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

Postby johnw » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 11:21 am

icefest wrote:So far north!

Whitcombe valley?

Gone cold. Copland was closer.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby icefest » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 11:26 am

Whateroa??
Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 1:05 pm

icefest wrote:Whateroa??

A bit too far north and I'm less close to the west coast.
Some big mountains here.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 1:10 pm

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

Postby johnw » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 3:29 pm

eggs wrote:Hooker track?

Correct eggs, probably somewhere near the Stocking Stream Shelter.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Thu 06 Jul, 2023 6:13 pm

Moving to the Pacific - general area

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

Postby johnw » Fri 07 Jul, 2023 11:44 am

Waya Island, Yasawa Group, Fiji?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby eggs » Fri 07 Jul, 2023 12:12 pm

I would have been happy with Fiji, but Waya is correct
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 07 Jul, 2023 7:10 pm

eggs wrote:I would have been happy with Fiji, but Waya is correct

My OCD kicked in, I had to find the exact spot :).

USA:
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Diamond Head (Lē‘ahi) Honolulu Hawaii USA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Fri 07 Jul, 2023 7:33 pm

Diamond Head, Hawaii?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sat 08 Jul, 2023 5:58 pm

Tyreless wrote:Diamond Head, Hawaii?

Correct Tyreless. On this occasion viewed from the hotel room window.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Sat 08 Jul, 2023 6:56 pm

Thanks. I had pretty much the same view.

Asia this time…
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Mon 10 Jul, 2023 12:35 pm

Googling will help finding this location. As the sign says:

"This building is famous for its frieze of monkeys that teach how to lead an ideal life. One of the 8 panels teaches children to avoid trouble in life, to "See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil"."
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 11 Jul, 2023 9:06 am

The stable of the sacred horse at Nikko, Japan?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Tue 11 Jul, 2023 9:26 am

Correct, John. I visited as part of a walk with my bushwalking club a few years ago. Lovely to combine great walking with quirky culture.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 11 Jul, 2023 5:06 pm

Thanks Tyreless. We haven't made it to Japan but have many good reports. 21 y.o. nephew was there recently. A lot of millennial stuff but he enjoyed My Fuji and wants to return for snowboarding/skiing.

I'm away this week but here's an easy one. Town in a national park, Canada:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GregR » Wed 12 Jul, 2023 10:59 am

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

Postby johnw » Wed 12 Jul, 2023 12:39 pm

GregR wrote:Banff

Yes Greg, all yours.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GregR » Wed 12 Jul, 2023 1:27 pm

Thanks John

This ones in Nepal. Name that temple.

Hint: One has to get there by "unusual means"
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GregR » Wed 12 Jul, 2023 5:52 pm

By unusual means think, not by car, not flying, not on an animal, and only a masochist would want to walk 1km in elevation gain to get there from the main road...
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby ribuck » Wed 12 Jul, 2023 7:11 pm

I suspect it's Chandragiri temple, and that you got there by taking the cable car.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GregR » Wed 12 Jul, 2023 9:56 pm

You are right with the cable car but about 130 kms out for the temple. Go west young man!!

Keep trying you're on the right track.

Between the 2 main cities.

I visited it on the way back from Ghorka to KTM.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GregR » Fri 14 Jul, 2023 11:39 am

Must be too obtuse.

It's Manakamana Temple.

Anyone can go next.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Fri 28 Jul, 2023 2:56 pm

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

Postby johnw » Fri 28 Jul, 2023 7:27 pm

Trollfjorden, Northern Norway?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Fri 28 Jul, 2023 10:31 pm

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

Postby johnw » Sat 29 Jul, 2023 7:39 pm

Thanks Last. Unfortunately I can only get the Norwegian ones via Google.

Something offbeat. What military facility did we visit in the USA:
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US Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 01 Aug, 2023 5:58 pm

On the way to a plus 14,000 foot mountain (not pictured).
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Tue 01 Aug, 2023 7:15 pm

The U.S. Air Force Academy near the base of Pikes Peak?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 01 Aug, 2023 8:49 pm

Last wrote:The U.S. Air Force Academy near the base of Pikes Peak?

Correct Last. Not quite near the base of it but not too far away, maybe 40 km or so.
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