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(International) Guess the Location (see rules post 1)

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  • #2672
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Okay here we go, sorry for the delay. It was hard to find a picture that would fool google images. I think I've given just enough away but for the record I've never posted anything about this location so don't bother checking my history :P

    i8oeqsO.png


  • #2673
    Bob24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    Fair-play for posting a picture with more distinctive elements than previous submissions :-)

    Wild guess: Korea.


  • #2674
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Bob24 wrote: »
    Fair-play for posting a picture with more distinctive elements than previous submissions :-)

    Wild guess: Korea.

    Nope


  • #2675
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    St Petersburg, Russia


  • #2676
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Red Kev wrote: »
    St Petersburg, Russia

    Not Russia,


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  • #2677
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    Japan?


  • #2678
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Red Hare wrote: »
    Japan?

    Nope


  • #2679
    Fred Swanson
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  • #2680
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Afraid not,


  • #2681
    evolving_doors
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    washington!


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  • #2682
    Jakey Rolling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭Jakey Rolling


    Tashkent, Uzbekistan?

    100412.2526@compuserve.com



  • #2683
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Jakey Rolling wrote: »
    Tashkent, Uzbekistan?

    Correct!

    I only realised that cropping the Tashkent Globe in the picture and searching for similar images leads you straight to it after I had already posted it!


  • #2684
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Can we finish the second half of my puzzle now?


  • #2685
    Jakey Rolling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭Jakey Rolling


    Magnate wrote: »
    Correct!

    I only realised that cropping the Tashkent Globe in the picture and searching for similar images leads you straight to it after I had already posted it!

    Didn't do it that way - the scene looked "Soviet" so I searched for "Soviet monuments globe" and it was one of the first images.

    Now, haven't done this before, might take me a while to post an image.

    100412.2526@compuserve.com



  • #2686
    Fred Swanson
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  • #2687
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    No rush Jakey


  • #2688
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Jakey Rolling wrote: »
    Didn't do it that way - the scene looked "Soviet" so I searched for "Soviet monuments globe" and it was one of the first images.

    Now, haven't done this before, might take me a while to post an image.

    Fair play to you in that case :)


  • #2689
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Firstly for my earlier humdinger these were my clues.
    The answer is not Cuba and Spanish would not be spoken in this country.
    Spanish is no longer spoken in the Philippines, English is the predominant second language there after the native Tagalog. The American's colonized the Philippines around the turn on the 20th Century until after WWII.
    This city has a strong historical connection to Portugal
    Ferdinand Magellan disocvered Cebu and was subsequently killed there.
    Both answers are incorrect. A famous discoverer landed on my shores a long time ago.
    Another hint towards Magellan
    Wrong, Once I was Capital but now I'm ranked in a lowly position, my airport lies offshore where the whiteman met his doom.
    Cebu was once Capital but now is the fifth biggest city in the Philippines, the airport is located on Lapu Lapu Island where Magellan was killed.
    Wrong Island $$$ pacman.gifpacman.gifpacman.gif
    This was a clue hinting at Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Filipino boxer Manny "PacMan" Pacquaio.
    The Portuguese came and went and I am not Lahaina.
    The Spanish subsequently colonized the Philippines and not the Portuguese.
    I must strain the spuds
    This was a hint towards Killinaskully which had a priest called Fr. Philip Eno.

    Someone suggested Timor which shares the Catholic Faith with the Philippines.

    And back to the second half of this puzzle?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95492427&postcount=2646


  • #2690
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    ^ Brilliant, don't know how I missed the pacman hint!


  • #2691
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Stinicker wrote: »
    And back to the second half of this puzzle?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=95492427&postcount=2646


    Would the church happen to be one of these?

    UStQvXx.png


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  • #2692
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Finally the Lexmark Building was visible in the higher resolution picture I posted, which was what I thought would really swing it.


  • #2693
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Magnate wrote: »
    Would the church happen to be one of these?

    UStQvXx.png

    No the connection between the Church and Cebu is a different thing entirely


  • #2694
    Bob24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    Stinicker wrote: »
    Finally the Lexmark Building was visible in the higher resolution picture I posted, which was what I thought would really swing it.

    I spent quite some time trying to read what was written on that bloody building :-D - got "mark" alright but nowhere close to "Lex"!


  • #2695
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    A fresh clue linking Cebu to the mystery Church.

    348922.jpg


  • #2696
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    I know the church looks nothing like your hint, but I can't believe there's a church out there with more of a link than the St. Joseph Church in San Francisco. Please tell me I'm getting warmer! http://www.santoninodecebu.org/history.html
    In 1968, Sally Famarin brought the devotion to the Holy Infant Jesus to the Bay Area. Her tireless effort has brought national distinction to Americans of Filipino descent, and the Santo Nino Fiesta become a recipient of numerous Proclamations from top US government and ecclesiastical officials as one of the most beautiful celebration and a recognition of the continuing friendship and outstanding achievements of Filipino-American community. The devotion of the Santo Nino was also considered the means of inspiring the highest values in upholding sacred traditions of Philippine culture and heritage here in the Bay Area. Through the late Fr. McGee, pastor of the St. Joseph Church in San Francisco, a marble altar was constructed to enthrone the Image of the Santo Nino de Cebu inside St. Joseph Church. On January 17, 1982 a mass in honor of the Santo Nino was celebrated in thanksgiving for the passing of the US Congress Resolution in recognition of the Shrine as part of National Registry of Cultural and Historical Places. The Vatican and Pope John Paul II also sent an Apostolic Blessing, and said "by this time of writing, the Santo Nino de Cebu is the only Filipino identity that is registered in the National Registry of cultural and Historical Places in Washington D.C·. The Santo Nino in San Francisco strengthen that Image."


  • #2697
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    Spanish is no longer spoken in the Philippines, English is the predominant second language there after the native Tagalog. The American's colonized the Philippines around the turn on the 20th Century until after WWII.

    Spanish is still spoken by about 1-2 million people, not a lot when you consider the population. I went out with a Filipino lawyer about 20 years ago, her mother and her grandparents spoke Spanish with each other, though she could barely speak it herself.

    Good pic and chase all the same.


  • #2698
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    ^ ^ ^ ^ I'm a bit confused here...whoever guesses this church location does not qualify to go next turn? Its Jakey Rolling's turn, isn't it?


  • #2699
    Jakey Rolling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭Jakey Rolling


    Ok, so something with a nautical theme...

    100412.2526@compuserve.com



  • #2700
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Red Hare wrote: »
    ^ ^ ^ ^ I'm a bit confused here...whoever guesses this church location does not qualify to go next turn? Its Jakey Rolling's turn, isn't it?

    Of course, I'm just doing this for fun :)


    How about St. Elizabeth Church?


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  • #2701
    Magnate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Magnate


    Jakey Rolling wrote: »
    Ok, so something with a nautical theme...

    San Francisco? Pier 39?


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