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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
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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
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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 688: Executive Class

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Indonesia/Southeast Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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19.11.10: Last night I stayed in the grottiest pension I think I’ve ever seen.  Aimere is most definitely a one horse town as the only option was a pension down…

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Day 687: There Be Hobbits

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Indonesia/Southeast Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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18.11.10: One of the things about living out of a backpack is that it’s so easy to forget things.  I’ve probably got about one hundred items with me, ranging from…

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Day 686: Here Be Dragons

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
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17.11.10: Onboard my boat to see the Komodo Dragons were a couple of mad Italians from Milan called Franco and Frederico.  The two-hour ride from Labuanbajo to the island of…

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Day 685: A Bunch of Flores

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
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16.10.10: The next boat that would sensibly get me to the island of Timor is leaving the southern port town of Aimere on Friday morning.  It’ll take me all of…

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Day 684: The Slow Fast Boat

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Indonesia/Southeast Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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15.11.10: The bus drove through the night, arriving in the eastern port town of Sape at 8am, just in time for the ferry to Labuanbajo in Flores.  The helpful tout…

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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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