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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
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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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Day 659: Gods And Monsters

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 October 2010
  • Post category:Malaysia/Rants/Southeast Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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21.10.10: Up at 8am and onto the bus to Sandakan – the port town where the boat leaves for  country 182: The Philippines.  Happily, the bus left on time, but…

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Day 617: Raise The Red Lantern

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:23 September 2010
  • Post category:China/East Asia/The Odyssey Expedition
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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…

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Day 517: Salalalalalalalalalalalah!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:10 June 2010
  • Post category:Arabia/Oman/The Odyssey Expedition
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01.06.10: OMAN: Last night I travelled through The Empty Quarter – the rather large swathe of the Arabian Peninsular that is, as the name suggests, emptier than Paris Hilton’s noggin. …

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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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