Day 621: Innies and Outies
13.09.10: So there’s Inner Mongolia and there’s Outer Mongolia. What’s the difference? I hear you cry… Well, it’s like this, see: half of the historic area of Mongolia is in…
Days 618-620: Weekend at Bare Knees
10.09.10-12.09.10: I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed the sight of legs. Girls legs, to be precise, pins that go all the way up, if you know what I…
Day 617: Raise The Red Lantern
09.09.10: Arriving groggy-eyed in the big Chinese Cheese that is Beijing, I had work to do. First up, I needed to pick my second passport up from Fed-Ex. This may…
Days 606-616: Seven Days In Tibet
31.08.10-09.09.10:As I knew what I’d be like in the morning, I took a shower the night before because even though Kathmandu does offer hot showers (IN YOUR FACE, INDIA!) I…
What (Not) To Take Backpacking!
Planning a trip to every country in the world? Worried about what you should and shouldn’t pack? My advice? TRAVEL LIGHT! It's best to have too little and purchase stuff…
Days 603-605: The Lost Weekend
28.08.10-30.08.10: By 11am we had arrived in Kathmandu. The bus ride had tested my X-Men power to the extreme (that power with which I can sleep anyplace, anywhere, anytime) but…
Day 602: Easy Peasy Nepalesy
27.08.10: Duff information can be a real pain in this line of work, but it’s hard to know who you can trust. Yesterday’s taxi driver was right about getting to…
Day 601: I Feel My Luck Could Change
26.08.10: Today started with a bit of a disaster when I awoke to find that my new laptop, Sony Jim, that I had cunningly placed between me and the wall…
Day 600: Bad Day At Black Rock
25.08.10 SIX HUNDRED DAYS ON THE ROAD!! Do I win a fiver? And so the train pulled into Calcutta’s Howrah train station around 11am. The plan was to head to…
“Graham’s World”: My Very Own TV Show Starts Tuesday!
Okay, Odyssey fans... this is it, the television show documenting my travels is being shown every TUESDAY at on the Nat Geo Adventure Channel, which is available in 40 countries…