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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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“Graham’s World”: My Very Own TV Show Starts Tuesday!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 June 2010
  • Post category:Canada/Cape Verde/Egypt/Featured/Gabon/South Africa/Tunisia/Turkey/USA
  • Post comments:10 Comments

Okay, Odyssey fans... this is it, the television show documenting my travels is being shown every TUESDAY at on the Nat Geo Adventure Channel, which is available in 40 countries…

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Day 259: England Expects

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

16.09.09: First thing, I headed off to Kinshasa over the River Congo, escorted on and off the boat by British Embassy Officials. I’m taking no chances. Now in Kinshasa –…

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Day 258: The Second Pizza of Freedom

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

15.09.09: RULE 6: NEVER EXPECT AN APOLOGY I woke up before dawn to find that my guard had gone. I went for a walk around the station – it was…

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Day 257: You’re Free But You Can’t Leave

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:14 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

14.09.09: RULE 5: AVOID AFRICA I’m sorry. I’ve cracked. The wars (all 47 of them, want a list?) may be over (kinda) and I was desperate to blaze a trail…

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Day 256: The Horror, The Horror

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

13.09.09: RULE 4: VOGONS ARE UNFEASIBLY STUPID You cannot reason somebody out of a position they haven’t reasoned themselves into. Appealing to my captors on the logical grounds that I…

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Day 255: The Heart of Darkness

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:12 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

12.09.09: RULE 3: VOGONS HAVE NO EMPATHY “The only way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down their throat”. - Douglas Adams, The…

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Day 254: The Saddest Song In The World

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:11 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

11.09.09: RULE 2: NEVER TRUST A VOGON I awoke on the little couch in the ‘chief’s’ office. Gone was any chance of me submitting my visa application for Angola this…

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Day 253: The Last Thing I Needed

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Jail/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

10.09.09: Let me tell you about Vogons. "Vogons have to be just about one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and…

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Day 252: Exit Planet Dust

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

09.09.09: Setting off again at dawn, I found the shared truck for Dolisie (the junction half way to Congo’s capital city, Brazzaville) actually left early. I had to run to…

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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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