Gaborone, Botswana
https://goo.gl/maps/Kjffcn6jZZ4LHrgP7
― ledge, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
Good work!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 19 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
damn, nowhere near
― cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
with all due respect to the many good players in this thread, i would like to read an extensive interview with cherry blossom about their approach to the Guess the City game
― alpine static,
Still want that interview?
I got lucky, 'large bronze statues in africa' led nowhere but i thought maybe the low building was an airport - it isn't, but 'large bronze statues outside airport in africa' still delivered. built by north korea! https://theculturetrip.com/africa/articles/spectacular-african-monuments-built-by-north-korea/
― ledge, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Is that building just an apartment block with a cafe in it?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
report of another failed attempt:the small building with the thatched roof on the left suggested Africa to me, but I just couldn’t bring up that white cube building through Google. (it still doesn’t come up when you add Botswana - weird, you’d think it was pretty distinctive). saw the statues, but it seemed too vague a clue.thanx for reading and commiserating
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 19 February 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
Yes that thatched roof building was a red flag for central asia (though it could have been the Botswana stand at the military fair in Uzbekistan)
― cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
That is an absolute unit of a city
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:20 (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
How much do i love it when i love footy phrasings travel like this
― scampsite (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:13 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/QdrnnK0v/Screenshot-2021-02-22-at-14-21-09.png
Here we go
― cherry blossom, Monday, 22 February 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
Those look like river cruise boats rather than ocean boats. Guessing Turkey or elsewhere in Central Asia.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 22 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
Yep, one of the Russian cruise ports like Rostov-na-Donu would make sense.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
I actually think it looks like somewhere on the US west coast, Vancouver even, but I'm definitely wrong.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
The people look Russian.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
Got me thinking Black or Caspian Seas. How about Sochi?
― or something, Monday, 22 February 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
I guess I don't think they look Russian only because I'm clocking the two people in the bottom right as queer, and quite visibly so imho.
(Not that there aren't queer people in Russia, obv, but just because the look is a little too on the nose queer)
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
Who knows! But I did take one look at the photo and think they were Russian and then noticed two posts below that someone mentioned Russian cruise ports ... still might be bullshit of course!
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Definitely a river port because that boat is unable to handle open water swells.
Guessing the Volga for obvious reasons.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
Cheboksary, Chuvashia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.1513137,47.2549255,3a,75y,111.11h,83.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szt4qN2Iq5DnJxZnn5CAlEg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dzt4qN2Iq5DnJxZnn5CAlEg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D27.551838%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
Good one. I guess there's a certain "Russian fashion is unintentionally gay" thing that goes on.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
Lmao
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
Sometimes it's hard to tell if gay porn was made in Iowa or outside Petrovostok or whatever.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
HOW
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
Great closing down of the options. I knew someone would get it once the boats were identified as river boats
As for the clothing/fashion, I presume they are Chuvash rather than Russian, but not necessarily
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:16 (three years ago) link
Coincidentally, for Russian, Chuvash sounds like dudes
чуваш: Chuvashчувак: Chuvak (Dude)
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:24 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/OVXi69O.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 08:07 (three years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/baidnk5B9Poqb5FB7Chatan, Okinawa, Japan
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 08:29 (three years ago) link
That has to be the quickest return by far!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 09:15 (three years ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/53J6kea
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link
hopefully this time it'll work
https://i.imgur.com/nycdQvW.jpeg
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:50 (three years ago) link
Kolkata?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:06 (three years ago) link
Is that a cricket pitch/ground/field?
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:15 (three years ago) link
Bangalore
― or something, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:26 (three years ago) link
(xp) Looks like it. Which would make India possible.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:28 (three years ago) link
well done or something it is Bangalore's MG road
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:39 (three years ago) link
@cherry blossom: the area on the right is a parade ground that belongs to the military iirc, but you can see the floodlights of the cricket stadium in the background
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:41 (three years ago) link
(Xp) Bengaluru I should say, apologies. Found the stadium but cant nail the spot
― or something, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:45 (three years ago) link
it's somewhere near the corner of residency road and mg road
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:52 (three years ago) link
Found it, Chief Engineer Offive and Civil Courts, no streetview tho
― or something, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:57 (three years ago) link
Nice one Jibe! Here I was waking up and expecting to have to field clues lol. I tried to make my submission a little harder (America town in Okinawa which has a lot of English/Roman signs) but I obviously failed at that lol.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
Sometimes it's hard to tell if gay porn was made in Iowa or outside Petrovostok or whatever.― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:05 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkHOW― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:09 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:05 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:09 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I could explain using images, but that would be very NSFW.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
lol I thought eephus! was asking "how" did Albert figure it out, but now I'm not sure
― rob, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
ha ha I meant how did Albert figure it out but both are fair questions
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
ahahaha lol
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
"river ports along the Volga" led me to this list of principal ports:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Volga+Basin+River+Ports
then results "volga river port [x]" for "volga river port cheboksary" got me to this img srch:
https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=volga+river+port+cheboksary
took ~10 mins
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/nLcr0039/graowu.jpg
Monday
― cherry blossom, Monday, 1 March 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
that looks like England to me. Stafford?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 1 March 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
Certainly feels northern European but something doesn't look quite right for England, I might be wrong
― or something, Monday, 1 March 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
It does looks like England. Stafford's not a city though.
― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Monday, 1 March 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
I did wonder about that. It has that central England feel to it though. Stoke-on-Trent?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 1 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link