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  • About
    • The Odyssey Expedition
    • Graham David Hughes
    • Country Checklist
    • Why WaterAid?
    • FAQs
  • 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
  • Media
    • Odyssey Books
    • Odyssey TV
    • TV Interviews
    • News Coverage
    • TED Talks
  • Souvenirs
    • Passports
    • Photos
    • Videos
    • GPS Records
    • Newspaper Clippings
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Day 126: The Sicily Circuit

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 May 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Italy/Malta/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

06.05.09: Our ferry got us into Pozzallo, which is not the same place we left from (Catania), so we raced to the train station and hopped on the OLDEST TRAIN…

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Day 125: Dear Rome, Please Help Me

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:15 May 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Italy/Malta/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition/Vatican City
  • Post comments:3 Comments

05.05.09: And so on to Rome... I arrived at some ungodly hour, which I thought was actually quite appropriate. I slung my bag into the Pop Inn Hostel (with crazy…

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Day 124: They’re Digging In The Wrong Place!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:5 May 2009
  • Post category:Austria/Europe/Italy/Liechtenstein/Switzerland/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:7 Comments

04.05.09: It all started so well... By 5am in the morning, I had already stepped foot in both Liechtenstein and Switzerland. My logistical powers were at an all time high…

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Day 123: The Bag Drop

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:4 May 2009
  • Post category:Austria/Croatia/Europe/Slovenia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

03.05.09: Was rudely awaked by Tom ‘accidently' throwing water in my face. Ah, well, it did the trick anyhow. We got off the train and said our farewells. Tom would…

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Day 122: Top Of The Balkans

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:4 May 2009
  • Post category:Albania/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Croatia/Europe/Montenegro/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

02.05.09: We got into Podgorica so early, my legs were shaking. I immediately hopped a taxi to the nearby border with Albania. My driver, Ratko, was top - he didn't…

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Day 121: The Swines!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:4 May 2009
  • Post category:Bulgaria/Europe/Greece/Kosovo/Macedonia/Montenegro/Serbia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

01.05.09: What transpired to be an incredibly long day, started in Thessaloniki before dawn. It was raining hard and John and I took far too long getting off the train,…

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Day 120: The Doctor Will Sue You Now

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 April 2009
  • Post category:Bulgaria/Europe/Romania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

30.04.09: The lovely girl in the hotel reception made me a packed lunch and before I knew it, I was on the 5am train back to Bucharest. Once there, I…

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Day 119: Carlos The Jackal

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 April 2009
  • Post category:Europe/Hungary/Moldova/Romania/The Odyssey Expedition/Ukraine
  • Post comments:4 Comments

29.04.09: After all the excitement of yesterday, I slept like a baby. By that, I mean that I woke up every two hours and started screaming. Although my laptop and…

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Day 118: Er, Anyone seen my bag?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 April 2009
  • Post category:Czech Republic/Europe/Hungary/Lithuania/Poland/Slovakia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:6 Comments

28.04.09: Today should have been a breeze - well timed connections marked my passage through Poland. My coach arrived half an hour early, so it wasn't even a rush to…

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Day 117: Kettles Of Fish

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 April 2009
  • Post category:Belarus/Estonia/Europe/Latvia/Lithuania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:11 Comments

27.04.09: I emerged from the coach in the wee small hours to find myself in the rather attractive town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. I was busy trying to…

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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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