is that a bridge? looks like there's water just next to it
― koogs, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:24 (three years ago)
That tower has a South or SE Asian vibe to me.
― nickn, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:45 (three years ago)
looks like cyrillic(??) script on the biggest building front center
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 30 June 2022 12:52 (three years ago)
lots of medium size blocky apartment buildings makes me think eastern europe
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 13:17 (three years ago)
how many km across does that lake/river look?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:11 (three years ago)
not having any luck with eastern europe cities on a wide river or lake, where else looks like that?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:34 (three years ago)
New Rochelle???
― I_Got_Loaded, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:39 (three years ago)
oh lol so it is
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:49 (three years ago)
new york is basically eastern europe, in my defense
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:50 (three years ago)
There's very clearly a city of some size in the distance— those aren't mountains.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 30 June 2022 15:29 (three years ago)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Skyline+New+Rochelle/@40.9092634,-73.7834316,3a,75y,338.43h,89.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipNvOZ1LzvIXz8VR6Tj5IFTC0cnqZbhu3QTTR5rL!2e10!7i10000!8i5000!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c28d90158d0b07:0x79eb47841eef0845!2sTrump+Plaza+New+Rochelle!8m2!3d40.912705!4d-73.781655!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!3m6!1s0x0:0xcd8b21d0ddc2be66!8m2!3d40.9092209!4d-73.7833925!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
― tomorrow, Thursday, 30 June 2022 16:07 (three years ago)
and
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Skyline+New+Rochelle/@40.9091901,-73.7833408,3a,90y,78.21h,90.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipO1S10T-KUw-sr3F3vEVccsz6OGXeRTRpnn6EoN!2e10!7i10000!8i5000!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c28d90158d0b07:0x79eb47841eef0845!2sTrump+Plaza+New+Rochelle!8m2!3d40.912705!4d-73.781655!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!3m6!1s0x0:0xcd8b21d0ddc2be66!8m2!3d40.9092209!4d-73.7833925!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
kudos, loaded
― tomorrow, Thursday, 30 June 2022 16:09 (three years ago)
what the...? wow
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:24 (three years ago)
yeah i completely missed the horizon line having city buildings in the 2nd photo
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:30 (three years ago)
ok, the difference between high and low tides there is only 8 ft (2,4 m), not much needed re: dams/dykes etc
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:31 (three years ago)
all of my assumptions were wrong based on that alone - I r dum.
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:42 (three years ago)
New Rochelle it is, interesting what people do and don't notice in a view!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:21 (three years ago)
Okay, my turn
Weekend vibe
https://ia902504.us.archive.org/12/items/img1_20220701_202207/img1.jpg
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:48 (three years ago)
if that isn't Africa I'm eating my hat (and I don't even have one)
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 17:05 (three years ago)
I wouldn't rule out the Caribbean but (sub-Saharan?) Africa seems like a good place to start
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 17:07 (three years ago)
Could even be Guyana.
― nickn, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:05 (three years ago)
I'm gonna have to buy a hat, aren't I
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:14 (three years ago)
I consider Guyana to be part of the Caribbean but yeah it needn't be an island
That said, I have no idea where to start with this...Kenya? Mauritius?
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:18 (three years ago)
I see where you're going with some of those, but for now at least I'm sticking with East-Central Africa (though not with much conviction)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 1 July 2022 18:19 (three years ago)
I'm pretty confident it's Africa though - look at this in South Africa (it's not the location of the pic but)
https://www.google.be/maps/@-28.3142147,30.1012592,3a,75y,196.86h,95.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sth29-XOT6pZbs66bISMVKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:21 (three years ago)
xpyeah Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, all seem possible to me too. I briefly looked at Madagascar for a minute
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:22 (three years ago)
Kampala does not look un-promising
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:27 (three years ago)
Mbabane, Eswatini? buildings and terrain look very similar but i have no real landmarks to confirm with
― ciderpress, Saturday, 2 July 2022 01:42 (three years ago)
Kampala was making a compelling case, but that type of gate doesn't seem to exist there.
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 4 July 2022 00:12 (three years ago)
let me know if you want another photo.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 4 July 2022 15:11 (three years ago)
I would say yes to that personally
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 July 2022 17:24 (three years ago)
I wouldn't say no either - we're not *really* getting anywhere right now imho
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 12:42 (three years ago)
https://ia601407.us.archive.org/32/items/guess-22/Guess22.jpg
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:21 (three years ago)
oooooh
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:23 (three years ago)
so cars drive on the left
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:24 (three years ago)
(helpful link : https://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/list-of-left-driving-countries/ )
that means all of S and SE Africa is still in play
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:00 (three years ago)
except for Madagascar
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:01 (three years ago)
Guyana (and Suriname!) also still in there
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:02 (three years ago)
if these are google streetview photos (the first one has the watermark) then that further limits the countries in play, theres only a few african countries with coverage
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:34 (three years ago)
i do still suspect it's in eastern south africa or one of the kingdoms, there's a lot of places in that region that look like that
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:39 (three years ago)
I'm still liking Kampala for this, but I don't know. That little hill keeps cropping up, but the similar one in Kampala is sort of taller
I did find a house with that gate
Presuming second view is also a street view, its not often they're done at dusk
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 17:20 (three years ago)
The road divider things are super distinctive!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 17:22 (three years ago)
My first thought was Ethiopia (although I had no idea where) which logically leads me to Kenya next - through driving on the left.
Road markings v similar to Britain too so I want to say Commonwealth.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 18:59 (three years ago)
found the weird railings I think
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:23 (three years ago)
got it!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:33 (three years ago)
https://www.google.com/maps/@0.2103956,32.5762419,3a,75y,67.47h,88.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipO0j2vG2WBKPrJ_Io_HZtKCYEfJfFgfIPgLREEg!2e10!3e11!7i5760!8i2880
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:35 (three years ago)
nicely done cb
― rob, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:46 (three years ago)
Hell yeah! Nice work.
Just a query: I wasn't sure whether it was "solved" when people mentioned they were thinking Kampala— what do we consider "solved" here? is it more about someone saying with certainty that it is a specific place and being correct? Or is it guided by mere mention of the accurate place?
Sorry if this has been gone over, I just don't know!
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:17 (three years ago)
I think it's solved when the person posting the city considers it to be solved!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:21 (three years ago)