not far off. this is a bigger capital
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Damascus?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 11 November 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
not as old as damascus
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
shanghai
― moneyma$e, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Riyadh?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 11 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
totally riyadh
― clouds, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it's Riyadh, I'm pretty sure.
― ailsa, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
100% riyadh
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
We all agreed it's Riyadh then?
― ailsa, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
The building with the eyelet is the Four Seasons
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Monday, 11 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
a harder one
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5341/10103040795_022e17d6e7_c.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Colombo?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 11 November 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
suva
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
my first guess would have been india or sri lanka cos of the rickshaw but it doesn't feel right. somewhere in africa would be my guess, so i've only got like a million cities to go through.
― Jibe, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
closer to colombo than suva but a long way from both
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3800/10802607453_4daf6b7186_z.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
port louis
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
addis adeba
― Jibe, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
fuck that is amharic script isn't it
glanced and thought it was dravidian based on first supposition (tropical with overseas indian population)
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
this is in africa & that is a tuk-tuk. the above photo was taken just over a month ago which is the start of the ethiopian new year but it's not addis.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/9374354793_434134b076_z.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
bahir dar
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 06:06 (ten years ago) link
bahir dar it is
― ogmor, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/C1OIRNb.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 11:44 (ten years ago) link
i want to be there
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:03 (ten years ago) link
some remote city in kazakhstan or kyrgyzstan?
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:08 (ten years ago) link
not too far away
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:23 (ten years ago) link
somewhere like Bukhara
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
not Uzbekistan tho, somewhere nearer mountains - Afghanistan, Pakistan?
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:28 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9h7Zm6t.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:29 (ten years ago) link
architecture looks like it should be somewhere in the post-Soviet group of nations?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:31 (ten years ago) link
I gave up and GIS'd this, very obscure
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:31 (ten years ago) link
mmmm sort of
not ex cis
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
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