I’m not at all sure I remembered when all those ‘stans’ appeared on my radar. Did I know about them before the …

I thought I had this place sussed. Nice small spot, friendly staff, and a nice noodle dish that the staff kept pointing …

It was on the flight back to UIaan Baatar that I remembered the ghost. My field partner, Nyambayar, and I had been …

I was a bit dark on this place to start with – only because my favourite place suddenly closed just along the …

The ‘high-wall’ of a mine has been the undoing of many a geologist (if an opencast mine is targeting something flat and dipping, …

It’s March 2009 in Mongolia and there is an ill-feeling along the Gobi Altai. The year before, and some months after the …

I’ve been going to this place since Day-One. Fortunately I had a local with me at that time to point things out. Now …

A trendy (the Andy-Warholesque portraits of Mao on the walls are a sort of hint, not to mention the name) up-market (eye-catching menus) …

If you are like me and get a craving for cheese now and again, there are limited options in Nanjing (I haven’t …

One of the things I miss in China are potatoes – so I was thrilled to come across ‘Jie Jiao Xiao Cai’. …