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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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Day 353: A Dish Called Rwanda

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 December 2009
  • Post category:Burundi/Comoros/Djibouti/East Africa/Rwanda/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

19.12.09: Wow. Rwanda. Like, really, wow. I know what I like and I like what I see. I dragged my reluctant carcass out of bed at some ungodly hour and…

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Day 352: In The Shadow of Kilimanjaro

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 December 2009
  • Post category:East Africa/Rwanda/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

18.12.09: Today's mission was to get as close to the border of Rwanda as possible. I'm a bit miffed that I got stuck in Dodoma last night as I could…

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Day 351: The Race Is ON!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 December 2009
  • Post category:Djibouti/East Africa/Rwanda/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

17.12.09: Right. Here's the deal. It's Thursday 17th December. If I play my cards right, I reckon I can get to Egypt via Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia,…

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Day 349-50: All Aboard The Good Ship Simacom!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 December 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/East Africa/Indian Ocean/The Odyssey Expedition
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15.12.09-16.12.09: Yesterday I and 43 other passengers boarded the 'Simacom' bound for Dar es Saleem, three weeks to the day since I arrived in Comoros. It was supposed to have…

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Days 318-348: Don’t Look Back In Anger

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 December 2009
  • Post category:Comoros/East Africa/Indian Ocean/Mauritius/Mayotte/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

14.11.09-14.12.09: Oh Graham, you tease, what's the meaning of this, compressing an entire MONTH of gallivanting into just one blog entry? Well, truth be told if there was something of…

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Day 294: The Grottiest Boat Afloat

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:22 October 2009
  • Post category:Indian Ocean/Southern Africa/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

21.10.09: Sometimes words fail me. It doesn't happen very often but blimey this boat is a rotten carcass of grot. All I can think of as I see the 100+…

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Day 293: Whenever You’re Ready…!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:21 October 2009
  • Post category:Southern Africa/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
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20.10.09: Either I was on the smoothest boat ride that I had ever experienced or when I awoke we hadn't left port. What do you think, kids? I sat up…

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Day 292: The Docker’s Omelette

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:20 October 2009
  • Post category:Southern Africa/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

19.10.09: Yesterday was spent creeping around Justine's apartment like a mouse. I think she's from Switzerland and I managed to get her to reveal that she worked for the government,…

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Day 291: George Lucas Syndrome

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:19 October 2009
  • Post category:Rants/Southern Africa/Tanzania/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

18.10.09: I firmly believe that behind every great man, there are a bunch of people telling him he's an idiot. Conversely, behind every idiot, there are a bunch of people…

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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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