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    • Part I: Man of the World
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      • 6. Central Africa
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      • 8. East Africa
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      • 4. Arabia
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      • 6. East Asia
      • 7. Southeast Asia
      • 8. Australasia
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      • 8. The Journey Home
      • Epilogue
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Day 1,319: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:12 August 2012
  • Post category:England/Marooned!/Northern Ireland/Scotland/The Odyssey Expedition/Wales
  • Post comments:12 Comments

Sat 11.08.12: They say that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. I don’t necessarily believe that. I think home is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Today this…

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Day 1,209: The View From The Bridge

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:29 April 2012
  • Post category:Guam/Micronesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Mon 23.04.12: One of the more interesting things about travelling to every country in the world is it allows you to make comparisons. Sweeping sweeping generalisations aside for one moment,…

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Days 640-641: Sino-Sino Relations

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  • Post published:13 October 2010
  • Post category:China/East Asia/Taiwan/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

02.10.10-03.10.10: In answer to the question I posed at the end of the last blog: VERY EASILY.  Yup, just like the globe (thanks to oil companies and climate changer deniers),…

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Day 622: The Great Wall

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  • Post published:23 September 2010
  • Post category:China/East Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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14.09.10: Sometimes I had good days, sometimes I have bad days, sometimes I have days that are madder than Mad Jack McMad of the clan McMad.  Today was one of…

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