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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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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 21 – Cheese Time

    by Mike Pole October 3, 2016
    by Mike Pole October 3, 2016

    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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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 20 – Yonheking Chicken and Rice

    by Mike Pole May 27, 2016
    by Mike Pole May 27, 2016

    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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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 18 – noodles below the supermarket

    by Mike Pole April 25, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 25, 2016

    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 19 – vegetarian at the Jiming Temple

    by Mike Pole April 23, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 23, 2016

    The Jiming temple is our neighbour at NIGPAS ( the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology). I can see them out my …

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    New Zealand’s Rata and Pohutakawa – riders of the Miocene storms?

    by Mike Pole April 22, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 22, 2016

    There is a Maori legend than when one of their ancestral canoes (the Te Arawa) approached New Zealand after traveling from its …

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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 17 – Green tea and red bean ice-cream at Bellagio’s

    by Mike Pole April 15, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 15, 2016

    The green tea and red bean ice-cream (see featured image) served by Bellagio’s became an absolute favourite of mine whenever I was passing …

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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 16 – Korean Leek Cake

    by Mike Pole April 14, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 14, 2016

    Korean Leek Cake – yum! Never heard of it before, but it tastes as good as it looks (see featured image). This …

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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 15 – even better chicken curry and rice

    by Mike Pole April 11, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 11, 2016

    I thought I was on to a pretty good Nanjing food deal at the place where I had a chicken curry and …

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    Mongolia – crap, fire and herbal-tea

    by Mike Pole April 10, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 10, 2016

    I once had a student come to me for help looking at sheep crap. It took the mystery out of what this …

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    Ratbag – just another cat in Nanjing

    by Mike Pole April 7, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 7, 2016

    The Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology has cats. There’s at least a dozen of them, if not 15 and more. Hard …

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    • Curio Bay – New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest
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