The Odyssey Expedition
I'm visiting EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITHOUT FLYING for WaterAid because I'm the only one mad enough to attempt it.
£6,373.00 raised of £20,000.00 target
146 donations
My Target:
£20,000.00
£6,373.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/theodysseyexpedition
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Graham Hughes's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text ABWY81 £10
to 70070
My story
My name is Graham Hughes. I'm an adventurer, filmmaker, travel blogger and TV presenter from Liverpool, England. On January 1 2009 I crossed the River Plate into Uruguay and began The Odyssey Expedition: The first official Guinness World Record™attempt to visit every soveign state on Planet Earth without flying.
That's the 193 member states of the United Nations plus Taiwan, Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo, Western Sahara and the four home nations of The United Kingdom. A staggering 201 international borders crossed by foot, bus, taxi, train, ship or canoe. No planes, no helicopters and no hot-air balloons.
Along the way I shoot and present the TV show Graham's World for the National Geographic Adventure channel and raise funds for the registered charity WaterAid.
I travel alone, without any back-up and on a shoestring budget of less than $100 a week. I keep costs down by CouchSurfing and hitching rides on cargo ships whenever possible. It doesn't get any more real than this.
The rules of The Odyssey Expedition, as set by the nice chaps at Guinness World Records™
- - I cannot fly
- - I may not drive
- - I must use scheduled ground transport
- - I must step foot on dry land
But it's not over yet!! Having completed the Pacific leg of the journey, I am now racing back to Liverpool, crossing the four "final frontiers" along the way: Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles and finally South Sudan, the newest nation on Earth.
I'm raising money for the charity WaterAid, a UK-based registered charity fighting to alleviate the disease, misery and death caused by open sewers, contaminated drinking water and lousy sanitation in developing countries around the world.
It's shocking that in 2012 children are still dying unnecessarily from diarrhoea - one of the most preventable and cheaply treated diseases in the world. A donation of just one dollar would pay for a simple sugar-salt solution which could genuinely save a child's life.
My gallery 10
My charity
WaterAid
Charity Registration No. 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)
WaterAid is an international charity. Our mission is to transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world's poorest communities. For more information please visit http://www.wateraid.org/uk - Thanks so much for your support!
Donations 146
keep going and it's Dino's round when you get back. Start saving Dino!
Donation by Janet on 23/01/09
£30.00
+ £8.46 Gift Aid
What you're doing is inspiring and fantastic (sending you luck from Canada)
Donation by Andrea on 21/01/09
£10.00
Monthly Donation - Well done on all south american countries - But don't you dare give up in the caribbean.
Donation by Hugh Sheridan on 21/01/09
£55.00
+ £15.51 Gift Aid
Can I trade my niece in, it's gotta be cheaper!! All the best with the sojourn.
Donation by Trev on 20/01/09
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Bring it on home dude, see you on your birthday (ps this counts as your present!)
Donation by Dino on 17/01/09
£25.00
+ £7.05 Gift Aid
Good luck, if anyone can do it you can. Look forward to more updates. xxxxx
Donation by Bri, Laura and girls. on 15/01/09
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Good luck with everything - all the best
Donation by Caroline Rayfield on 11/01/09
£15.00
+ £4.23 Gift Aid
keep it up!
Donation by Sar and Pabs on 09/01/09
£30.00
Good luck darling
Donation by Mary Dowrick on 08/01/09
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Liverpool v Everton in the cup! Good luck Graham
Donation by Julian Robinson on 06/01/09
£15.00
+ £4.23 Gift Aid
Good on you!
Donation by Penny on 06/01/09
£5.00
Fellow scouser living in Bermuda
Donation by Laurence Fox on 05/01/09
£25.00
St Vincent and the Grenadines is Kingstown
Donation by Martin Davies on 02/01/09
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Good luck Graham.
Donation by Seán Skelly (aged 2) on 01/01/09
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Go for it, cuz! Best of British to you.
Donation by Yvonne on 01/01/09
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Best of luck, ginger boy! Stay safe.
Donation by Leo on 01/01/09
£25.00
+ £7.05 Gift Aid
Good luck Odysseus!
Donation by Si & Loll on 31/12/08
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
£55 per month not per country - remind me if i forget
Donation by Hugh Sheridan on 30/12/08
£55.00
+ £15.51 Gift Aid
All our best wishes, stay safe and good luck x
Donation by Natalie and Paul on 30/12/08
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Here is a little to get the ball rolling
Donation by Suey on 30/12/08
£5.00
Love you. good luck xxx
Donation by Amanda Newland on 30/12/08
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£5,723.00
- Offline donations£650.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£6,373.00
- Gift Aid£911.05
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