although maybe subconsciously it was!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:04 (four years ago) link
Some of the towers are similar in design to ones I saw in Lisbon
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 13 April 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
Though they had flat roofs
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 13 April 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
Its not Lisbon! Here's another angle
https://i.postimg.cc/Qjfdnchb/Screenshot-2020-04-13-at-12-31-31.png
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:35 (four years ago) link
Guessing Chimbote or (Nuevo Chimbote) for #2. I've googled pretty much every city in Peru and it seems the most likely
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
Its Chimbote!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-9.1307225,-78.5367944,3a,75y,320.09h,82.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVeofQI8KrjUHx4pIuu7CRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
I can't quite remember the location of the first Chimbote pic, but it was around here somewhere
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-9.0618,-78.5812719,3a,75y,295.33h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s82RJUKxvpwRpRvd4nqZ2wA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
is the game to post just pics you've taken yourself?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 13 April 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
Not at all Euler. The world is your oyster.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 13 April 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
Get one in there Euler!
And have a go at NotLisbon Tower Blocks too
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
GOD I'm so happy I figured out it was Chimbote
I was confusing which pics were of which city (to be honest). I wouldn't have got Chimbote without other people's guesses of Lima/Trujillo... I was literally googling "fastest growing cities in Peru" just to track down where such commie-looking suburbs might've popped up
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
Is #3 (not Lisbon) in Turkey?
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
The minaret suggests "Islamic", it looks too verdant to be Northern Africa, too dry to be India/Bangladesh/Indonesia, too modern to be Middle Eastern, both "new economy" and also "not rich", I actually don't think it's Turkey but think it's a former USSR -stan country
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
Turkey seems a good bet, Izmir/Smyrna?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
It isn't Izmir.
There's some decent coastline/mountain/terrain info in that last photo!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 09:52 (four years ago) link
No takers for NotLisbon (or Izmir)?
https://i.postimg.cc/QtMrCCmW/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-06-39-56.png
Here's a new one to go with it, ThursdaySkyline
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 30 April 2020 05:55 (three years ago) link
I've forgotten where ThurdaySkyline is! Going to have to try guess my own city!
DoubleHeader-1
https://i.postimg.cc/dqKXx7N1/Screenshot-2020-05-19-at-21-33-48.png
DoubleHeader-2
https://i.postimg.cc/1RKbGyrt/Screenshot-2020-05-19-at-21-23-31.png
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
first one is Dundee?
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
rusty tin roofs of the second one is making me think Russia but I'm out of my element
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
Chelyabinsk?
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
Dundee YES!Chelyabinsk NO!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
second one Norilsk?
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
Second one is Norilsk, too iconic to be anywhere else!
Shall I give the answer to NotLisbonOrIzmir? Or leave it to posterity?
I can't give the answer to ThursdaySkyline because I've forgotten where it is. I might try guess it myself later today
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 24 May 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/8zvR70x2/gtc1407.jpg
guess the city 14/07
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
it's Batumi, right?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
bravo, right off the bat!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
this thread never fails
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
wow, never got even close to any of these, but the single Turkish-type minaret gave me something very concrete to work with: sea port city in a non-muslim country in the Eastern Mediterranean or Black Sea. actually checked and discarded Batumi at first (but of course you wouldn’t pick a photo that displayed the actual city centre) - but when I searched for the minaret-golden onion-shaped dome combination Batumi was the top result, and then that distinctive church tower sealed the deal.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
oh, it’s a clock tower turned boutique hotel apparently.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
"clock tower turned boutique hotel" I'm sold
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
very affordable prices!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
https://jennyrightside.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/is2009-1016-08.jpg
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
I want to say Kandahar, other than the colouring is maybe too light. The low rise layout points there though
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
Kandahar indeed!
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JEAfm6k.jpg
what a place eh?
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
I thought Kandahar straightaway, then had a quick look at first image that came up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Kandahar#/media/File:Aerial_view_of_a_section_of_Kandahar_in_2013.jpg
but both of these look darker and not as sandy as yours so I wasn't 100 on it but thought it close to enough!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
27th July trees
https://i.postimg.cc/69d5WXXw/aa.png
― cherry blossom, Monday, 27 July 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/t4T0k7m0/kb.jpg
31st July curved road
― cherry blossom, Friday, 31 July 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
I will say: is it in Asia? just to get the ball rolling
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 1 August 2020 09:43 (three years ago) link
31st is in Asia, and 27th isn't!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 1 August 2020 09:48 (three years ago) link
oh yeah, I meant the 31st, sorry. East Asia, no? (but that will probably all from me)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 1 August 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/SNgj5H3X/Screenshot-2020-08-18-at-20-01-26.png
18th August
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/vmh22Y3k/Screenshot-2020-08-21-at-14-22-33.png
Another angle for 18th August
― cherry blossom, Friday, 21 August 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Friday, 21 August 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
not a clue.
ominous looking and disused Eastern European train station?
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
I'm struck by how it's all very clean, with no litter or visible graffiti.
There's some characters/a logo on the modern building in the background on the right hand side of the last photo, but I'm not sure what to make of them - are they Japanese maybe?
Definitely wondering about Asia, but struggling to guess a country even.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
In the first photo there's a motorway-esque road in the background with green gantry signs, if anyone knows which countries use that colour for those.
There also looks like what could be two flags on the right in front of the road, but sadly no wind to display them. Looks like they might be white and red, maybe blue too? My brain keeps filling them in as British flags, but that seems like nonsense.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
ah, interesting. seem to be characters that are either not roman (nor Cyrillic) or if they are perhaps with diacritics not usually found in European languages
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 August 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Could be Vietnamese, Hanoi?
― nickn, Friday, 21 August 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
those bare trees make me think it isn't subtropical tho
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link