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Day 722: He Got Made, He Got Wewak’d

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

23.12.10: Up early as Jan wanted to get to the border the moment it opened. Mike and Harald had left in the wee small hours, so I checked out on…

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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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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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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
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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 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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Day 696: Yes I Awoke

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/East Timor/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
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27.11.10: But only because Dan woke me up.  Groggy and sleep deprived I clambered onto the minibus that would be speeding me back to Kupang.  Bye bye Dili!  The minibus…

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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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