History/ArchaeologyTravel Searching for Smyrna in Izmir, Turkey by Mike Pole December 2, 2019 by Mike Pole December 2, 2019 So where the heck is Smyrna? I’d heard a little about the awful days of 1922, but despite having made a few … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Travel Nominated: Content Catnip award for Most Interesting Blog on WordPress! by Mike Pole November 26, 2019 by Mike Pole November 26, 2019 Last week I checked my email, to find that I had been nominated for the Content Catnip award for Most Interesting Blog … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
History/ArchaeologyTravel That Rich Woman in the Slovenian Forest by Mike Pole November 10, 2019 by Mike Pole November 10, 2019 We don’t know what she looked like, because most of her upper body has vanished…. Most of you probably don’t know of … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Travel A Chilling Thought about Travel – is it mostly Hoarding? by Mike Pole November 6, 2019 by Mike Pole November 6, 2019 Seven months of travelling nearly done, and I’m siting in a plane, about to watch a documentary on Martin Phillipps of ‘The … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Travel A Postcard from the Pripyat, Belarus by Mike Pole July 15, 2019 by Mike Pole July 15, 2019 The young woman walked up to me, and, without a word, began rearranging the coins on my hand…. *** References to the … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Travel Excuse me, I’m looking for the bog – Yelnya, Belarus by Mike Pole May 8, 2019 by Mike Pole May 8, 2019 This all started in Minsk with my CouchSurfing host Alex’s Mum, Olga. Alex wasn’t home from his tutoring work, so Olga thought … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Travel Desperately Seeking Cool Cafes in Odesa, Ukraine by Mike Pole April 30, 2019 by Mike Pole April 30, 2019 My first impression of Odesa was not good. It was back in 2006 when I was merely transiting on the way to … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
ForestsTravel The antifragile (?) tree-ferns of Omatepe, Nicaragua by Mike Pole January 27, 2019 by Mike Pole January 27, 2019 “We’ll follow these guys – they’re three local hoodlums”, This from my local guide on Omatepe Island, Nicaragua. I was sitting behind … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Travel One Night in San Salvador (El Salvador) by Mike Pole January 14, 2019 by Mike Pole January 14, 2019 The first Salvadorean who I asked about visiting his country advised me to avoid its capital, San Salvador, entirely. “I love my … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Travel Yes – Go to Nicaragua now by Mike Pole December 30, 2018 by Mike Pole December 30, 2018 The news coming out of Nicaragua back in October 2018, was uncertain. Violence from the political situation seemed to have abated, but … Read more 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
