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Day 357: The Hard Slog

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Ethiopia/Kenya/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
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23.12.09: 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…

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Day 356: The Special Bus

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Kenya/The Odyssey Expedition
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22.12.09: Groan. T.I.A. strikes again! The bus we're on is equipped to ferry disabled schoolchildren around in Japan. It is not in any way shape or form designed to survive…

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Day 355: Mr Stanley, I Presume

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Kenya/The Odyssey Expedition
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21.12.09: 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…

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Day 354: Business As Usual

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2009
  • Post category:Burundi/East Africa/Ethiopia/Rants/Rwanda/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition/Uganda
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20.12.09: 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…

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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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