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Day 251: The Overlander

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:17 September 2009
  • Post category:Central Africa/Congo/Gabon/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

08.09.09: In a trend that will no doubt continue for the rest of the month, I got up at 5am only to find that there was no transport to the…

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Day 222: TCHAD!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/Chad/The Odyssey Expedition
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10.08.09: The train arrived at 7am in the central Cameroon town of N’Gaoundéré and, if we were VERY lucky, we could make a border hop to Chad today and get…

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Day 220: Glastonburied

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 August 2009
  • Post category:Cameroon/Central Africa/Nigeria/The Odyssey Expedition
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08.08.09: Roland woke me up by firing up his little generator outside the hut. The lights came on and so did the telly. Wow we take electricity for granted. I…

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Day 218: TONY!!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 August 2009
  • Post category:Benin/Central Africa/Nigeria/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

06.08.09: After getting to the hotel, I had worked for an hour or so on getting a video speech for my mate Michelle’s wedding uploaded onto YouTube, so it was…

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Day 211: Into Rebel Territory

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 July 2009
  • Post category:Cote D'Ivoire/Liberia/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

30.07.09: The driver fixed the tyre around 3am and we got into Ganta ten minutes later. I tried to check into a hotel for a few hours, but the cheapest…

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Day 46: Domingo Dancing

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 February 2009
  • Post category:Dominican Republic/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
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I had to get up so early my legs where all shaky. Wurgh! I said my goodbyes to Mehrdad and wished him well on his endeavours. He tried to give…

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Read more about the article Day 44: One Foot In Haiti

Day 44: One Foot In Haiti

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:13 February 2009
  • Post category:Dominican Republic/Haiti/The Caribbean/The Odyssey Expedition
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First things first, I needed to check for boats leaving for Cuba or Jamaica from the port. Mehrdad and I headed over the harbour and a guy took us around…

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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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