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    A Day Circumnavigating the Nanjing City Walls

    by Mike Pole October 14, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 14, 2017

    In Nanjing I waited for the Goldilocks time, not too cold, not too hot – to walk the entire Nanjing City Walls. The …

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    In the Footsteps of Anthony Bourdain: Restaurant CoCoCo in St Petersburg, Russia

    by Mike Pole October 4, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 4, 2017

    A meal in CoCoCo, a top St Petersburg restaurant? One featured in an episode of TV chef Anthony Bourdain? Would I be …

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    ‘Woman with nails in both sides of skull’ – the Nanjing Massacre Memorial

    by Mike Pole September 23, 2017
    by Mike Pole September 23, 2017

    Arguably, the most shocking part of Iris Chang’s book ‘The Rape Of Nanking’, comes in its Epilogue. During my 12 months living …

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    Uganda – Hell-train to Kasese

    by Mike Pole August 27, 2017
    by Mike Pole August 27, 2017

    As I lowered my arse out the door of the moving train, with my trousers and undies around my ankles, I saw …

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    When Corals Lived in the Mongolian Gobi

    by Mike Pole August 10, 2017
    by Mike Pole August 10, 2017

    Corals in Mongolia – is there a better example of dramatic Earth-change?! The Gobi Altai -the mountains flanking the Gobi Desert, are …

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    Tourists and War-Graves in Taganrog, South Russia

    by Mike Pole July 21, 2017
    by Mike Pole July 21, 2017

    The man in the Taganrog Park spun around and said something at us. The only word I made out was ‘anglesky’  (‘English’)- …

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    Nomadic Women’s Underwear – in Greek Tanais on the Russian Don

    by Mike Pole July 9, 2017
    by Mike Pole July 9, 2017

    You’ll see the chick with red and green silk bloomers at Tanais… The River Don is one of Europe’s big ones. Even …

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    How to see the Porthole Dolmens of Russia’s Caucasus

    by Mike Pole July 7, 2017
    by Mike Pole July 7, 2017

    Travelling in Russia last year I got a chance to see some of it’s famous prehistoric ‘Porthole Dolmens’.  Now there is a …

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    When Frequent-Flying Becomes Insane-Flying

    by Mike Pole April 30, 2017
    by Mike Pole April 30, 2017

    I loved my Singapore Airlines ‘Elite Gold’ card. Suddenly, International airports transitioned from being places where food and drink were wildly overpriced, …

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    The Lost Forests of Southland, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017
    by Mike Pole April 8, 2017

    Forests that have disappeared so completely that you would hardly believe they really existed, have long fascinated me.  When I left my …

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