It happens so often. I chance across a place in a city – then fruitlessly search high and low for it again. …
Mike Pole
Mike Pole
From New Zealand. Traveling the weyward path trying to figure out how the world works. I study fossil plants, past climates, travel, walk, hike, read, take photos, struggle with computer graphics and plant trees.
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I noticed Miss Tasha when it opened. But for quite a while I kept walking past – I wasn’t sure what it …
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Boring weekends, I’d sometimes head around the block to a little bakery in Danfeng St. I’d pick up a little selection of …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Miocene Swamp Forests of St Bathans, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe white sands and muds surrounding Blue and ‘Grey’ Lakes at St Bathans were laid down in a braided river (Manuherikia Group; …
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History/ArchaeologyTravelTravel stories
The Day I Walked Around the Roman Empire
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWhen Emperor Constantine woke up on May 28, 1453, it would have been to the depressing thought that it was likely his last …
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Ah, the eternal quest for a kiwi in China to find …. cheese. I foraged far and wide, and finally, one evening, …
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Everyone warned me about Chinese New Year in Nanjing. I listened, sure, but I guess I couldn’t believe that it would be …
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I have an innate hatred of supermarkets. The faster I can get in and out of them, the better. But the big …
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Cheap Eats Nanjing
Cheap Eats Nanjing 19 – vegetarian at the Jiming Temple
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe Jiming temple is our neighbour at NIGPAS ( the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology). I can see them out my …
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