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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Sat 19 Sep, 2015 8:59 pm

The rock is volcanic..
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Tue 22 Sep, 2015 7:57 am

And we were very close to the equator
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Wed 23 Sep, 2015 7:18 pm

I think I know the answer to this but have no photos to post if I was correct. Are the initials P.L??
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby RonK » Wed 23 Sep, 2015 7:31 pm

That would be Kili.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Wed 23 Sep, 2015 10:40 pm

Micky B is being fairly precise. Point Lenana is the 3rd highest point on Mt Kenya and the popular trekking peak.
We had climbed up into the snow and ice to see the sunrise from the top.
Mt Kenya is almost precisely on the Equator.
Which means Killimanjaro is a fair way south.
Anyone can go next.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Thu 08 Oct, 2015 12:13 am

I'm in Laos at the moment and took this picture yesterday. What waterfalls is it part of?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Thu 08 Oct, 2015 12:19 am

Sorry about that last picture being sideways. I hate it when that happens.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Thu 08 Oct, 2015 3:25 am

must be the niagara falls :mrgreen:
from the land of the long white clouds...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 09 Oct, 2015 11:37 am

Lets start with Kuang Si Waterfall
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Sat 10 Oct, 2015 7:56 am

eggs wrote:Lets start with Kuang Si Waterfall

That's it, Eggs. I guess that's the most visited.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Sat 10 Oct, 2015 3:06 pm

Might be - but from what I saw by way of web photos, it looks like you had good flow.

What refuge is in view in Europe
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Looking back to Refuge La Balme on day 3 of our Tour du Mt Blanc - Les Contamines to Chalet des Mottets
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wayno » Sat 10 Oct, 2015 4:59 pm

the eagles nest :mrgreen:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Sat 10 Oct, 2015 6:02 pm

It's in France
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sat 10 Oct, 2015 8:00 pm

Uneducated guess but let's try Refuge du Lac du Lou
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Sat 10 Oct, 2015 11:00 pm

No lakes in this valley John. I am north from there.
We had passed over an old roman bridge on the way up though.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Mon 12 Oct, 2015 6:10 pm

On the south side of the Mt Blanc massif...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Mon 12 Oct, 2015 9:29 pm

Refuge des Mottets?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Mon 12 Oct, 2015 11:44 pm

johnw wrote:Refuge des Mottets?

That's where we ended a long day. This was before lunch.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 13 Oct, 2015 1:17 am

More confident now - Chalet refuge de Nant Borrant
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Tue 13 Oct, 2015 7:58 am

Thanks for playing John. I will give it to you for your efforts. This was the next one on - la Balme.
Thinking about it, we passed a higher than normal number of refuges on this day.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Wed 14 Oct, 2015 12:31 am

eggs wrote:Thanks for playing John. I will give it to you for your efforts. This was the next one on - la Balme.
Thinking about it, we passed a higher than normal number of refuges on this day.

Thanks eggs, I'm not sure I deserve it. Unfortunately my first hand knowlege of France is limited to a few days in Paris and parts of the countryside many years ago. Poring over many maps and photos I had eventually found a similar image to yours, but in hindsight I'd say it was mis-labelled. At least I was getting closer :roll:. The Mont Blanc region looks an interesting place to walk and I like the convenient idea of staying in refuges.

Mrs and I have not long returned from a 2 1/2 week trip back into USA territory. Where are we here:
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Captain James Cook monument in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii USA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Wed 14 Oct, 2015 8:51 pm

The weather is hot and sticky, I'm about to jump in and explore what's below. This is a State Historical Park and Marine Life Conservation District.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Wed 14 Oct, 2015 10:01 pm

Would this be in Hawaii?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Thu 15 Oct, 2015 12:22 am

eggs wrote:Would this be in Hawaii?

Yes eggs.That narrows it down a little.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 16 Oct, 2015 8:54 am

To narrow it down further, it is on the island of Hawaii (aka the Big island). This location has a relationship with Australian exploration; the white obelisk in the middle background is a clue.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Fri 16 Oct, 2015 8:59 am

From the clues I'd say it is Kealakekua Bay.

I visited Big Island a few years ago but didn't visit Kealakekua Bay (we stayed a bit further north). Fantastic snorkeling though.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 16 Oct, 2015 12:49 pm

Tyreless wrote:From the clues I'd say it is Kealakekua Bay.

I visited Big Island a few years ago but didn't visit Kealakekua Bay (we stayed a bit further north). Fantastic snorkeling though.

Yes that's it Tyreless. The obelisk is the Captain James Cook monument in Kealakekua Bay. He met his demise there, pretty much at the left hand edge of the photo. We took a half day snorkelling trip by catamaran from Kailua-Kona area where we were staying. Yes, had a great time snorkelling. The variety of marine life was impressive.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Fri 16 Oct, 2015 1:13 pm

Thanks John.

Here's one from a more recent trip to NZ.

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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby MickyB » Fri 16 Oct, 2015 1:40 pm

I can't see your image Tyreless.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Fri 16 Oct, 2015 2:22 pm

Ah, OK. I'll try hosting it somewhere else and give it another go. A couple of minutes....
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