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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 435: The Getaway

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Azerbaijan/Central Asia/Georgia/Istanbul/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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11.03.10: The fact that I got out of bed this morning just goes to show how dedicated to the cause I am. Atheer didn’t get up until well after noon.…

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Day 434: My Wit’s End

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Azerbaijan/Central Asia/Istanbul/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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10.03.10: I dropped the passport, photos, photocopies and receipts off at the Iranian Embassy, expecting a ‘great stuff Graham, here’s your visa!’, but instead got a ‘come back tomorrow’. One…

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Day 433: The Pope’s Nik-Naks

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Central Asia/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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09.03.10: Scraping my face from my pillow, I headed back to the Iranian Embassy (this time I walked) with a shiny new reference number. The embassy’s only open for two…

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Day 432: Day of Disaster

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Central Asia/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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08.03.10: Woke up at a respectable time and headed over to the Iranian Embassy all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I jumped in a taxi only to find it would have been…

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Day 431: Back On Track

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 March 2010
  • Post category:Central Asia/Greece/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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07.02.10: The ferry ploughed head-first into the Greek port of Igoumenitsa at around 6am (it was still 5am for me) and speedy disembarkation was encouraged… mmm… no passport controls… nice!…

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Day 400: I Say Sir, Beer!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:6 February 2010
  • Post category:Bulgaria/North Africa/Serbia/The Odyssey Expedition
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04.02.10: I could have done without the 3am border crossing, it was unnecessarily cold outside – why couldn't they come to us? There was only about ten people on the…

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Day 399: Istanbulldozin’

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:6 February 2010
  • Post category:North Africa/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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03.02.10: The bus arrived bang on time in good ol' Istanbul – the only city in the world that straddles two continents. I wandered down to the Metro to find…

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Day 396: The Slow Boat to Cyprus

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 January 2010
  • Post category:Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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31.01.10: It was one of those mornings upon which it's far too cold, gravity seems to conspire against you and the snooze alarm makes it far, far too tempting... all…

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Day 395: The Silopi Slope

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 January 2010
  • Post category:Middle East/The Odyssey Expedition/Turkey
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30.01.10: I had checked in to a local hotel in Silopi, sharing a room with a few other guys to get the price down to $10 (which was pretty extortionate…

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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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