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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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    I Was Nominated For A Sunshine Blogger Award!

    by Mike Pole April 28, 2018
    by Mike Pole April 28, 2018

    Thank you, ‘What A WanderFull World‘, for nominating me for a 2018 Sunshine Blogger Award! What A WanderFull World’ can be found …

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    That Bare-Foot Guy on the Overland Track, Tasmania

    by Mike Pole March 31, 2018
    by Mike Pole March 31, 2018

    “Has any one seen the guy in bare feet and a track-suit? He’s mad” ++++++++++ Kate and I were reasonably experienced back-country …

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    Where Mongolians fought to the last man

    by Mike Pole March 17, 2018
    by Mike Pole March 17, 2018

    “Would you like to see a Museum?” We were in one of the most remote parts of Mongolia – and I wondered …

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    Sarajevo- The Black Swan and the Trickster

    by Mike Pole March 3, 2018
    by Mike Pole March 3, 2018

    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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    Gujurat, India: a lost dream, lucre and an hierloom

    by Mike Pole February 25, 2018
    by Mike Pole February 25, 2018

    India, 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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    An Ottoman Treasure in Develi, Turkey

    by Mike Pole February 17, 2018
    by Mike Pole February 17, 2018

    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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    Travelling with Landscape-Awareness

    by Mike Pole February 11, 2018
    by Mike Pole February 11, 2018

    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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    The Prehistoric Songlines of Brittany, France

    by Mike Pole December 16, 2017
    by Mike Pole December 16, 2017

    The 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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    Making a Bee-line to the Republic of Adygea, Russia

    by Mike Pole December 9, 2017
    by Mike Pole December 9, 2017

    Honey, 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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    Geologising in the Rainforests of Aceh, Indonesia

    by Mike Pole November 30, 2017
    by Mike Pole November 30, 2017

    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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  • Home
  • About me
  • Contact me
  • Categories
    • Curio Bay – New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest
    • Fire
    • Travel
    • Forests
    • New Zealand plant fossils
    • New Zealand Geology
    • History/Archaeology
    • Supernatural
    • Cheap Eats Nanjing
  • Places
    • Australia
    • Armenia
    • Bosnia
    • Brazil
    • Canary Island
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Turkey
    • Estonia
    • France
    • Georgia
    • Germany
    • Lebanon
    • Mexico
    • Mongolia
    • Kazakhstan
    • Russia
    • Uganda
    • New Zealand
    • India
    • South Africa
 

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