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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 318-348: Don’t Look Back In Anger

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 December 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/East Africa/Indian Ocean/Mauritius/Mayotte/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

14.11.09-14.12.09: Oh Graham, you tease, what's the meaning of this, compressing an entire MONTH of gallivanting into just one blog entry? Well, truth be told if there was something of…

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Day 317: The Fake Southern Cross

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Madagascar/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

13.11.09: Another night of sleeping on a Madagascan minibus wasn't what I was really after when I came here. I feel like a tool now for not staying on the…

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Day 316: One Hell of a U-Turn

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Madagascar/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

12.11.09: Cuba. Cape Verde. Sao Tome and now the Seychelles – why do they have to make it so damn difficult to visit these islands on a boat? The Outer…

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Day 315: A Catatonic State

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Madagascar/The Odyssey Expedition
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11.11.09: Wow. When the guidebook says that Diego is sleepy, they weren't kidding. Which is possibly a good thing as my cold has reached its zenith and I feel like…

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Day 314: A Rose By Any Other Name

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Madagascar/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

10.11.09: My word, I've awoken in Australia! How'd THAT happen? Oh hang on, no - it's just Madagascar doing a damn fine impression of my crimson-tinctured second home. So today,…

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Day 313: Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Madagascar/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

09.11.09: Grr. I'm highly aggravated today, it's probably best if you keep a safe distance. First up, I get out of bed at the ungodly hour of 6am. Then I…

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Day 312: Madagascan Surprise

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Madagascar/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:5 Comments

08.11.09: Oops, Guatemala is spelt with an 'e' not an 'a', so my factette about Madagascar being the only country in the world with 4 'a's in the name seemed…

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Day 311: Here Be Pirates

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 November 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Indian Ocean/Madagascar/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

07.11.09: Polished off the new Dan Brown book, The Lost Symbol, which is, muh. Nowhere near as good as Angels & Demons or Da Vinci Code, the 'twist' was more…

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Day 302: The Road Ahead

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 October 2009
  • Post category:Indian Ocean/Madagascar/Reunion/Southern Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
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29.10.09: My entire route for The Odyssey is mapped out in my head and has been for years so I never bother looking at the route plan; but just for…

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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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