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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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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
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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
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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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