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    • Part I: Man of the World
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      • 8. Australasia
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      • 7. The Final Frontiers
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Days 1,171-1,174: An Express Elevator to Hell!

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:26 March 2012
  • Post category:Micronesia/Nauru/Solomon Islands/The Odyssey Expedition
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Fri 16.03.12 - Mon 19.03.12 We left Nauru at around 7pm, and I was disappointed that customs didn’t come back on board before we set sail. I would have liked…

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Days 1,156-1,161: SolBrew For The Soul

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:7 March 2012
  • Post category:Kiribati/Micronesia/Solomon Islands/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Thu 01.03.12 – Tue 06.03.12: We arrived in Honiara a at 8pm, a little later than expected, and thanks to our proximity to the equator, it was already dark. I…

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Day 1,026: The Wake-Up Call

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  • Post published:7 November 2011
  • Post category:Melanesia/Solomon Islands/The Odyssey Expedition
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23.10.11: Thomas woke me up some time after ten to tell me that he was going out with Patti for a bit. I dragged myself out of bed and marvelled…

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Day 1,025: The Solomon Islands

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  • Post published:7 November 2011
  • Post category:Melanesia/Solomon Islands/The Odyssey Expedition
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22.10.11: The Papuan Chief ploughed a course through Iron Bottom Sound: the watery graveyard of hundreds – if not thousands - of ships, aircrafts and soldiers killed in the Pacific…

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AUSSIE SKIPPER REQ’D: FOR HIGH ADVENTURE

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  • Post published:10 August 2011
  • Post category:Australia/Featured/Pacific/Pacific Ocean
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THE ODYSSEY EXPEDITION Hi, my name is Graham Hughes. I’m a British adventurer, TV presenter and a Guinness World Record holder.  You can read more about me on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hughes I’m currently in…

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The PLAN!!!

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  • Post published:18 October 2010
  • Post category:Featured/Pacific
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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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