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    • Part I: Man of the World
      • 1. South America
      • 2. The Caribbean
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      • 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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  • About
    • The Odyssey Expedition
    • Graham David Hughes
    • Country Checklist
    • Why WaterAid?
    • FAQs
  • 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
  • Media
    • Odyssey Books
    • Odyssey TV
    • TV Interviews
    • News Coverage
    • TED Talks
  • Souvenirs
    • Passports
    • Photos
    • Videos
    • GPS Records
    • Newspaper Clippings
  • Heroes
    • Team Odyssey
    • The Americas
    • Europe
    • Africa
    • Middle East
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Days 715-721: My Papua Visa Hell

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Favourite/Indonesia/Papua New Guinea/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:11 Comments

16.12.10-22.12.10: You know, when I stepped out of the Vietnamese Consulate back in September I honestly thought that my days of being trapped like a cog in the bureaucratic nightmare…

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How To Travel The World On The Cheap!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 December 2010
  • Post category:Canada/Cape Verde/Egypt/Featured/Gabon/Indonesia/Tunisia/Turkey/USA
  • Post comments:1 Comment

I've been stuck on the border with Papua New Guinea for the last few days, so not wanting to waste my time I made this here video for ya! It's…

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Days 713-714: The Floating Menagerie

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

14.12.10-15.12.10: Crikey! This ship is even worse than the last one. At least on board the last on I had a bed. Here it’s every man for himself, and as…

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Days 707-712: Fuzzy Logic

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:14 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

08.12.10-13.12.10: The ship came into the sleepy port town of Sorong in West Papua pretty much on time, which made me happy.  At the port I was met by the…

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Days 704-706: The Power and The Pelni

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:8 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

05.12.10-07.12.10: Noah had nothing on this. All life is here – spread out all over the floor. Picnics, knick-knacks, porridge, rice and tic-tacs. Families, feuds, filth, food and funny lookin'…

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Days 701-703: Raiders Of The Lost Hat

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:5 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

02.12.10-04.12.10: At 3am the bus stopped so we could get something to eat.  Obeying my circadian rhythms, I stayed on the bus and slept.  At 5am we boarded the ship…

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Day 700: The Shape of Things To Come

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:3 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

01.12.10: Seven HUNDRED days on the road!! Bloomin' eck. The boat to Sumbawa didn’t leave until 10am, so I kicked myself for not having a lie-in and a coffee.  Onboard…

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Day 699: The Ruteng Clan

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

30.11.10: After dragging myself out of bed at 6.30am, I wasn’t too chuffed when I was told that the minibus to the next waypoint, Ruteng, didn’t leave until 8am.  But…

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Day 698: The Ende of All Things

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

29.11.10: So the ferry pulled into Larantuka port nice and early, around 7am.  Now I just had the small matter of the entirety of Flores to get across.  Cast from…

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Day 697: The Game Is Afoot!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

28.11.10: Is The Odyssey possible?  It’s been a question that has been bugging me for some time.  Okay, I’ve made it this far, on the surface it looks like I’m…

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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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