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Days 725-762: Where Have You Been?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:2 February 2011
  • Post category:Intermission/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:9 Comments

26.12.10-01.02.11: Well, I was hoping to be back on the road by now, but as anyone who’s been watching the news in the last couple of weeks will tell you,…

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Day 724: Special Delivery

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Australia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:6 Comments

Xmas Day 2010: After a couple of hours kip I was up an’ at ’em, ready to TAKE ON THE WORLD!!! My only problem was that I had spend the…

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Read more about the article Day 373: Goodbyeee

Day 373: Goodbyeee

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:8 January 2010
  • Post category:Egypt/Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition
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It was a restless night – I had to upload the last of my 2009 tapes to my computer so Mand could drop them off in Lonely Planet HQ next…

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Read more about the article Day 372: It Belongs In A Museum

Day 372: It Belongs In A Museum

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:7 January 2010
  • Post category:Egypt/Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition
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Thursday started with a very early morning trip to the Sudanese Embassy – I missed out Sudan and Eritrea on the way up here, so Sudan was next on my…

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Read more about the article Days 368-371: The Whirling Dervishes

Days 368-371: The Whirling Dervishes

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:6 January 2010
  • Post category:Egypt/Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

So Mand and I had a few days kicking around Hurghada. Our hotel had been pre-booked up until the Tuesday night, so we thought we might as well make the…

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Read more about the article Day 367: Brookes Was Here

Day 367: Brookes Was Here

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:2 January 2010
  • Post category:Egypt/Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition
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To say that our hotel in Hurghada was a bit lousy would probably do insult to lousy hotels. My general dislike for large-scale tourist hotels was not helped by the…

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Read more about the article Day 366: That Was The Decade That Was…

Day 366: That Was The Decade That Was…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:1 January 2010
  • Post category:Egypt/Middle East/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
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Welcome, friends, to our newest, shiniest decade in years. And, might I say, good riddance to the old one, the rotten turnip that it was.The decade in which being clever…

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Read more about the article Day 365: We’re Here

Day 365: We’re Here

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Egypt/The Odyssey Expedition
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Egypt. Ground Zero. My first backpacking adventure was in Egypt ten years ago, an adventure which introduced me to the joys of backpacking, the love of deserts and the open…

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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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