I think I have significantly underestimated how far away Caracas is from the water.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 12 July 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
so we're on a mountain, the sun is setting behind us = the city is to the east of the mountain and further away there's this very big white fortification type thing with a mountain/hill inside of it? Intriguing and no idea.
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
Hong Kong
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 12 July 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
is there a part of Hong Kong with so few skyscrapers?
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
the high-rises don't look extremely new like they would do in China
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 08:24 (two years ago) link
There sure are a lot of cities with cable cars in the world.
This is quite a good article on the subject, though no help in the matter at hand: https://howwegettonext.com/cable-cars-are-changing-the-world-61f2b803c129
― At Easter I had a fall. I don't know whether to laugh or cry (ledge), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:09 (two years ago) link
They’re very common as transport in mountainous cities, but mostly inland, which makes me wonder whether this could be a tourist one.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:15 (two years ago) link
That white fortification/palace/building complex in the distance must be something famous, no? Why can't I find anything about it
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:16 (two years ago) link
man - I thought - what if we're in a lake! Big city in a lake? But then I found out the lake beneath Mexico City has been filled up centuries ago :-/
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
how old is this photo? ;-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:26 (two years ago) link
It was one of those articles about funiculars that made me think it could be Hong Kong...looks like the terrain and whatnot is very similar to the Ngong Ping 360.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 10:50 (two years ago) link
i think it's somewhere in indonesia
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:19 (two years ago) link
ha nevermind, the foliage isn't right for it
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
it could be Korea? Seoul's cityscape is similar, but it's not big enough for there, so... Daegu perhaps?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
feels like the port on the left is too big to be that far inland, but SK does have a lot of cities near the sea, good idea
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
mmmmm - Busan immediately doesn't feel very wrong
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
It does seem like there are at least a few South Korean cities with cable car installations not unlike the one in the photo.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
I give up :-(
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
Another photo please?
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 July 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/3RCQnK8p/ry.jpg
ok!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 15 July 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
I think I see Chinese characters in signs. I'm thinking maybe Taiwan now..
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 July 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
I thought that 7 underscore 0 (bottom right, on the road, in front of the parked cars) looked Korean fo sho
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
Mokpo, South Korea
목포북항해양수산복합센터https://maps.app.goo.gl/XXXJPgRFit5npAw97
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 July 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
And the hilltop view
유달산 삼등바위https://maps.app.goo.gl/syXbSHQew8QFso1i7
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 July 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
Nice, how did you get it?
― nashwan, Thursday, 15 July 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
It was maybe only the 15th South Korean city I looked at. The harbour helped
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
nice!
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
I saw everything from Busan to Jindo - if only I had kept at it :(
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
South Korea has a lot of cities!
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
Doesn't look like there's any magnificent square fortification round a hill, just tower blocks all blurred together by the distance.
― At Easter I had a fall. I don't know whether to laugh or cry (ledge), Thursday, 15 July 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
yeah, it only looked like it was one big complex on that first picture.
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
can I just.. cherry blossom, you're very good at this. thank you.
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/QCCG0Zrs/y4.jpg
Heat
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Hm, thought the graffiti on the building on the right would be useful, but just seems to be some initials.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
Tells us it's somewhere the Roman alphabet is used at least
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
Can't quite figure out what's going on with that building -- clearly occupied (towels hanging off some balconies) but many of the windows are missing? Partially abandoned?
Going to have a wild stab in the dark guess - Luanda
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
it’s this building in Lunik IX in Košice, Slovakiahttps://www.teraz.sk/regiony/kosice-vsetci-testovani-na-novy-kor/460123-clanok.html
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
fuck, I've been to Košice! just for a few hours on the way to Michalovce, still should really have made a better guess.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
oh wow - that was fast
― StanM, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
how do you possibly look at that and go "oh, kosice slovakia"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
it looked a) extremely poor, but also b) very (Central) European (the foliage especially), which made me think that it might be a Romani neighbourhood (the people in the picture seemed to fit in with that) (also, we have had a different Romani neighbourhood in Bulgaria (?) last year iirc) - googled and pictures of Lunik IX came up
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.6965896,21.220741,3a,75y,223.89h,90.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-MjwvwQIEjBnt_YLs5nw9Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
And the SV link here
Even with picking one of the less distinctive buildings I had a feeling it might go quickly!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
But maybe not quite that quickly!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
took me a while, but this is the spot:https://goo.gl/maps/JgKsVcrVt7jJ1aMT9
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
shit romani are not very well taken care of are they - sorry for u.s. dumb
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 19 July 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
I read recently that things have turned around a bit in Lunik IX since 2019 with the introduction of a new mayor. Though I also read there are a number of anti-romani walls in different parts of the city - couldn't see one here but then Lunix IX is a stub and doesn't connect to the rest of the city
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 07:06 (two years ago) link
xpost - this explains it quite well: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2015/04/roma-in-europe-11-things-you-always-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
I love the use of this thread to shine a light on such things tbh kep 'em coming
― nashwan, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 10:11 (two years ago) link
https://cdn.planetradio.co.uk/one/media/60ed/cd25/7b99/1f70/aec6/f2b0/IMG_2913.jpg
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 10:51 (two years ago) link