The "guess the place" thread

[Jezza]

Not Jaipur. It's further east.

Kampuchea?

Getting warmer. But not Cambodia either. 

Pumpé will be bound to get it. I know he's been there.

[Jezza]

I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.

[peterh]

I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.

That would be Vientiane then - thought it looked a bit like the Arc de Triomphe

[frankly frankie]

You shouldn't need a clue for this one.  Except the photo is more than 30 years old and I expect its changed a bit ...

[gordon taylor]

I'm always wrong... but this time I'd guess at the Forth and Clyde Canal, somewhere near Maryhill at the Glasgow end?

[frankly frankie]

I'm always wrong...

... but not this time.  Its the aqueduct where it crosses the Kelvin river, as you say near Maryhill.

[gordon taylor]

I'm always wrong...

... but not this time.  Its the aqueduct where it crosses the Kelvin river, as you say near Maryhill.

Whooppee!! 

[Jezza]

I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.

That would be Vientiane then - thought it looked a bit like the Arc de Triomphe

It's called Patuxai, and is indeed in Vientiane. The story is that the Americans gave the Lao government lots of money to build a runway capable of taking B52s. The Lao took the money (after assorted 'costs' were subtracted) and decided instead to put up this thing.

Maybe I'll do an easier one next time. 

[peterh]

Quite a remote place, but hopefully not too obscure!

[donpedro]

I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.

That would be Vientiane then - thought it looked a bit like the Arc de Triomphe

It's called Patuxai, and is indeed in Vientiane. The story is that the Americans gave the Lao government lots of money to build a runway capable of taking B52s. The Lao took the money (after assorted 'costs' were subtracted) and decided instead to put up this thing.

Maybe I'll do an easier one next time. 

To save electricity they have swapped all the hundreds of light bulbs to fluorescent bulbs! Half of them were busted so it looks quite tacky close up. Passed by on my way the National Geological Institute witch is just around the corner. Had hoped to buy some military maps there as they are the only accurate ones. They were closed of cours so I used the LP-map book. Later I spent a couple of day's lost in the woods trying to navigate along a road bombed by the Americans 30 years ago and now completely lost to the forest. Still marked as a major highway in the LP-map though!

[Really Ancien]

Quite a remote place, but hopefully not too obscure!

I'm thinking Russian because of the cross. the two saints might be Peter and Paul. So Petropavlovsk Kamchatky.

Damon.

[border-rider]

I wonder how foreshortened that photo is ? Those antennas don't look too far away.  Could be...interesting

[peterh]

Quite a remote place, but hopefully not too obscure!

I'm thinking Russian because of the cross. the two saints might be Peter and Paul. So Petropavlovsk Kamchatky.

Damon.

Not quite as remote as that!  More off the beaten tourist path (although it's popular within the country itself).

The country does have some historical connection to Russia but they are different saints.  They were brothers and their historical importance comes from their work in the region.

The TV mast is only about 100m from the statue - I used a wide angle lens to get the framing.

[Bluebottle]

Hmm.  I was originally thinking Hungary given the cross, which would make one of them Istvan, the other Béla

[Really Ancien]

Now I'm thinking St Cyril and St Methodius, Bulgaria, Pamporovo maybe.

Damon.

[peterh]

Now I'm thinking St Cyril and St Methodius, Bulgaria, Pamporovo maybe.

Damon.

Getting warmer, but wrong country

[Pingu]

[frankly frankie]

The TV mast is only about 100m from the statue - I used a wide angle lens to get the framing.

Its a very good photo, IMO, very well spotted.  So I've copied it yet again!

(Haven't a clue about where, beyond a general feeling of eastern-orthodoxy and, er, height.)

[Jaded]

OK - I've decided to add another one to keep the thread warm whilst we muse over giants and towers!

This should be easy.

[peterh]

The TV mast is only about 100m from the statue - I used a wide angle lens to get the framing.

Its a very good photo, IMO, very well spotted.  So I've copied it yet again!

(Haven't a clue about where, beyond a general feeling of eastern-orthodoxy and, er, height.)

Damon got the saints right and the statue is around 1100m above sea level.

[andrew w]

Damon got the saints right and the statue is around 1100m above sea level.

Then with a bit of computer-aided detective work, I think we're in the Czech Republic - Mt Radhost.

Andrew

[Ian H]

Gaudi's church in Barcelona?

[clarion]

After some fairly tricky ones, this should be easier.

[Pingu]

Gaudi's church in Barcelona?

Nope

[border-rider]

After some fairly tricky ones, this should be easier.

Burnsall