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snowman159
January 17th, 2010, 01:18 PM
Guess the skyline:

http://i46.tinypic.com/e0scap.jpg

KAZAN RESIDENT
January 17th, 2010, 03:34 PM
Acapulko?

snowman159
January 17th, 2010, 05:24 PM
nope

christos-greece
January 17th, 2010, 05:31 PM
San Juan, Puerto Rico?

SanMiguel
January 17th, 2010, 05:51 PM
Cha Am or Hua Hin?

.

snowman159
January 17th, 2010, 05:55 PM
no

desertpunk
January 17th, 2010, 09:41 PM
Cancun?

snowman159
January 17th, 2010, 10:22 PM
no, not in mexico

SanMiguel
January 17th, 2010, 10:57 PM
Pattaya?
Jomtien?

.

Blazar
January 17th, 2010, 11:00 PM
kota kinabalu

snowman159
January 17th, 2010, 11:00 PM
nope.


hint: it's on an island

SanMiguel
January 17th, 2010, 11:19 PM
Lankawi?
Sri Lanka?
Jamaica?

.

Miguel Correia
January 18th, 2010, 12:06 AM
Seychelles??
Dominican Republic??
Trinidad & Tobago??

el_norte
January 18th, 2010, 12:51 AM
Kuta, Bali or Bintan (near Singapore)... aka Indonesia?

travelbug
January 18th, 2010, 01:34 AM
Bahamas?

desertpunk
January 18th, 2010, 06:12 AM
Turks & Caicos?

andre_chien
January 18th, 2010, 07:58 AM
dominica? guam? grenada?

snowman159
January 18th, 2010, 12:17 PM
dominica? guam? grenada?

Yes, it's Guam.

snowman159
January 18th, 2010, 04:28 PM
Now guess the place...

travelbug
January 18th, 2010, 06:48 PM
Tumon Bay

snowman159
January 18th, 2010, 08:13 PM
Tumon Bay

Yes! It's Tumon Bay. :applause:

snowman159
January 20th, 2010, 10:07 PM
I wonder how long it takes you guys to guess this one:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2mhi7m.jpg

el_norte
January 20th, 2010, 10:08 PM
san luis potosi?

snowman159
January 20th, 2010, 10:09 PM
:ohno: nope, sorry.

Blazar
January 20th, 2010, 10:28 PM
first country and then place or only place ?

Blazar
January 20th, 2010, 10:47 PM
I start with the country, maybe there's someone else who already knows the place
poland slovakia czech republic

travelbug
January 20th, 2010, 11:21 PM
Mexico, Germany, Estonia

el_norte
January 21st, 2010, 12:07 AM
colombia, spain, portugal?

New York Morning
January 21st, 2010, 12:08 AM
Osterreich?
Switzerland?
Holand?

desertpunk
January 21st, 2010, 01:59 AM
Chile? Peru? Ecuador?

snowman159
January 21st, 2010, 03:58 AM
No right answers so far.


first country and then place or only place ?

You can guess the country first, but if you know the place go ahead and post it.

andre_chien
January 21st, 2010, 07:22 AM
china ? vietnam? guatemala?

WonderlandPark
January 21st, 2010, 07:23 AM
Philippines, Guatemala, Dominican Republic?

el_norte
January 21st, 2010, 07:30 AM
Velha Goa?

snowman159
January 21st, 2010, 07:58 AM
nope

desertpunk
January 21st, 2010, 02:47 PM
Ethiopia? Eritrea? oh and what the hell, Djibouti?

roro987
January 21st, 2010, 03:21 PM
italy, greece, venezuela

snowman159
January 21st, 2010, 03:51 PM
Ethiopia? Eritrea? oh and what the hell, Djibouti?

Bingo! Well done. :okay:

Now guess the city.

Miguel Correia
January 21st, 2010, 07:15 PM
Addis Ababa??

travelbug
January 21st, 2010, 08:41 PM
Lalibela or Aksum?

travelbug
January 21st, 2010, 10:51 PM
It is Trinity Cathedral in Addis.

snowman159
January 21st, 2010, 11:08 PM
Addis Ababa??

That's correct! It's Addis Ababa. :cheers:

el_norte
January 22nd, 2010, 02:20 AM
beautiful!

snowman159
January 22nd, 2010, 12:08 PM
In what city can you find this mini skyline?

http://i45.tinypic.com/24az5z9.jpg

SanMiguel
January 22nd, 2010, 12:16 PM
isn't that NYC?
propably northern part of Manhattan, as seen from New Jersey???
or... Yonkers?

