“Would you like to see a Museum?” We were in one of the most remote parts of Mongolia – and I wondered …
Travel
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At the same moment I realised I was in a mine field, two guys at a bar noticed the same thing. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ …
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Autobiography & Travel
Gujurat, India: a lost dream, lucre and an hierloom
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIndia, love it or hate it, so they say. Rajastan was getting me down. Its sights are amazing, but along those well-trodden …
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Tourism – good thing or bad? I’ve written about Develi before –a town in central Turkey, where I was based, along with …
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Over ten years ago I taught visiting American classes at the University of Queensland. The itinerary of one lucky class was to …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
The Prehistoric Songlines of Brittany, France
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe French woman had parted the curtains, and was peering out into the stormy night. *** There are up-sides and down-sides to …
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Autobiography & Travel
Making a Bee-line to the Republic of Adygea, Russia
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleHoney, honey, honey – it seemed Adygea oozed the stuff. Everywhere we looked it seemed someone had set up a road-side stall …
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Our Indonesian guide, with a parang (machete) in hand, dropped vertically in front of me, just brushing my face, while out of …
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In all my outings in Mongolia, I never saw a wolf – I only heard them howling while camping out one night …
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Those who know me will know that I can recount more than my share of what are commonly known as ‘ghost experiences’. …
