Guess the City

I didn't guess the city, zelda zonk did, I'd never even heard of it!

I just went to a satellite map of the city and went to where the water was

lol

Bit of a cheat really. I put the pic into Google lens which threw up other pics of watch towers, one of which was remarkably similar looking...

I don't have time right now to post a pic, if someone else wants to have a go you're welcome, otherwise I'll post something tomorrow.

Love this long running game btw, thanks to cherry blossom for keeping it ticking over...

https://i.ibb.co/VYcXFK3/nottingham.jpg

🤔

Monrovia:

https://www.google.com/maps/@6.319949,-10.8019046,3a,75y,220.35h,96.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMCMdcpTgyHm3e0iPwtnSax1t9wKSwkhN0fwkUs!2e10!3e11!7i7680!8i3840

what gave it away?

I snipped those two distincitve tall buildings and put them into Google Lens, it was the first hit

I'm not so into setting these so someone else can kindly proceed

Hmmmm, is Google lens ruining our game? I suggest the next person who puts one up checks first that there's no obvious google lens giveaway

Or we just agree not to use it.

Or we just agree that it's a perfectly fair way to get the answer.

we've been reverse image searching bits of these photos for years

we have? :-)

I haven't! I assumed it was CHEATING!

Other than the previous two cities, I feel like this hasn't played much of a role? Keighley took 4 photos, and feels like most of the previous cities took some time to get also

For the most part it feels uncommon for a city to get guessed quickly, these being something of an exception. Maybe because two in a row?

Still seems like a bit of a cheat to just go 'computer, where is this city?'

https://i.ibb.co/BgtZtKp/Screenshot-2022-11-07-at-11-22-18.png

🤔 II

Well google lens is certainly no help! Pretty thin selection of beer in this cafe. The balloons give me an Asian vibe but any script I can see looks Latin. The packets of stuff on the counter look a bit Italian.

The window appears to say gelado or perhaps helado - portuguese/spanish?

the Pilsen beer brand is Paraguayan

Ulaanbaatar

The S to the right of the fridge is the logo of the cafe.

(on the other hand it's also ripped off from the Sistema Espresso logo so this might be a dead end)

nope, it appears to be a Spanish (I think) brand of Italian coffee

https://www.esecafe.com

Found an importer and seller in Paraguay, so more chance of that being there than the beer making it out. Plus I think the window says Helado Gratis and Paraguay has a free ice cream day.

Amandau might be the ice cream chain based on orange

Paraguay has a free ice cream day

Amandau staff wear the exact same outfit (orange/brown) - however, there are many branches in Asunción alone

https://amandau.com.py/nuestros-locales

they had over 190 branches in the country in 2017 - this could potentially also be a copycat parlour, don’t see the Amandau logo anywhere - also would they even sell beer?

Lonely guy just thinking baout Paraguayan ice cream parlours

gotta say i think going straight to google lens or whatever is a bit of a hack... i was only comfortable doing it when we had been stuck on that same mud flat pic for like two weeks

https://i.ibb.co/QdGB2zJ/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-10-51-54.png

A second look

yes, it is Asunción, Paraguay:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nzhk96DAqyE7g6kW9?g_st=ic

haven’t been able to pinpoint that specific ice cream parlour yet tho

there is an encampment for homeless people just a few steps away from that second view tho

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7E6zH6Ygik1m2LS89?g_st=ic

well done!

I should make less use of ‘tho’ tho

Asuncion it is

the first pic is immediately to the southeast (I always aim to get subsequent views pretty close to the first view)

https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.2822227,-57.6333351,3a,75y,245.12h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipODGnLfyXEdVWrUGcOUhYcMaFSIqmrJohv7s-F7!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipODGnLfyXEdVWrUGcOUhYcMaFSIqmrJohv7s-F7%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya345.0709-ro-0-fo100!7i5472!8i2736

It was an Amandau outlet, but one that is now closed down. That wasn't intentional, I only realised when I forgot where it was and had to play my own city in order to find it again to find a nearby image for the second view

I was thinking not Asunción because it had been mentioned ITT already. (other cities in Paraguay are pretty odd it seems)

Asunción was a work in progress! I was basically waiting for the next view to get confirmation (although, granted, it could have potentially also been a different Paraguayan city)

the first pic is immediately to the southeast (I always aim to get subsequent views pretty close to the first view

aware of the second clause, that is

It was an Amandau outlet, but one that is now closed down.

I was thinking not Asunción because it had been mentioned ITT already. (other cities in Paraguay are pretty odd it seems)

Partly I was away from my computer for most of last week, partly I'd forgotten where it actually was, and partly I wanted to give a chance for someone to find the view (even though I couldn't remember where it was myself)

It appears quite a few of the other cities in Paraguay are just extensions of Asuncion!

https://i.ibb.co/R6tz5LG/Screenshot-2022-11-18-at-07-58-57.png

Friday time Streetview time

Almost certainly Britain. Bottom half of the wall looks like Bath Stone or Cotswold Stone which doesn't make it far out of those areas.

Road marking are not typical for the uk though - or those sluice valve markers.

sv means stop valve ime but yes it does indicate an english speaking country

can't be that many castles with trampolines