.

snowman159
January 22nd, 2010, 12:24 PM
^^

I had a feeling that I couldn't fool you. :)

Yes, it's NYC. (Columbia Medical Center campus in Washington Heights)

SanMiguel
January 22nd, 2010, 12:26 PM
yeah, Washington Heights was the name i was looking for :)
i just could remember Morningside ... which is also around there

.

travelbug
January 22nd, 2010, 12:51 PM
You cannot fail to guess the Hudson from that pic. It must be one of the most distinctive riverbanks in the world.

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 02:12 PM
And a different kind of skyline:

http://i45.tinypic.com/25i44mh.jpg

(shouldn't be very hard) ;)

SanMiguel
January 23rd, 2010, 02:52 PM
New Zealand?
Argentina?
Sweden?

.

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 03:07 PM
nope

Olabil
January 23rd, 2010, 03:24 PM
Tromsø?

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 03:28 PM
Tromsø?

Yes! :okay:

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 06:47 PM
next skyline:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2q0ixdd.jpg

KAZAN RESIDENT
January 23rd, 2010, 07:02 PM
Boston

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 07:10 PM
Boston

Didn't think it would that obvious. :shocked:

Anyway, great job! :cheers1:

KAZAN RESIDENT
January 23rd, 2010, 07:12 PM
next one plz:)

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 07:22 PM
There you go

http://i48.tinypic.com/10scc3l.jpg

Miguel Correia
January 23rd, 2010, 07:37 PM
^^ you´re getting away from concept of skyline of this thread!!

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 07:58 PM
I'm aware. I made an exception so I have some time to find a skyline that's not guessed within 5minutes. :)

Think of it as a mini skyline. :D

travelbug
January 23rd, 2010, 09:29 PM
Ok well can we have a continental clue?

desertpunk
January 23rd, 2010, 10:18 PM
Japan? China? Malaysia?

snowman159
January 23rd, 2010, 11:36 PM
^^

No, but the continent is right.

travelbug
January 24th, 2010, 12:43 AM
Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand?

el_norte
January 24th, 2010, 01:46 AM
Vietnam, Indonesia, India?

desertpunk
January 24th, 2010, 04:00 AM
South Korea? Taiwan? Cambodia?

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 08:53 AM
Vietnam, Indonesia, India?

yes! :yes:

Leigh
January 24th, 2010, 10:13 AM
Gurgaon, Bangalore, Hyderabad?

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 10:16 AM
nope

SanMiguel
January 24th, 2010, 11:59 AM
Kolkata?
Mumbai?
New Delhi/Noida?

.

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 12:23 PM
:nono: no

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 01:05 PM
Here's a second picture of that city.
It's a different site than the first one, but the two buildings have something in common (and I don't mean in terms of architecture or style).

http://i47.tinypic.com/1zflevk.jpg

SanMiguel
January 24th, 2010, 01:23 PM
Pune?
Kotchi?
Chennai?

.

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 01:35 PM
nope

(one more hint: the two buildings belong to the same university)

deranged
January 24th, 2010, 06:00 PM
Ahmedabad, Chandigarh

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 06:13 PM
no

travelbug
January 24th, 2010, 07:21 PM
Mysore, noida?

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 07:26 PM
still no

another hint (and this time a helpful one) coming up in a few posts ;)

SanMiguel
January 24th, 2010, 07:46 PM
yeah, cos the univerisity-hint doesn't help much, they have soo many in India :)

Madurai?
Coimbatore?
Nagpur?

.

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 08:18 PM
no

it's a state capital

travelbug
January 24th, 2010, 09:01 PM
Thiruvananthapuram, Agartala, Gangtok

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 09:42 PM
nope

el_norte
January 24th, 2010, 10:34 PM
Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Bhopal?

travelbug
January 24th, 2010, 11:20 PM
Gandhinagar, dispur, Patna

snowman159
January 24th, 2010, 11:51 PM
Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Bhopal?

Yes. :yes:

It's KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.

(btw, Bhubaneswar is said to be the cleanest city in India) ;)

el_norte
January 25th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Really nice campus, if a bit moderny...

travelbug
January 25th, 2010, 12:19 AM
I cannot get over how many universities there are in India. But I suppose it is a huge country I count about 300!

snowman159
January 25th, 2010, 01:36 AM
I cannot get over how many universities there are in India. But I suppose it is a huge country I count about 300!

Check out Google Maps of Bhubaneswar. There must be more than 20 different universities in just that one city of less than a million inhabitants.

