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    • Part I: Man of the World
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Day 1,419: We Advance At Dawn

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 November 2012
  • Post category:Final Frontiers/South Africa/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Mon 19.11.12: It was 0600 when my wake-up call came through from the third officer, but he need not have bothered: I was already wide awake. Giddy with that I-can-believe-this-is-actually-happening…

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Day 1,390: The Costa Living

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 October 2012
  • Post category:Final Frontiers/Indian Ocean/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Tue 23.10.12: The two days at sea passed like some velvet morning (when I’m straight). For the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to be less of a fat bastard…

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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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Day 722: He Got Made, He Got Wewak’d

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:24 December 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

23.12.10: Up early as Jan wanted to get to the border the moment it opened. Mike and Harald had left in the wee small hours, so I checked out on…

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“Graham’s World”: My Very Own TV Show Starts Tuesday!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 June 2010
  • Post category:Canada/Cape Verde/Egypt/Featured/Gabon/South Africa/Tunisia/Turkey/USA
  • Post comments:10 Comments

Okay, Odyssey fans... this is it, the television show documenting my travels is being shown every TUESDAY at on the Nat Geo Adventure Channel, which is available in 40 countries…

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Days 539 & 540: Back In The Red

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

23.06.10-24.06.10: We had to be at Baaboud Shipping for 7.30am, and, once again, Turki took time away from the office to take me there.  The level of hospitality and sheer…

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Days 494-500: No Dice

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:17 May 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Kuwait/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

09.05.10-15.05.10: Well then, it should all be over, shouldn’t it?  First thing Sunday morning I hurried down to the copy place to pick up my shiny happy visa, only for…

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Day 2: Global Positioning System

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:2 January 2009
  • Post category:Argentina/Paraguay/South America/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

Arriving at some ungodly hour in Posadas, we took a taxi over the Paraguayan border.  And back.  I would love to tell you how much fun and how interesting Paraguay…

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This is THE ODYSSEY!

  • Post author:Leo Skelly
  • Post published:31 December 2008
  • Post category:Featured/South America
  • Post comments:6 Comments

The Odyssey is an epic adventure, a world first, a race against time, a year (or two) of living dangerously!! Scouse film maker Graham Hughes' barking, madcap adventure TO EVERY…

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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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