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Hello there! I’m British adventurer, director, writer and activist Graham Hughes.

I’m the first person to visit every country in the world without flying.

Less than a year after finishing The Odyssey Expedition, I won Jinja Island on an American survival show.

Yes, really!

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31 December 2016

December 2016 I wasn’t doing so well on the island on my own, and my dad’s 80th birthday was coming up, so I started looking

30 November 2015

November 2015 While I was working on making the island just that little bit more comfortable so I could justify charging people to stay, I

31 August 2014

August 2014 August came around as it invariably does. Lots of thunderstorms but also some amazingly sunny days. Not one for hiding my light under

10 April 2014

Tuesday 8th – Wednesday 9th April 2014 After a few days of sleeping on buses, border controls, passport stamps and terrible food, Casey and I

24 October 2014

October 2014 – Part 2 But before long the tranquillity was invaded by these two: Carmen and Vreni from Germany. Their arrival was rather well

31 January 2015

January 2015 Well, here we are: 2015! A nice new shiny year!! Thus begins my first full year of living on Jinja Island! With the