Around The World

[erik]

A few years back on the forum of my student union we started the best topic ever. Someone would upload a picture of a landmark somewhere in the world. People would have to find the location of the landmark, the first one to find it had to put up a new picture.

Since this is a worldwide forum it will be a good challenge to find a mysterious photo but it should also be a fun challenge to get to know about places in the world.

Rules are as follows:

* pictures should show a specific landmark/building/natural wonder/ etc.

* don't link pictures directly from the internet, makes it very easy to follow the URL

* sometimes it's easy to find the picture on the internet by using certain applications, but hey, what's the fun in that

* when coming up with a solution, try to be as specific as possible: location, eventual name of the landmark.

I'll start with a picture of a place I used to live close to for awhile! Good Luck!

 

[herpnewb12]

how specific do we have to get with the answer?

 

[erik]

Well, try to get the location and maybe the name of it Be creative on your google searches!

 

[Mel&Keith]

Can you post a larger version of that picture? It's kind of hard to tell what it is.

 

[erik]

I would but it would give the name of the church, haha, it is a small church!

 

[Mel&Keith]

Can we have a hint? I'm obsessing and can't figure it out.

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

Got It!

The privately owned St Gobban's church in Portbraddan, Ireland. Believed to be Ireland's smallest church.

 

[Mel&Keith]

Ahh! How did you figure it out or did you already know? You have to post a picture now, Maurice.

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

I had heard of it once years ago. It wasn't an easy one to figure out.

Sorry, forgot I needed to post. :main_laugh: Anyway, I actually worked on a mountain-top that overlooked this island back in the early 90s. Talk about a dream job. :main_cool3: This island is famous for a philosopher and a very well known family. Good Luck!

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[Mel&Keith]

Are we allowed to ask questions for clues? Is it a Mediterranean Island?

 

[erik]

Ok I'm releasing some thoughts on this pictures...after googling on island/bay/church.

Because I think there's a church on the island with a cross on it. So it will probably be either South America Or the Mediterranean...or somewhere around Europe...

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

Mediterranean is close, but not exact.

 

[herpnewb12]

Is it one of the islands off the coast of Italy? Not like Sardinia or Sicily, but one of those small ones?

 

[erik]

Mediterranean is close, but not exact.

hmmm Adriatic, Egeic, i'm still searching...

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

Is it one of the islands off the coast of Italy? Not like Sardinia or Sicily, but one of those small ones?

Not quite...

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

hmmm Adriatic, Egeic, i'm still searching...

Nope, and nope...

 

[sunshinegeckofarm]

would it be a island off of greece

 

[Mel&Keith]

Coast of Turkey?

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

would it be a island off of greece

Yeah...

 

[erik]

Depending on ones definition of a Greek Island, there are over 3,000 islands of which only about 168 are inhabited. If you count every rock you'd want to avoid with your boat then there are millions of Greek islands!

This might take awhile, unless we count Mel&Keiths answer as correct