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    • The Odyssey Expedition
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    • Part I: Man of the World
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      • 4. Europe
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      • 8. East Africa
    • Part II: Top of the World
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      • 4. Arabia
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      • 7. Southeast Asia
      • 8. Australasia
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Read more about the article Day 83: Mexico, third time lucky…

Day 83: Mexico, third time lucky…

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:24 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Mexico/The Odyssey Expedition

In the morning, I made a huge arse of myself trying to pull up the anchor (all those years of never going to the gym finally paid off BIGTIME) and…

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Read more about the article Day 72: Worst. Buses. Ever.

Day 72: Worst. Buses. Ever.

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:13 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

I gave it until 2pm until it became abundantly clear that the Treasury was not going to get back with an answer this week and asked Robbie (very nicely!) if…

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Read more about the article Day 67: Coyote Ugly

Day 67: Coyote Ugly

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:8 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

I slept through to Orlando in Florida and then got on my last bus (for a few days at least) heading for Fort Lauderdale.This time last week, I was in…

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Read more about the article Day 66: The Lone Star State

Day 66: The Lone Star State

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:7 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

I've got to say, the Greyhound buses ARE THE WORST FORM OF TRANSPORT IN THE WORLD — grotty, no films, no snacks, grumpy-as-hell drivers... My first driver actually got pulled…

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Read more about the article Day 65: Entering America

Day 65: Entering America

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:6 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Mexico/The Odyssey Expedition/USA

All I got to see of Mexico City was the outskirts and the bus station, but I hear it's not much too look at anyway. Driving reasonably close to Tikal…

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Read more about the article Day 64: Once Upon A Time In Mexico

Day 64: Once Upon A Time In Mexico

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:5 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Guatemala/Mexico/The Odyssey Expedition

By this stage of my Herculean bus ride, it had been a week since I'd had a hot shower. To say I was beginning to smell a little ripe, would…

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Read more about the article Day 63: A Taste of Belize

Day 63: A Taste of Belize

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:4 March 2009
  • Post category:Belize/Central & North America/Guatemala/The Odyssey Expedition

The boat that Ishmael had got me on (it had been chartered by a German couple - I was cheekily tagging along for the ride) was doing a trip over…

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Read more about the article Day 62: Livingstone, I Presume?

Day 62: Livingstone, I Presume?

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:3 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/El Salvador/Guatemala/The Odyssey Expedition

I got into Guatemala City about 10am (not much sleep on the bus then) and hopped straight onto a bus for Puerto Barrios on the Caribbean coast. This was the…

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Read more about the article Day 61: The Saviours of El Salvador

Day 61: The Saviours of El Salvador

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:2 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Costa Rica/El Salvador/Honduras/Nicaragua/The Odyssey Expedition

Back on the groovy bus up through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador. No cute girl for me to annoy this time, but I did meet a guy from…

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Read more about the article Day 60: The Tailor of Panama

Day 60: The Tailor of Panama

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  • Post published:1 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Costa Rica/Panama/The Odyssey Expedition

I arose before dawn for the last leg of the southern journey that had been necessitated by the fact that I didn't get to go to Costa Rica on the…

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