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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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Read more about the article Days 194 to 197: Dolphins and Doldrums

Days 194 to 197: Dolphins and Doldrums

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 July 2009
  • Post category:Atlantic Ocean/Cape Verde/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Day 194: Ray The Ray13 July 2009Wow! I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like this before. There was not one iota of a smidgin of a…

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Read more about the article Day 151: Wish Me Well

Day 151: Wish Me Well

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 May 2009
  • Post category:Senegal/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:17 Comments

This will be my last blog entry for a little while. I leave on HMS Deathtrap tonight. I better leave you all some particulars.The name of the boat is the…

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Read more about the article Day 150: Voodoo Economics

Day 150: Voodoo Economics

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 May 2009
  • Post category:Senegal/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:4 Comments

The two boats that I might have had an outside chance of getting on have said no (not surprised when I'm not there in person to charm them).I'm beginning to…

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Read more about the article Day 149: The Answer’s No, Now What’s The Question?

Day 149: The Answer’s No, Now What’s The Question?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 May 2009
  • Post category:Senegal/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:2 Comments

All of the stuff that was supposed to happen, all of the stuff that Mentor ‘had a good feeling about' has come to nought. Still here, with not a clue…

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Read more about the article Day 148: Limbo

Day 148: Limbo

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 May 2009
  • Post category:Senegal/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Still waiting on Mentor to get me on a boat. I'm sitting here in the pile of concrete, dust and junk that is Dakar, twiddling my thumbs. Maybe tonight I'll go…

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Read more about the article Day 147: Go On Then, Just This Once…

Day 147: Go On Then, Just This Once…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 May 2009
  • Post category:Senegal/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

I got on the internet this afternoon and GUESS WHAT?! I will have to go BACK to the Gambia because after checking my GPS, I discover that I was picking…

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Read more about the article Day 146: Night-Trip to Gambia

Day 146: Night-Trip to Gambia

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:26 May 2009
  • Post category:Senegal/The Gambia/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:0 Comments

So Mentor and I hit the streets to find a way to Cape Verde. We go down to the beach where all the fishermen are. Mentor makes some phone calls,…

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Read more about the article Day 145: It’s Gonna Cost Ya…

Day 145: It’s Gonna Cost Ya…

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:25 May 2009
  • Post category:Mauritania/Senegal/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

And so my journey took me to the most expensive country so far. More expensive than Japan, Norway and London PUT TOGETHER. I am talking, of course(?), about Senegal.The Sept-Place…

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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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