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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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Read more about the article Day 227: Spanish Whiskey

Day 227: Spanish Whiskey

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/Equatorial Guinea/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
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Last night we made friends with a girl called Vivian who said she would help us do the old border hop into Equatorial Guinea (the border wasn’t closed, the lying…

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Read more about the article Day 225: The Best Eclairs In Africa

Day 225: The Best Eclairs In Africa

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/DR Congo/Equatorial Guinea/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
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I rushed to get my visas for Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo and Gabon. The visas for DR Congo and Gabon were straight forward, but the Equatorial Guinea guys suggested I…

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Read more about the article Day 224: Taps

Day 224: Taps

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:12 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/Central African Republic/The Odyssey Expedition
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Started the day in fine fettle – crossed over the border into the Central African Republic (and got tapped for €20 for my endeavours) then kicked Rocco out of bed…

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Read more about the article Day 223: Think Once, Think Twice…

Day 223: Think Once, Think Twice…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:11 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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We arrived back at the railhead of N’Gaoundéré at about oh, God knows?, and promptly checked into a nearby hovel for about three hours of overpriced shuteye. Then at 6am,…

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Read more about the article Day 222: TCHAD!

Day 222: TCHAD!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/Chad/The Odyssey Expedition
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The train arrived at 7am in the central Cameroon town of N’Gaoundéré and, if we were VERY lucky, we could make a border hop to Chad today and get back…

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Read more about the article Day 221: Monsooner Or Later…

Day 221: Monsooner Or Later…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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After a couple of hours of shuteye, it was back on the case for your favourite ginger wanderer here. We left the house in search of Liberty (Yaz’s mate, not…

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Read more about the article Day 220: Glastonburied

Day 220: Glastonburied

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:8 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/Nigeria/The Odyssey Expedition
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Roland woke me up by firing up his little generator outside the hut. The lights came on and so did the telly. Wow we take electricity for granted. I got…

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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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