cheated too. steppe and mountains makes sense. v. much want to visit.
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:36 (ten years ago) link
steppe and mountains = mongolia? i know the names of two cities there but i'm quite confident it's neither ulan baatar nor erdenet.
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 13:08 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khovd_%28city%29
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah would not have found it. love this thread, every time i'm on it, i long for that wonderful tv/movie thing where i just say enhance and am finally able to read the license plates on cars or billboards to help me figure out whch city it is.
http://imgur.com/oPHypxn
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
this should workhttp://i.imgur.com/oPHypxn.jpg?1
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
somewhere in xinjiang, kashgar?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
not the right country
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
osh?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
nohttp://i.imgur.com/iZsAQUs.jpg?1
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
this last image isn't actually in the city, but it's nearby
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Lhasa?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
no. different country. here's a huge pic that should help in identifying the city.http://i.imgur.com/XbHmQp3.jpg
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
leh
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/MX1Trsb.jpg
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
vaduz?
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
B O O O O M
i think
That's an interesting guess, Noodle. But it is incorrect.
Hint 1: It's in the Southern Hemisphere.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
dharamsala?
― clouds, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link
India is in the Northern Hemisphere.
Hint 2:
http://i.imgur.com/ZbTrSpS.jpg
You can see a bit of the architecture and the people.
I'll give one last hint and if no one can guess it, I'll reveal the answer!
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
miami
― balls, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
the "buddhist thangkas" sign made me think it was somewhere in sikkim
― clouds, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:49 (ten years ago) link
southern hemisphere? i wanted to say somewhere in madagascar but the people don't really look malagasy. not in africa either i'd guess so south america, in the andes. is it in bolivia?
― Jibe, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
oh and that was for jibe
― clouds, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
Can I go?
― cardamon, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rasRxjv.jpg
ya, go ahead, cardamom.
One last, big hint for mine. Hint 3:
http://i.imgur.com/nYoYOmG.jpg
Traditional architecture
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
cardamon my pic was leh, crimsonhexagon got it right. but sikkim makes sense too.crimhex, that last picture really has me stumped. hungarian and german(?) flags? southern hemisphere? googling with that (is that allowed?) gives me three places in peru: is it one of Oxapampa, Pozuzo or Villa Rica?
― Jibe, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:12 (ten years ago) link
Yes.
http://cde.elcomercio.pe/66/ima/0/0/6/3/6/636142.jpg
"Welcome to Pozuzo. The only Austro-German colony in the world"
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:23 (ten years ago) link
How Borgesian.
― cardamon, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
an Austro-German enclave in South America? who'd've thought it?
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:33 (ten years ago) link
cardamon's looks very British
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:34 (ten years ago) link
minaret makes me think Birmingham or something
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:35 (ten years ago) link
not cos it's the only mosque in the UK but there's one in the Hagley Road area that's v. similar i think
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:37 (ten years ago) link
Yeah if that's not Britain I'll be amazed (and I'd be surprised if it was Scotland tbh). Could easily be Leeds - the tower which I'm assuming is a minaret could easily be one of those Italianate Victorian jobs just south of the town centre.
― Tim, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 10:11 (ten years ago) link
Bradford was another thought yes
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 10:14 (ten years ago) link
http://norwich.tab.co.uk/files/2012/10/1958700_4fdf5bbf.jpg
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
having images turned off at work kinda blew the gaff on that one
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
need more photos of that wetherspoons
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 12:57 (ten years ago) link
dont click here if u want to embrace the mystery
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:01 (ten years ago) link
do click there if u want a nyrb length review of a jdw breakfast
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
The coffee cost just £1.15 but wasn't very special
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
#accidentalpartridge
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
#uktwitterscene
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:05 (ten years ago) link
should have picked this one really, got a nice continental sheen to it:http://www.tournorfolk.co.uk/norwich/norwichtomblandlatasca.jpg
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
Clue for my one: not a minaret
― cardamon, Thursday, 14 November 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
leeds?
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 November 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
wtf am i talking about that's manchester/strangeways
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 November 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
i thought it was birmingham university?
― caek, Thursday, 14 November 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
ogmor is correct
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 02:28 (ten years ago) link
http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/32065/1324240887/large.JPG
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 15 November 2013 02:51 (ten years ago) link