Early on a cool Sunday morning I sipped my latte outside Relishes Cafe, Wanaka, and thought the immediate view could be better. …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
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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When 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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Autobiography & Travel
Cheap Eats Nanjing 18 – noodles below the supermarket
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleI 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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Autobiography & Travel
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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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
New Zealand’s Rata and Pohutakawa – riders of the Miocene storms?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThere 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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Autobiography & Travel
Cheap Eats Nanjing 17 – Green tea and red bean ice-cream at Bellagio’s
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe 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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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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