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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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Read more about the article Day 251: The Overlander

Day 251: The Overlander

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:8 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

In a trend that will no doubt continue for the rest of the month, I got up at 5am only to find that there was no transport to the Congo…

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Read more about the article Day 250: Clinging On For Dear Life

Day 250: Clinging On For Dear Life

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:7 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

We motored in to Port Mole at 7am, gathered our things and got taken by the ferryman back to dry land. THE ANDREA WAS STILL IN PORT!! Oh yes, it…

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Read more about the article Day 249: Sail of the Century

Day 249: Sail of the Century

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:6 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

After yesterday’s epic sail we only had about 70 nautical miles to go today. I woke to find myself staring transfixed over the silver - and by silver I mean…

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Read more about the article Day 246: The Blue Desert

Day 246: The Blue Desert

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:3 September 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Central Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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So then your humble narrator found himself back on the high seas. The Reol was tiny – the smallest vessel I’ve been on so far, just about 7 meters in…

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Read more about the article Day 245: Do You Know The Way To Sao Tome?

Day 245: Do You Know The Way To Sao Tome?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:2 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Gabon/Sao Tome/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

We had a couple of things to do – first up, get some damn maps (sorry, Hugh – charts) of Sao Tome downloaded so we knew where the bally thing…

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Read more about the article Day 244: My Kingdom For A GPS

Day 244: My Kingdom For A GPS

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:1 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

I had a mission. Mission GPS. The results of the election still hadn’t been announced so half of Libreville was closed and it wasn’t going to be easy to find…

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Read more about the article Day 243: Pining For The Moon

Day 243: Pining For The Moon

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 August 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Monday began like most days here in Libreville – although now I have Jean-from-the-Andrea’s phone number I don’t need to pack up all my things and head down to the…

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Read more about the article Day 242: The King Is Dead, Long Live The King

Day 242: The King Is Dead, Long Live The King

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 August 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Oo eck – Election Day! So here’s the situation – Omar Bongo, the former longest standing African president (since 1967 no less!) died a couple of months ago, so the…

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Read more about the article Day 241: Going Nowhere, Fast!

Day 241: Going Nowhere, Fast!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 August 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Gabon/Sao Tome/The Odyssey Expedition
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It was a extremely short sleep before I was up and at ’em. First up I rang Jean, the contact I have for the ‘Andrea, the cargo boat for Sao…

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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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