I'd like to trek around Patagonia some day soon, but that's not where I am now.

cartagena?

But not a city?

Amazon River?

Nope, not Cartegena and like Tul says, not a city. And not on the Amazon River, either.

Lake Titicaca?

Damn, all these cool places I coulda been...but I'm not.

Clue: I'm north of Lake Titicaca.

trinidad?

Isn't Trinidad an island? Trinidad is closer to where I am, but I'm not in Trinidad.

Machu Picchu?

Looks like there is a Trinidad, Bolivia too. Never heard of it before but it's not an island... of course you said not a city either so?

ahhh, I didn't see the one in Bolivia when I looked it up. I did find out that there is also a Trinidad in California, but we all knew I was south of the border....but just the same, if a travel agency promises me a nice cheap vacation in Trinidad, I just want to make sure they're not sending me to New Jersey.

I'm not in Machu Picchu, either. But Machu Picchu has some similar characteristics to where I am, though where I am is not, and to my knowledge has never been, a human settlement of any sort.

Angel Falls?

BINGO!!! I'm watching Angel Falls fall over the edge right now...falling away deep into the abyss and turning into a misty spray before it hits the bottom.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...from_Raton.jpg

Actually, I was first thinking of those flat top plateaus in Venezuela called tepui, and Angel Falls falls from the top of one called Auyantepui.

A Tepui (or Tepuy) is a table-top mountain (mesa) found only in the Guayana highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana. Tepuis tend to be found as isolated entities rather than in connected ranges, which makes them the host of a unique array of endemic plant and animal species. Some of the most outstanding tepuis are Autana, Auyantepui and Mount Roraima (the highest and most famous one, on the border tripoint of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana). They are typically composed of sheer blocks of Precambrian sandstone or quartzite rocks rising abruptly from the jungle, giving rise to spectacular natural scenery. Auyantepui is the source of Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ezuela_001.jpg

PS: strangely enough, my cousins grew up in Venezuela. Strange because we're all born in Austria and Hungary, but when we came to the U.S. they couldn't get in due to "quota" limits so they chose South America and other cousins chose Canada. So when we get together we're all blabbing in tongues...Hungarian, German, Czech, ...and my weird cousins in Spanish.

You pick interesting spots.

Go!

australia?

No, wrong hemisphere(s)

canada?

Mas sur por favor.

Central America?

Wiki says No.

an island?

Nope.

South America?

Mas Norte.

Mexico?

Si, Si.

les etats uni?

The only word I understand here is "them." If that's Spanish. But I tell you my Spanish SUCKS! Peggy Hill has me beat.

Look to my avatar.

I have to go pick a friend (yaz, "A" coming back to town!) at the airport, then the gym. So I'll be out for a few.

the united states in french...

ok, mexico...

on the yucatan?

French, interesting.

Yes, in the Yucatan.

Back from the airport, waiting for the rain to stop. Might be here for a few, you could get this before I walk down to the gym.

How about Xel-Ha?

Fortunately when I was there many years ago there were only a few other people at the inland lagoon so we had a great time snorkling there.

How's the development now adays at Akumal? When I was there in the late 1970's there was nothing on the beach except a thatched roof open air bar and all else I recall was one large "house" on the bay at the northern end where it meets the ocean...I think they said it used to belong to British Royalty and at that time it was a "bed & breakfast" sort of place with a few rooms to rent...very nice place to stay.

PS: development sucks

No, but you're pretty damn close. And this place too has been "found" by way too many tourist for me, though not nearly as well know as Xel-Ha or Xcaret. Those are more theme park then where I am. I'm more sleepy little beach town.

how about Majahual?

North.

South of Cancun, north of Tulum.

Majahual is still really nice. Visit it while it is, once they rebuild the cruise ship pier it will be all down hill.

While you're there check out Lake Bacalar, it's awesome.

http://lakebacalar.org/lakebacalar.org.html

I can't see the image, Tully. Maybe you wanted [img]?

I haven't been to Mexico in a few years, so forgive my archaic knowledge of what villages and/or towns reside on the peninsula.

I am drawing a white line in circles. :| No clue.



