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actually it might be africa?

lord of the ting tings (map), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link

wait no it's definitely antarctica, getting a strong fort mcmurdo vibe

lord of the ting tings (map), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link

Phuket?

scampsite (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link

Islamabad?

pomenitul, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link

Phuket?

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lord of the ting tings (map), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link

The anomalous oak tree is a good spot.

The only clues I will give are that people play cricket there and nobody is super close yet.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link

My initial thought was also Delhi but I see thats already been thrown out of court.

cherry blossom, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link

Dhaka?

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link

If I say nobody has the country right yet, that will probably make it a lot easier.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link

Colombo

rob, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link

Not Sri Lanka.

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link

found it! Sharjah, UAE - Rolla Square, to be precise

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link

Correct!

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link

not good at manoeuvring through Google Maps/Street View, but it's around here: https://www.google.com/maps/@25.3564388,55.3896858,3a,75y,348.82h,107.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sL91ToI9apzg3kBC34OPfgg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=nl

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link

Good work

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link

not good at manoeuvring through Google Maps/Street View

I am!

https://goo.gl/maps/ZpGU8n69oQw9g66H6

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link

a search for black and yellow curbs in Asia got me this pic:
http://geotips.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/srwpd3s.jpg

was expecting Bangladesh or Pakistan, but it turned out to be a UAE construction firm. then checked UAE for cricket-ness, not expecting anything, but yes! tried Abu Dhabi parks first, but then switched to Sharjah, which was also mentioned as a cricket-friendly city, and found a pic of a park that seemed to match.

Al Rolla Square, as it happens, is actually named after its banyan trees!

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link

ah thanx, right on the money!

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link

xp

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link

I thought those black and yellow curbs might do the trick!

Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link

yep, I went with your suggestion, seemed like the only way in

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link

I only just noticed it actually says Sharjah on that pic as well!

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link

I looked up street views of Dhaka & Colombo and there would be thousands of scooters and Vespa Apes parked on the sidewalk if it was one of those towns, and the sky would be smoggy, and abject poverty

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link

time for some red & white curbs

https://i.imgur.com/AuRAomp.jpg

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link

or are they black & white? (honestly can't tell the difference, sorry)

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link

that looks like spain?

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link

Maybe somewhere in the Caribbean?

o. nate, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link

Is that car driving on the left though?

Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link

Somewhere warm, somewhere (it seems to me) left hand driving, so former British colony?

Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:17 (three years ago) link

These are very good questions, ZZ, and there is an interesting answer which would be too much of a clue at this stage.

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link

Convinced myself that it's India but there's really not a lot to go on. Feel like identifying the spongebob-like cartoon on the mural is key

or something, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link

Driving on the left + scrubbiness of vegetation consistent with Anglophone Caribbean.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link

From the comment that there's an interesting answer to my questions that would give too much away, I surmise that this isn't exactly a former British colony, but perhaps once occupied by the British or maybe is still a British overseas territory. For a moment I got excited about Israel, as they seem to have red and white curbs, but sadly they drive on the right. However, Cyprus drives on the left, could it be Nicosia?

Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link

The far right tbh

scampsite (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 02:08 (three years ago) link

Feel like we can be a little quick with the clues. Clues were popping out for Sharjah before I'd even seen the pic! (not that I was anywhere close to getting it)

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link

Clues from the poster of the pic I mean, not from guessers!

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 03:57 (three years ago) link

I'm leaning somewhere in Cyprus for now, but the road signs don't quite feel right for there

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 04:54 (three years ago) link

Googling black and white curbs, I come up with Singapore and Malaysia. Could this be Malaysia? Drives on the left and has "interesting" (to say the least) former relations with Britain. Not quite tidy enough looking to be Singapore, I feel

Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 05:31 (three years ago) link

Is it like a big roundabout thing? Whats in the middle? like a raised angled plaque.

I'm stuck on this being Limassol but can't quite make it work

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link

Not Limassol or Nicosia.

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link

Or any other city in Cyprus

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:39 (three years ago) link

I'll do a reverse view in a few hours.

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link

It definitely feels Caribbean to me but doesn’t remind me of anywhere I know. If the cars are on the left, perhaps Charlotte Amalie in the USVI. If they’re on the right, Belize City?

Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link

Georgetown, Guyana?

nickn, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link

I was going to do a reverse view but can't find the exact spot, so here is just another view of the city, think this should be a bit more helpful.

https://i.imgur.com/21ruP92.png

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link

Alexandria

rob, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link

Definitely driving on the left!

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link

Windhoek

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link

https://goo.gl/maps/UiAGMT5JUXFcrnyz5

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link

Yes, well done! How did you work it out?

Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link


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