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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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Read more about the article Day 82: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Day 82: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Cuba/Mexico/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

The madness of leaving at night, drunk and without a weather window slowly dawned on us - looking to port and looking to starboard, electrical storms cackled like mischievous witches…

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Read more about the article Day 81: The Forbidden Isle

Day 81: The Forbidden Isle

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 March 2009
  • Post category:Central & North America/Cuba/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

After helming the nightwatch, I got a few hours kip before Johnny called me up on deck - he'd been chatting on the CB with a passing yacht that had…

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Read more about the article Day 80: Hooked!

Day 80: Hooked!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 March 2009
  • Post category:Caribbean Sea/Central & North America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

What WOULD Philias Fogg say? If all had been going to plan, I'd be in AFRICA by now, having already stepped foot in every country in The Americas and Europe.…

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Read more about the article Day 79: Blockade Runnin’

Day 79: Blockade Runnin’

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 March 2009
  • Post category:Caribbean Sea/Central & North America/Cuba/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

The entire day at sea, we continued on our painfully slow march towards Cuba. I kept watch for US coastguard boats appearing out of nowhere and asking us what we…

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Odyssey Blog

  • 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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