EDIT: Also, did someone refine the rules that we can make use of cartographs and the like? I'd like to refresh my memory of the visit, but I don't want to infringe upon the rules.

I'm wild guessing now...as if I wasn't before...

how about Palmul?

Smoking, but no.

No "Pal" and "Mal" instead of "Mul."

It should be a link?

As far as I know you can use anything you want. If the rules are different I've been massively cheating via google earth.

If we're not allowed to use maps, charts, atlas' and the like I have to stop playing. In fact I'm barely keeping up using them.

I'm diggin deep here, Tul...how about Presa de Malpaso.

Don't say "yes" just because it has a "Mal" in it! And after all this, I hope you can post some pics of this place cause a pic is worth a thousand words...my wife did NOT say that.

Tully: Ah, I couldn't see the link at all in the first place... only when I quoted it... yet it seems to have righted itself now.

BadNick: Hopefully you win this round for two reasons; you have been chipping away at the guesses pretty hard, and maybe for the benefit of simpletons like me wanting to catch up to the proliferation of this thread by 22 pages since my last visit, you could perhaps choose a not-so-pinpoint locale of this Planet Earth; recognition factor helps move the cogs.

That's all. Kudos. (and I am off to subscribe to National geographic for a free poster-size world map.)

No, I've spent a little time running up and down the coast between Cancun and Tulum and I don't think I've ever heard of Malpaso.

I've spent time here, taught dive courses in a pool to tourists off and on here for a while.

It's the home of "The Good Life" The Spanish good life.


That's probably because I tried to post a photo of Lake Bacalar but couldn't get the image to show up. So, I gave up and posted a link to a site with several photos.

I can't seem to find any "Good Life" places in that stretch of Mexico...I'm looking for something with "Vida Buena" or similar in the name. Now I did find mention of a "fun beach bar" at La Buena Vida; this was mentioned on the "oh so official" sounding website of Locogringo dot com, so I have my doubts if this is the place.

I'm going to have a few cervezas now and think about this some more.

Actually that's exactly right! I'm in La Buenda Vida's bar in Akumal, Mexico. IRL I'm wearing one of their t-shirts right now. They used to pay me half in shirts, ok not really but they did give me a lot of shirts. Almost like they were tipping me with t-shirts. I must own about 8 t-shirts from there. I think the people at my gym must think I either do laundry every night or wear the same stinky shirt everyday.


Here's the pool used by the dive shop for lessons:

http://www.akumalinfo.com/images/pool.jpg

No that's not me, just a photo I grabbed on-line. But I have taught the basics of diving to quite a few tourists in that pool. My best memories are of a couple ladies on a winter get away from the gray skies of the UK.

Here's one from inside the bar:

http://www.akumalinfo.com/images/eron_and_skeletons.jpg

I first found this place about 15yrs ago by accident. All good places are found by accident, IMHO. Back then the beers were .25 and they'd loan you snorkel gear. The bar stools are swings. When you got tried of swinging and drinking you could borrow snorkel gear and walk out into half moon bay where you'd see fish, squid and turtles. Not much has changed over the years except the number of tourists and the price. One Sunday morning while in Oregon I picked up my morning paper and flipped to the travel section. There on the front page was Akumal. On my next visit there I found the beers were $5 and now they rent you snorkel gear for $10.

Yer up, Nick!

Sounds like a cool place, even though you say it was cooler before the dreaded development. This reminds me that I need to go explore somewhere. But I can't believe I stumbled into guessing this one...your clues gave me good fodder for finding.

So where to be now?...is there anyplace we haven't been yet?

OK, where in the world am I?

kabul, afghanistan?

There really hasn't been much development. Just an increase in prices. That's a rare thing down here. Not sure why Akumal hasn't been over run with "resorts?" You can still swing at the bar and snorkel in the bay. Only difference I see is breakfast used to be $2 and now it's $10. And instead of having your meal served to you in a quiet restaurant alone, you have to often wait for a table.

This why there are many spots I like I wouldn't even post on here. Once it's "found" I have to find a new place to fly fish for Bone fish.

Ok, WH?

Yes I'm in the WH...so obviously not in Kabul.

SH?

Nope, I'm in the NH.

contiguous 48 - US?

City?

