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Pole To Pole

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Pole To Pole - Day 1

Day 1, North Pole, Arctic Ocean.

Finding the highest point in the vicinity.

Day 1, North Pole, Arctic Ocean.

Pole To Pole - Day 1

Day 1, North Pole, Arctic Ocean.

With our pole at the North Pole.

Day 1, North Pole, Arctic Ocean.

Pole To Pole - Day 1

Day 1, North Pole, Arctic Ocean.

De Havilland Twin Otter, designed in the fifties and much loved and trusted by Arctic flyers.

Day 1, North Pole, Arctic Ocean.

Pole To Pole - Day 35

Day 35, Kiev, Ukraine.

Heading north and west from Kiev, making for the town of Narodichi.

Day 35, Kiev, Ukraine.

Pole To Pole - Day 35

Day 35, Nozdrishche, Ukraine.

The wreckage of Chernobyl: reminders and remains.

Day 35, Nozdrishche, Ukraine.

Pole To Pole - Day 35

Day 35, Nozdrishche, Ukraine.

The wreckage of Chernobyl: Heema, the woman who wouldn’t leave and her nephew.

Day 35, Nozdrishche, Ukraine.

Pole To Pole - Day 35

Day 35, Kiev, Ukraine.

A green and handsome city with broad boulevards and trees everywhere.

Day 35, Kiev, Ukraine.

Pole To Pole - Day 35

Day 35, Kiev, Ukraine.

The mighty Dnieper: foolhardly bathers and ‘Brezhnev’s Mother’.

Day 35, Kiev, Ukraine.

Pole To Pole - Day 43

Day 43, Istanbul, Turkey.

Istanbul - from Süleyman's mosque: Bosporus to the right, the Golden Horn to the left, the new Galata Bridge points skywards.

Day 43, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pole To Pole - Day 44

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

On my way to Room 411 of the Pera Palas Hotel.

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pole To Pole - Day 44

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

The Grand Bazaar.

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pole To Pole - Day 44

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

Outside the gates of the Beyazit II mosque and the impressive Islamic-arched entrance of Istanbul University.

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pole To Pole - Day 44

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

My turn on the broad inlaid marble massage slab called the Gobek Tasi.

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pole To Pole - Day 44

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

Massage à la Turk.

Day 44, Istanbul, Turkey.

Pole To Pole- Day 57

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Looking out over another Nile sunset on the deck of the Isis.

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Pole To Pole- Day 57

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Up early to catch the sunrise from the top of the the massive 150-foot high towers that flank the entrance to the temple.

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Pole To Pole- Day 57

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Enjoying some pre-tourist solitude in the Hypostyle Hall at the Temple of Karnak.

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Pole To Pole- Day 57

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

With Tadorus who was present when archaeologist Howard Carter first pushed open the door of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Pole To Pole- Day 57

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Tadorus, my guide to Luxor among the massive pillars of Karnak Temple, stick resting across his shoulders.

Day 57, Luxor, Egypt.

Pole To Pole - Day 65

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Getting ready to board the Nile Valley Express.

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Pole To Pole - Day 65

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Riding Roof Class.

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Pole To Pole - Day 65

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

The view from the open door of our coach.

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Pole To Pole - Day 65

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Abu Hamed - Boats filling up with passengers to cross to the far shore of the Nile.

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Pole To Pole - Day 65

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Mothers and babies at a Nileside stop in the Nubian Desert.

Day 65, The Nile Valley Express, Wadi Halfa to Atbara, Sudan.

Pole To Pole - Day 116

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Pole To Pole - Day 116

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Pole To Pole - Day 116

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Pole To Pole - Day 116

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Pole To Pole - Day 116

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Pole To Pole - Day 116

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

Day 116, Livingston, Zambia.

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