Tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 12, 2019 is looking very bad for south-east Australia (especially New South Wales, but also parts of Queensland, Victoria …
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We don’t know what she looked like, because most of her upper body has vanished…. Most of you probably don’t know of …
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Autobiography & Travel
A Chilling Thought about Travel – is it mostly Hoarding?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleSeven 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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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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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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Autobiography & Travel
Excuse me, I’m looking for the bog – Yelnya, Belarus
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThis 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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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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“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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Biogeography & Vegetation
The antifragile (?) tree-ferns of Omatepe, Nicaragua
by Mike Poleby Mike Pole“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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The first Salvadorean who I asked about visiting his country advised me to avoid its capital, San Salvador, entirely. “I love my …