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    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 …

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    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 …

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    Belarus – and that ‘Registration Thing’

    by Mike Pole June 4, 2019
    by Mike Pole June 4, 2019

    The passport control officer at Minsk Airport seemed genuinely shocked to see me (well, OK, I can have that effect on people). …

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    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 …

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    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 …

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    Magic on the Night Train to Odesa, Ukraine

    by Mike Pole April 8, 2019
    by Mike Pole April 8, 2019

    “Only First-Class!” Well darn, that wasn’t in the script – there were no other berths on the train from Poltava to Odesa. …

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    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 …

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    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 …

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    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 …

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    The Return from Mexico – the Joys of Modern Travel

    by Mike Pole December 24, 2018
    by Mike Pole December 24, 2018

    There’s nothing to focus a man’s mind like an execution in the morning – or the knowledge that it will cost $500 …

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