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October 2017

Travel
Kazan – the Peacock Big Enough to be Seen from Space

by Mike Pole October 21, 2017

by Mike Pole October 21, 2017

In about 2014 some genius decided to plant a peacock in front of the Kazan Kremlin. Kazan is the currently the capital …

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A Day Circumnavigating the Nanjing City Walls

by Mike Pole October 14, 2017

by Mike Pole October 14, 2017

In Nanjing I waited for the Goldilocks time, not too cold, not too hot – to walk the entire Nanjing City Walls. The …

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History/Archaeology Travel
Fifty, 500, or 5,000 years old? Ancient cultural landscape in the hills of Central Turkey

by Mike Pole October 7, 2017

by Mike Pole October 7, 2017

‘Fox-holes’ perhaps? Did snipers crouch in these to fire down on an enemy below? What were these little rings of rocks strategically …

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In the Footsteps of Anthony Bourdain: Restaurant CoCoCo in St Petersburg, Russia

by Mike Pole October 4, 2017

by Mike Pole October 4, 2017

A meal in CoCoCo, a top St Petersburg restaurant? One featured in an episode of TV chef Anthony Bourdain? Would I be …

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