For a cheap, quick lunch, three of these steamed dumplings do me nicely. So far I just point to the display ones …
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I had to warm a little to this place – its signature dish, ‘Biangbiang Noodles’, means you are trying to eat (with …
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West Timor – Mine of Women, and the Palm-Wine Bomb I never thought to see a mine run by women. By why …
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The first of a series showing where I eat in Nanjing. May be useful to other ex pats or travelers here. I …
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Australian EcologyFireForests
Australian Grasstrees – ancient registrars of fire
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIn Australia there are trees that look like inside-out chimneys. Strong but sensitive – a fungal attack can leave them as a …
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New Zealand GeologyNew Zealand paleobotanyNew Zealand plant fossils
Five Degrees of Global Warming – The Leaf Fossils of Kakahu, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleSometime in the 1980s my Prof, ‘JDC’ (Doug Campbell of the Otago University), showed me a box of spectacular leaf fossils that …
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Roni is a Batak. This is a christian tribe that lives in the Lake Toba area of the otherwise Muslim Sumatra. The Bataks …
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GeologyTravel
Chromite and Pine Forests – the closest I’ll ever get to the Old Syria
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOn March 21, 2011 I was sent to do a job in the far south-east of Turkey. Me and Erol, my indispensable …
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New Zealand Geology
The Giant ‘Lake Manuherikia’ – an extinct lake from the New Zealand Miocene
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAlexandra lies at the junction of the Clutha and Manuherikia Rivers. The usual translation of the Maori word ‘Manuherikia’ is that it means …
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History/Archaeology
(Both) Battles of Breitenfeld – a day’s walk near Leipzig
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIt is a macabre thought that in these days of GIS and databases, someone could probably come up with a map of …