You went about twice as far east from Australia as needed, but you're on the right trajectory.
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Right in between Fiji and Australia.

And you could choose Tahiti now, but you'd still be wrong

my maps are shot...

fiji?

Right in between Fiji and Australia.

You guys are getting so close I can smell the coco butter.

Port-Vila in Vanuatu? :surprised:

No, you're still a couple miles north of my locale.

Draw a line on a map from Brisbane Australia to Fiji. In the middle of that line you'll find me.

By elimination, and since it seems you are willing to indulge my incessant guessings, I will offer up once again that you are in: New Caledonia

You're offering that up again? Man, I'm sorry I missed that.

Oui, oui I'm on the beach at Noumea, New Caledonia.


Somewhere I have pics from the beach there and some of their money. Which was, when I was there French Francs. it a French tourist spot and I believe owned by the French.

You're up Jetee

I would've kept going to name the exact locale, but I am very appreciative that you didn't have me go that route. Nonetheless, I would've guessed there since it was the most prominent village expressed.


Here are some visuales:

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...dium/96197.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...um/1987512.jpg



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Now give me a second to appropriate my bearings, and then, commencement.


... Oh, yeah... see specifics... ok, go ahead.

Divine my destination.

North hem?

Let's see... Ah, well... it seems most of the inhabitable world as we know it lies above the blue bisecting belt.

Affirmative then.

West Hem?

Negative.

Europe?

Nein.

Asia?

Ya.

China

New Caledonia?

Edit: Hell, you guys did like 10 posts while I was still thinking!

Tully: The People's Republic of China is more correct, but it is not my current location.


The above is actually a vague hint.

Are you in India?

Hong Kong

Also, no.

Don't feel bad I do shit like this all the time.


It's a beautiful island, I highly rec'd it. I will return someday.

Siberia? I was thinking that first, but a widdow wabbit might fweeze there. Or get eaten by a tiger.

No.

Also, I am very impressed how fast you can narrow a location; hemisphere, continent, and so on. I am learning.

I was waiting for you to say no, so I could say Korea. Or, People's Republic of Korea.

Wow. Good plan, and nice to see you taking me clue to heart. Alas, no.

Also, not to give too much away, but this place also has a connection with Tully's most prominent clue for New Caledonia.

Not Holland?

edit: hurry up and say no, so I can say Netherlands.

/me thinks I'm going the wrong way on this. Where's my Tully?

Not correct either, but to lucidify, Tully already eliminated the European continent.

As I thought.

You were speaking Dutch, it seemed. Guessing ... Indonesia? Though that would seem too far south.

I seem to be alot of things. Inudibitably and irregardless(sorry,but for alliteration's sake),

Indonesia is incorrect.

this is about my second time playing this. pausing to make a list of possible planets on earth for me to choose from.

This is my third. The last time I played this game was on page 3, still in its infancy. Sorry for the possible delay, but I got lost in the 'choose your jelly' thread. But, since you gave no guess, you couldn't have missed me too much.

How about Vietnam...officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam? I'm guessing this country assuming the French connection was Tully's clue you alluded to.

Do many women conceal their faces with cloth?

Very insightful BadNick, but I am afraid that is not it either. The French connection should help all, though.



ItWasMe: No, many women do not, but that does not help the general consensus that may come to one's mind when one hears of this country's region.

Are you in one of the countries that was at one time considered "French Indochina"?

No.

Is it closer to the North Pole than Lebanon is?

Alas, I must hug the furry bunny goodnight. Getting late here.

Yes. I am within the borders of Lebanon. :D

But, this time, as opposed to last, I am located not in the capital city, but a recognizable landmark which is also the site for an international venue.

Where am I residing?

tripoli?

Grand Serail?

Are you at Beiteddine Palace?


...re: Gilberto Gil, who is also the minister of Culture of Brazil, was a guest at Beiteddine Palace, some 50 kilometers away from Beirut, the country capital. The show is part of Beiteddine Festival, which began on the July 12 and should continue with nine other presentations up to August 12. Gilberto Gil is among Brazilians at Lebanon's International Music Festival there.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ne20Palace.gif

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...cs6/287887.jpg

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

Ah, yes.

I am indeed at Beiteddine Palace in the Republic of Lebanon, which is also site of the International Music Festival to which I was alluding.

You saved me much of the effort and history that might've gone into this post, BadNick.