Heroico
February 2nd, 2010, 10:37 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2982171082_a62b9e9407_o.jpg

Blazar
February 2nd, 2010, 10:48 PM
dublin

travelbug
February 2nd, 2010, 11:03 PM
Again! :lol:

Heroico
February 3rd, 2010, 05:10 PM
dublin

:lol: very easy

Heroico
February 3rd, 2010, 05:16 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3807076685_d4a60f0646_b.jpg

travelbug
February 3rd, 2010, 05:20 PM
Bratislava

Heroico
February 3rd, 2010, 05:31 PM
Bratislava

:) other pic

rex abad
February 13th, 2010, 09:41 PM
guess....
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/3558/21471087612330235a3fbng7.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3351713465_ebed2d6d11.jpg

rex abad
February 13th, 2010, 09:48 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3331271359_19258e2cb7.jpg

rex abad
February 13th, 2010, 09:50 PM
where???
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3331271359_19258e2cb7.jpg

travelbug
February 13th, 2010, 09:51 PM
Asia somewhere.

Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines?

hkchan
February 14th, 2010, 12:49 AM
Are they all one place? Or are the seperate cities?

The latter pic looks like it's somewhere in Japan.

travelbug
February 14th, 2010, 12:50 AM
Davao City, Philippines.

rex abad
February 14th, 2010, 09:22 AM
yes!!!

rex abad
February 14th, 2010, 09:24 AM
the one with an island and with a mountain are just the same

desertpunk
February 14th, 2010, 02:42 PM
Shocker! :)

snowman159
February 24th, 2010, 03:44 AM
http://i46.tinypic.com/2eq5qpt.jpg

desertpunk
February 24th, 2010, 03:52 AM
Indonesia?

snowman159
February 24th, 2010, 03:58 AM
nope

travelbug
February 24th, 2010, 09:40 AM
Thailand?

snowman159
February 24th, 2010, 09:43 AM
no

travelbug
February 24th, 2010, 10:03 AM
Costa Rica?

snowman159
February 24th, 2010, 10:07 AM
Costa Rica is a lot closer than Thailand or Indonesia, but still not there yet.

travelbug
February 24th, 2010, 10:35 AM
Mexico, Honduras, Panama?

snowman159
February 24th, 2010, 10:37 AM
Mexico, Honduras, Panama?

yes!

the rest is easy

travelbug
February 24th, 2010, 10:49 AM
Tegucigalpa. Spelling that is not easy!

snowman159
February 24th, 2010, 11:47 AM
Yep!

snowman159
March 9th, 2010, 10:19 PM
here's a new one:

http://i39.tinypic.com/dxmg5t.jpg

desertpunk
March 9th, 2010, 10:43 PM
NYC?

WonderlandPark
March 9th, 2010, 10:51 PM
Since I can just make out "ONE BROOKLYN" on the banner, it must be Brooklyn, NYC

snowman159
March 9th, 2010, 11:02 PM
Since I can just make out "ONE BROOKLYN" on the banner, it must be Brooklyn, NYC

oh, i didn't even notice that

you're both right :)

KAZAN RESIDENT
April 7th, 2010, 09:58 PM
anyone know this city? if yes please let me know! thanks:)
http://i014.radikal.ru/1004/4c/9a9b73481fe1.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

coldplay4ever
April 7th, 2010, 10:13 PM
Nashville ?

travelbug
April 7th, 2010, 10:32 PM
Its Nashville

KAZAN RESIDENT
April 7th, 2010, 10:44 PM
oh thanks travelbug:)

travelbug
April 7th, 2010, 10:51 PM
No worries buddy

snowman159
April 11th, 2010, 08:08 PM
ok ok, not a skyline, but here we go anyway:

http://i40.tinypic.com/20718n7.jpg

travelbug
April 11th, 2010, 08:10 PM
I know it. I will let someone else guess.

coldplay4ever
April 11th, 2010, 08:18 PM
Innsbruck, Szalsburg, Colmar?

snowman159
April 11th, 2010, 08:19 PM
nope

travelbug
April 11th, 2010, 08:23 PM
There is a little river running beside it!

Bristol Mike
April 11th, 2010, 08:29 PM
Stratford on Avon, Chester?

snowman159
April 11th, 2010, 08:44 PM
no, but you're in the right country

ThatDarnSacramentan
April 11th, 2010, 08:57 PM
Bath, Bristol?

snowman159
April 11th, 2010, 09:05 PM
nope

desertpunk
April 11th, 2010, 09:59 PM
Henley? Woking? ...Slough?

Bristol Mike
April 11th, 2010, 10:02 PM
Norwich, Shrewsbury, Cambridge?

snowman159
April 11th, 2010, 11:51 PM
nope

think of an important literary work

Blazar
April 11th, 2010, 11:56 PM
windsor

travelbug
April 11th, 2010, 11:57 PM
Or a murdered bishop......

Blazar
April 11th, 2010, 11:59 PM
canterbury

desertpunk
April 12th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Walthamstow?

snowman159
April 12th, 2010, 12:00 AM
canterbury


You got it! :okay:

IRaven
April 12th, 2010, 12:27 AM
Oxford, York. I `m late

snowman159
April 12th, 2010, 12:30 AM
it's canterbury