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Days 1,020-1,024: The Papuan Chief

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 October 2011
  • Post category:Melanesia/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

17.10.11-21.10.11: Monday was spent at sea familiarising myself with the ship. Swire take their safety seriously: I’m not allowed out on deck unless I’m wearing a boiler suit and steel…

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Day 1,019: Exodus

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 October 2011
  • Post category:Melanesia/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

16.10.11: Alex had told me to keep an eye on my phone for the message to head to the port. At this point, The Papuan Chief shouldn’t be leaving until…

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Day 1,018: The Morobe Show

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 October 2011
  • Post category:Melanesia/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

15.10.11: This weekend is the Morobe Show, an annual event (now in its 50th year) which started as an agricultural expo, but has now morphed into the premier cultural event…

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Day 1,017: The Earth Moved

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 October 2011
  • Post category:Melanesia/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
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14.10.11: Friday passed slowly but comfortably, given the odd earthquake. Stan had left in the morning to go to an island off the coast with his family, I stayed behind…

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Day 1,015: A Day Off School

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 October 2011
  • Post category:Melanesia/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
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12.10.11: Jimmy met me in the morning to take me across the bay to the local school. We knew it was going to be closed today as one of the…

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Days 985-987: Saddle Up, People!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:14 September 2011
  • Post category:Australia/Intermission/Papua New Guinea/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:5 Comments

12.09.11-14.09.11: The time for procrastination is over. Much of this year has been spent – some might say wasted - holding out hope for a yachtie to invite me onboard…

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Day 697: The Game Is Afoot!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/Indonesia/The Odyssey Expedition
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28.11.10: Is The Odyssey possible?  It’s been a question that has been bugging me for some time.  Okay, I’ve made it this far, on the surface it looks like I’m…

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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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