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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
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      • 6. Marooned!
      • 7. The Final Frontiers
      • 8. The Journey Home
      • Epilogue
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Day 1,181: How The South Pacific Was Won

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2012
  • Post category:Australia/Micronesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

26.03.12: The Pacific, south of the equator line, is now complete. Yes, there were a handful of territories – Niue, Tokelau, French Polynesia, Pitcairn & Easter Island – that I…

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Days 1,127-1,128: The Auld Alliance

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 February 2012
  • Post category:New Zealand/Polynesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Wed 01.02.12-Thu 02.02.12: Christchurch is not somewhere for holidaying at the moment, and since the major earthquake last year, cruise ships have been calling at the place down the road,…

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Day 1,123: The Sea Princess

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 February 2012
  • Post category:New Zealand/Polynesia/The Odyssey Expedition
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Sat 28.01.12: So let’s go. The ship leaves today for Australia in a roundabout kinda way. Why the hell am I going back to Australia? I hear you cry. Simple…

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Days 1,115-1,117: High Tea in Mordor

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 February 2012
  • Post category:New Zealand/Polynesia/The Odyssey Expedition
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Fri 20.01.12 – Sun 22.01.12: Lake Taupo is one of those must-see sights in New Zealand, and it’s not hard to see why. Situated slap bang in the middle of…

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Days 1,111-1,112: The Mandster Cometh

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 February 2012
  • Post category:New Zealand/Polynesia/The Odyssey Expedition
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Mon 16.01.12 – Tue 17.01.12: Mandy, my long suffering girlfriend, had arranged to fly over and meet me in Auckland around 4pm today. By that time I had just about…

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AUSSIE SKIPPER REQ’D: FOR HIGH ADVENTURE

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 August 2011
  • Post category:Australia/Featured/Pacific/Pacific Ocean
  • Post comments:3 Comments

THE ODYSSEY EXPEDITION Hi, my name is Graham Hughes. I’m a British adventurer, TV presenter and a Guinness World Record holder.  You can read more about me on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hughes I’m currently in…

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The PLAN!!!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:18 October 2010
  • Post category:Featured/Pacific
  • Post comments:11 Comments

So here we are, 180 countries down and just 20 to go – it’s mad to think that I only left Shanghai just over two weeks ago, and in that…

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Odyssey Blog

  • 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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