Yes I'm somewhere in the contiguous lower 48...but not in a city. But it is a place I'm pretty sure most people have heard of, though I bet very few have been there.

Ok east of the Miss. River?

Nope, west of the Miss.R.

Pike Peaks?

edit: Pikes Peak?

Nope, not Pikes Peak

...but man, I would love to drive my car up Pikes Peak some day. On a smaller, more local scale, maybe tomorrow, or if not then pretty soon, I'm driving over to Reading, PA about 45min west of my home to get familiar with the Duryea and Pagoda Hillclimb. They have a hillclimb competition there each year and I want to see what my car can do there...of course I have to steer it and control other stuff as any good driver should http://www.pahillclimb.org/Courses/Reading.htm

the four corners?

nope...I'm actually still west of there.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5_FCMarker.jpg

death valley?

Lake?

not Death Valley, and not a Lake.

The place where I am is named after a natural feature, but when I say the name of the place I always think of what humans built there, not really the natural features of the place. I think most people would agree with that.

As I alluded to above, earlier today I drove up Duryea Drive to the top of the Pagoda Hill near Reading...actually in Mt. Penn, PA. Wow, what a gorgeous view of the surrounding valleys, including the town of Reading. Then I headed back on the other side down Skyline Dr. and found a real nice little creek to go back fishing, there's a dam on Antietam Creek there and it looks like I'll catch some largemouth bass there next time.

Mountain?

yes

...Tul, do you know that unc won't be here for a little while while he takes care of some personal matter?

Cascades?

Yes, I heard a rumor of such news regarding UP.

palisades...

leaving tomorrow for, hopefully, only a week and a half...

Wow, you're back already...leaving tomorrow. Journeyman.


Nothing I found relates this place in California to the Cascades or Palisades.

Pyramid Peak?

nope...I'm about 300 miles southwest of Pyramid Peak.

San Joaquin Valley?

San Gorgonio Mountain?

hope somebody's got it by 6:00 am...

I'm about 75 or 80 miles south of San Gorgonio Mt.

Keep looking up <<< = clue

Palomar Mountain?

Alright! You got it, Tully.

Astronomy has been a hobby of mine since I was about 8 years old, when I got my first telescope for my birthday. Since then my hobby has expanded a bit into astrophysics and cosmology...spaced out, I guess.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...bservatory.jpg

Alright, another cool spot.

Go!

Hint- I've run through my top three bars in the world, so this one won't be bar related. In fact I'm sad to say I've never even been to this place.

WH?

Yes

North America?

Yep.

I'll be out for a while. Got a nightmare going on with the electric company. Hopefully I'll be back later today.

in the U.S.?

Yep.

East of the Mississippi River?

Yep

Are you south of 37deg. latitude?

North of 37.

New York City?

I'm looking for a specific location in that area.

Statue of Liberty?

Smoking

Ellis Island?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...6/NYharbor.jpg

Bingo!

Seems it may be in NY or it may be partly in NJ, in dispute currently. So I wasn't really sure how to answer your NY Q.

But you got it, yer up.

I wonder if we should count our blessings that New Jersey and New York didn't attack each other to settle their border dispute. As far as I can see, it is "officially" in both NY and NJ. This is a good summary from Wiki:

It is situated in Jersey City, New Jersey and New York City. Ellis Island was the subject of a border dispute between New York State and New Jersey. According to the United States Census Bureau, the island, which was largely artificially created through landfill, has an official land area of 129,619 square meters, or 32 acres, more than 83 percent of which lies in the city of Jersey City. The natural portion of the island, lying in New York City, is 21,458 square meters (5.3 acres), and is completely surrounded by the artificially created portion. For New York State tax purposes it is assessed as Manhattan Block 1, Lot 201. Since 1998, it also has a tax number assigned by the state of New Jersey.


OK, shoot.

Where in the world am I?

Yeah,Wiki's where I went to before answering your Q.

OK, SH?

Nope. I'm in the NH.

city?

I'm thinking of a place in a city. I think once you get the city, the place won't be too hard since it's a very prominent and famous location in the city.

WH?

yes, WH.

in chicago?

Within the 48 Con. US?

Not Chicago...and not even in the U.S.

canadia?