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Read more about the article Day 168: Take A Deep Breath…

Day 168: Take A Deep Breath…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:17 June 2009
  • Post category:Cape Verde/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Woke up, excited and invigorated. The Odyssey is back on the road!! All I have to do is pay the shipping guys and get my passport back. LET’S GO!!!!I grabbed…

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Read more about the article Day 145: It’s Gonna Cost Ya…

Day 145: It’s Gonna Cost Ya…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 May 2009
  • Post category:Mauritania/Senegal/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

And so my journey took me to the most expensive country so far. More expensive than Japan, Norway and London PUT TOGETHER. I am talking, of course(?), about Senegal.The Sept-Place…

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Read more about the article Day 129: Close But No Cigar

Day 129: Close But No Cigar

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 May 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Libya/The Odyssey Expedition/Tunisia
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Again we were up at the crack, I said my farewells to Laura and shoved her on a Louage back up to Tunis (or at least I thought I did).…

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Read more about the article Day 125: Roman Holiday

Day 125: Roman Holiday

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:5 May 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Italy/Malta/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition/Vatican City
  • Post comments:3 Comments

And so on to Rome...I arrived at some ungodly hour, which I thought was actually quite appropriate. I slung my bag into the Pop Inn Hostel (with crazy guy Cesar…

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Read more about the article Day 122: Top Of The Balkans

Day 122: Top Of The Balkans

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:2 May 2009
  • Post category:Albania/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Croatia/Europe/Montenegro/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

We got into Podgorica so early, my legs were shaking. I immediately hopped a taxi to the nearby border with Albania. My driver, Ratko, was top - he didn't speak…

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Read more about the article Day 121: The Checkpoint Charlie

Day 121: The Checkpoint Charlie

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:1 May 2009
  • Post category:Bulgaria/Europe/Greece/Kosovo/Macedonia/Montenegro/Serbia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

What transpired to be an incredibly long day, started in Thessaloniki before dawn. It was raining hard and John and I took far too long getting off the train, so…

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Read more about the article Day 119: Carlos The Jackal

Day 119: Carlos The Jackal

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 April 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Hungary/Moldova/Romania/The Odyssey Expedition/Ukraine
  • Post comments:4 Comments

After all the excitement of yesterday, I slept like a baby. By that, I mean that I woke up every two hours and started screaming. Although my laptop and camcorder…

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Read more about the article Day 117: Kettles Of Fish

Day 117: Kettles Of Fish

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 April 2009
  • Post category:Belarus/Estonia/Europe/Latvia/Lithuania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:11 Comments

I emerged from the coach in the wee small hours to find myself in the rather attractive town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. I was busy trying to suss…

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Read more about the article Day 116: Arrested Development

Day 116: Arrested Development

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:26 April 2009
  • Post category:Estonia/Europe/Finland/Russia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:6 Comments

The boat over to Tallinn was quick and easy and got me in to the capital of Estonia in fine fettle just around noon. I grabbed a cab across town…

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Read more about the article Day 115: The Floating Valhalla

Day 115: The Floating Valhalla

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 April 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Finland/Sweden/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

I'm never going to get any sleep, am I?! Cursed! Cursed I am to spend this month wide awake like a teething baby. Ah well. I somehow managed to struggle…

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  • Part I: Man of the World
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    • 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
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