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Read more about the article Day 357: The Hard Slog

Day 357: The Hard Slog

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Ethiopia/Kenya/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Any time frame you are given in Africa, remember to add a few hours, or even days. Matt and I got up at 6am, just in time to jump back…

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Read more about the article Day 356: The Special Bus

Day 356: The Special Bus

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Kenya/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

The bus we're on is equipped to ferry schoolchildren around in Japan. It is not in any way shape or form designed to survive the horror that is an African…

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Read more about the article Day 355: Mr Stanley, I Presume

Day 355: Mr Stanley, I Presume

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Kenya/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Woke up on the bus, which had come to a halt sometime earlier in downtown Nairobbery. It was 5am as I staggered into a taxi and asked the driver to…

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Read more about the article Day 354: Business As Usual

Day 354: Business As Usual

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 December 2009
  • Post category:Burundi/East Africa/Ethiopia/Rants/Rwanda/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition/Uganda
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You know when somebody says that something was a breath of fresh air? I can't describe how apt that saying is when it comes to Rwanda. It is there that…

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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
  • Epilogue

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