December 2015

The ‘high-wall’ of a mine has been the undoing of many a geologist (if an opencast mine is targeting something flat and dipping, …

It’s March 2009 in Mongolia and there is an ill-feeling along the Gobi Altai. The year before, and some months after the …

I’ve been going to this place since Day-One. Fortunately I had a local with me at that time to point things out. Now …

A trendy (the Andy-Warholesque portraits of Mao on the walls are a sort of hint, not to mention the name) up-market (eye-catching menus) …

If you are like me and get a craving for cheese now and again, there are limited options in Nanjing (I haven’t …

One of the things I miss in China are potatoes – so I was thrilled to come across ‘Jie Jiao Xiao Cai’. …

For naan bread encrusted with spices, and spicy tofu – there’s the Muslim Bahali Xinjiang Restaurant. This combination (see featured image) costs …

For a cheap, quick lunch, three of these steamed dumplings do me nicely. So far I just point to the display ones …

I had to warm a little to this place – its signature dish, ‘Biangbiang Noodles’, means you are trying to eat (with …

West Timor – Mine of Women, and the Palm-Wine Bomb I never thought to see a mine run by women. By why …