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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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Day 532: The Cunning Plan

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Oman/Seychelles/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
  • Post comments:1 Comment

16.06.10: After again saying my farewells to Luke and Dave, our mate Alasdair gave me a lift to the bus depot. After AGAIN being told the bus to Dubai was…

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Day 531: Less Than Zero

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

15.06.10: Back in November 2009 when I was trying to sail the 166nm from Diego Suarez in Madagascar to the lower Seychelles islands, the threat of piracy stopped me in…

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Day 530: Somali Piracy: Q&A

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/Somalia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

14.06.10: Yesterday I discovered that the chances of anybody taking me onboard a ship bound for The Seychelles was about one in a million.  I also found out that another…

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Days 522-529: Frankincensed

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/Seychelles/Somalia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

06.06.10-13.06.10: The mission this week was to clamber on board the MV San Cristobal bound for The Seychelles.  As emails and phone calls went back and forth behind the scenes,…

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Day 521: At World’s End

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition
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05.06.10: So everyone was keen on taking me on board the DAL Mauritius except for the owners, and they didn’t give a reason for their decision.  Well, let’s scratch that…

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Day 520: Yemen Jelly

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition/Yemen
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04.06.10: Bright and early Luke’s mate Dave dropped me at the bus station for the bus to Yemen, but there was trouble in paradise.  Al-Qaeda has a large presence in…

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Day 519: Left of Port

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition
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03.06.10: One thing that’s great about Salalah is that all of the Port Agents are in the one place, which makes it a little easier to get hold of shipping…

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Day 518: Midnight At The Oasis

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

02.06.10: I was planning to do my hop over to Yemen today, but looking at the bus schedules I thought better of it.  I could get the 9:30am bus there,…

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Day 517: Salalalalalalalalalalalah!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

01.06.10: OMAN: Last night I travelled through The Empty Quarter – the rather large swathe of the Arabian Peninsular that is, as the name suggests, emptier than Paris Hilton’s noggin. …

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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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