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    • Part I: Man of the World
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      • 4. Europe
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      • 6. Central Africa
      • 7. Southern Africa
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Day 1,371: Icarus, Not Daedalus

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:9 October 2012
  • Post category:Marooned!/Sri Lanka/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:10 Comments

Tue 02.10.12 My incredible plan for Sunday night was stay up all night drinking and partying at Chili’s Bar in Unawatuna. Then I was to take first express bus back…

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Day 1,209: The View From The Bridge

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 April 2012
  • Post category:Guam/Micronesia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Mon 23.04.12: One of the more interesting things about travelling to every country in the world is it allows you to make comparisons. Sweeping sweeping generalisations aside for one moment,…

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Day 886: An Open Letter to Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:5 June 2011
  • Post category:Australia/England/Intermission/Rants/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:4 Comments

05.06.11: After the death threats I received for slagging off the Cape Verde police force on this very blog, I learnt a pertinent lesson: don’t say what you really think…

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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 695: Gadzooks!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Australasia/East Timor/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:1 Comment

26.11.10 When I'm done with all this, I plan to turn The Odyssey Expedition into a board game. The ‘Chance’ and ‘Community Chest’ cards are going to renamed ‘Shipping’ and…

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Day 691: The Authorisation

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 November 2010
  • Post category:Indonesia/Southeast Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

22.11.10: It was a 9am showdown at the East Timor Consulate in Kupang.  Luckily for me, Simon and Chesa where there, and Chesa, being Indonesian, could explain my predicament to…

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Days 585-592: The Boat Race

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:16 August 2010
  • Post category:India/South Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:3 Comments

09.08.10-16.08.10: “I always like going south – it feels like walking downhill” – Treebeard India, being the awkward bugger that she is, flips the usual northern charm/southern coldness idiom on…

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Day 537: OK, Where’s The Catch?

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Eritrea/Saudi Arabia/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

21.06.10: Turki gets up at some horrendously early hour of the morning, but I was allowed to sleep in until 8am, and then we both headed over to the Eritrean…

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Day 533: Burning Up On Re-Entry

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/India/The Odyssey Expedition/UAE
  • Post comments:2 Comments

17.06.10: The bus rolled into jolly old Dubai at around six in the morning.  If there is a time of day I dislike more I am yet to meet it. …

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Day 511: Qatar On A Hot Tin Roof

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 May 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Bahrain/Qatar/The Odyssey Expedition
  • Post comments:0 Comments

26.05.10: Urgh me drinkie too muchie.  I’ve seriously put on a stone in the last six weeks, what with all my Dominos pizzas and KFC.  I need to get moving…

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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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