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    • The Odyssey Expedition
    • Graham David Hughes
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    • Part I: Man of the World
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      • 6. Central Africa
      • 7. Southern Africa
      • 8. East Africa
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      • 3. Central Asia
      • 4. Arabia
      • 5. South Asia
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      • 7. Southeast Asia
      • 8. Australasia
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      • 8. The Journey Home
      • Epilogue
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Day 584: The Bombay Boo-Boo

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:13 August 2010
  • Post category:India/Rants/South Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

08.08.10: Grr.  Sometimes your Lonely Planet can literally save your life, other times it can make your life a misery.  Today it was a case of the latter.  I got…

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Day 583: Flashback

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:12 August 2010
  • Post category:India/South Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

07.08.10: So it was a cloudy, overcast day on which I returned to India after an absence of eight years. Not much has changed since then, but then I didn’t…

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Days 578-582: A Passage To India

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:11 August 2010
  • Post category:India/Pakistan/South Asia/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
  • Post comments:6 Comments

02.08.10-06.08.10: Monday morning bright and early, the wonderful Pamela drove me to the Bur Dubai area of town and I headed over to the CMA-CGM offices to meet Barry Dinnadge,…

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Days 549-577: Delayed in Dubai

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:11 August 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
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03.07.10–01.08.10: So I wound up stuck in Dubai for four weeks. Tons of stuff happened, but not much of it relevant to the ongoing quest that is The Odyssey.  I’ll…

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Day 547: Nothing To See Here, Move Along

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:7 July 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
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01.07.10: I arrived in Riyadh around 12 noon and thought about heading out to the town as I had a few hours until the bus to Dubai departed. Well I…

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Day 546: Gra’m Crackers

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:30 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:2 Comments

30.06.10: I got a call of the Mandster saying that her mum’s mate had seen a trailer for my television show on cable TV in Australia. A bit (all right…

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“Graham’s World”: My Very Own TV Show Starts Tuesday!

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:30 June 2010
  • Post category:Canada/Cape Verde/Egypt/Featured/Gabon/South Africa/Tunisia/Turkey/USA
  • Post comments:10 Comments

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…

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Days 544 & 545: Another Mad Scheme

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:5 Comments

28.06.10-29.06.10: I was a little iniquitous last time I left Africa, and for that I am truly sorry. Africa is many things, but it’s definitely not rubbish. Infuriating perhaps, but…

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Day 542: Eritrea Uncovered

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  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

26.06.10: This morning I was invited around to a local girl’s place for some traditional Eritrean breakfast. Saba and I sat in the back yard of her single room shack…

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Days 539 & 540: Back In The Red

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  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
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23.06.10-24.06.10: We had to be at Baaboud Shipping for 7.30am, and, once again, Turki took time away from the office to take me there.  The level of hospitality and sheer…

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