

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:28 April 2009
  • Post category:Czech Republic/Europe/Hungary/Lithuania/Poland/Slovakia/The Odyssey Expedition

Today should have been a breeze - well timed connections marked my passage through Poland. My coach arrived half an hour early, so it wasn't even a rush to the…

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Read more about the article Day 117: Kettles Of Fish

Day 117: Kettles Of Fish

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:27 April 2009
  • Post category:Belarus/Estonia/Europe/Latvia/Lithuania/The Odyssey Expedition

I emerged from the coach in the wee small hours to find myself in the rather attractive town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. I was busy trying to suss…

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Read more about the article Day 116: Arrested Development

Day 116: Arrested Development

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:26 April 2009
  • Post category:Estonia/Europe/Finland/Russia/The Odyssey Expedition

The boat over to Tallinn was quick and easy and got me in to the capital of Estonia in fine fettle just around noon. I grabbed a cab across town…

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Read more about the article Day 112: The Leaving of Liverpool

Day 112: The Leaving of Liverpool

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:22 April 2009
  • Post category:England/Europe/France/The Odyssey Expedition

I awoke in my old bedroom, mid-morning. A rather strange sensation, I have to say. Is that it? Is it all over? That was easy!Oh, hang on... rub your eyes…

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Read more about the article Day 111: The Five Nation Pub Crawl

Day 111: The Five Nation Pub Crawl

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:21 April 2009
  • Post category:England/Europe/Ireland/Northern Ireland/Scotland/The Odyssey Expedition/Wales

Wow! I mean, really, wow!Today really started last night when I was met by my top chums from the old school, Lindsey and Michelle, in Euston Station. We only had…

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Read more about the article Day 88: We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Coat

Day 88: We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Coat

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:29 March 2009
  • Post category:Canada/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

I had set my alarm for 6.30am to give me loads of time to wake up and get to the bus station for the bus for Montreal that left at…

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Read more about the article Day 87: First We Take Manhattan

Day 87: First We Take Manhattan

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:28 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

When I changed buses yesterday in Atlanta, I made a fatal error - I didn't push to the front of the queue. And so I and about fifteen other misfortunates…

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Read more about the article Day 86: Greyhounded

Day 86: Greyhounded

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:27 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

Spent the day travelling up through Georgia pressing northwards towards Virginia. As we travelled, my mind turned to three things; Architecture, Americans, and Greyhound buses.I HATE GREYHOUND BUSES. The entire…

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Read more about the article Day 85: Did You See Any Cubans?

Day 85: Did You See Any Cubans?

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:26 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

As a wonderful final flourish, and as if to prove how much better Mexican bus services are compared to the American ones, my bus got to the border 45 minutes…

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Read more about the article Day 84: Chilli Con Carnage

Day 84: Chilli Con Carnage

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:25 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Mexico/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

So the day was spent entirely at the mercy of the rather wonderful Mexican bus service. Leigh got off the bus somewhere in the middle of nowhere to climb a…

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