You were quite confident of your guess, and it paid off. The show is now yours, Nick.

Reminds me of the movie "While You Were Sleeping."

Jetée, I was pretty confident based on your last couple clues and my intuition. I'll dig out one of my old LP's of Gilberto Gil playing and singing with his band...I haven't played that in quite a few years.


OK folks, where in the world am I?

WH?

ItWasMe: I have not seen nor heard of the mentioned film; recommend it, would you?

BadNick: That would definitely set me aflutter to hear one of his albums.


Intuition: You are currently experiencing the cusp of winter/spring.

Tul: yes, WH

Jetée, Nope, not winter/spring. It's quite a nice summer here as far as I can see, and that's quite far.

North America?

You are near the Gulf of Mexico

Can you see the ocean?

jet: great movie, one of my favorites. I'll pm you.

jorgelito: yes, NA

Jetée, not near the GOM.

ItWasMe, yes, I can clearly see the ocean.

hey! We might want to know about this secret movie, too. Spill the beans, please.


PS: unfortunately, I will be MIA for about the next 16 hours...going racing!!! So if you all decide to keep the game moving along by having someone else step in with a turn, please go right ahead. I'll be back later...hopefully with some pics and incar video to post and no reports of death, damage, or injury :eek:

He's Going to California

east of the mississippi?

Are you in the United States territories?

I'll pm you the movie details, too. It's not a secret. You can google it.

I'll check out Going to California but that's not where I am.

And yes unc, I'm east of the Miss.

ItWasMe, yes I'm in a U.S. territory...as in a state.

city?

N of the Mason Dixon line?

Not a city...the place I have in mind is a building and there are a couple very small towns within a few miles but the building is not in a town...it's pretty much just out there.

I am south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Hmmm....some sort of lighthouse?

damn, now jorgelito is HOT!!!

yes, I'm in a lighthouse.

Besides being a beautiful location, this lighthouse has some additional notoriety that you don't need to guess but I'll mention after it's guessed.

Cape Fear?

Can we use google?

Not Cape Fear...so go about 244 miles northeast.



"use google"??? I live on google for this game. So NO, you are not allowed or you'll get too good at it ;)

watch point, rhode island?

You are in a North Carolian Lighthouse

perhaps the one on Bodie Island
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Oh I didn't know Cape Fear was already in N. Carolina :o

Kitty Hawk seems to be in the vicinity you claim to be, to my cartographer's eye at least.

or, cape may, new jersey?

No google allowed? Holy crap!! You guys are serious geographers. I've been struggling here going by memory and deduction.

I will keep trying though.

Cape Fear is in N. Carolina (I only know this cause of the movie).

Rhode Island is north of the Mason-Dixon line.

Our light house is 244 miles northeast of Cape Fear.

So perhaps in N. Carolina still or Virginia.

What about Cape Hatteras?

uncle phil and Jetée, sorry you guys are not guessing where I am.

jorge old buddy...I was joking about not using google. All of us have been using it quite extensively.

And YES!!! jorgelito got it! I'm in Cape Hatteras Lighthouse....and that additional notoriety I referred to above is the fact that it is the tallest lighthouse in the U.S.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...e_img_0529.jpg

Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina near the community of Buxton. The Outer Banks are a group of islands on the North Carolina coast that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the coastal sounds and inlets. Atlantic currents in this area made for excellent travel for ships, except in the area of Diamond Shoals, just offshore at Cape Hatteras. Nearby, the warm Gulf Stream ocean current collides with the colder Labrador Current, creating ideal conditions for powerful ocean storms and sea swells. The large number of ships that ran aground because of these shifting sandbars, including the Civil War ironclad warship USS Monitor, gave this area the nickname “Graveyard of the Atlantic.” It also led Congress to authorize the construction of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse which is recognized by the National Park Service as the tallest lighthouse in America. The lighthouse is one of several on the North Carolina coast that are still operational including the Currituck, Bodie Island, Ocracoke, Cape Lookout, and Oak Island lighthouses.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...-660552-sw.jpg

Specifications
Construction material: Approximately 1,250,000 bricks
Height above sea level: 210 feet (64 m)
Height of the structure: about 207½ feet (63.2 m) (from the bottom of the foundation footer to the top of the spire on the roof)
Daymark: black and white spiral stripes
Number of steps: 268 steps to reach the light
Brightness: 800 kilocandelas from each of two 1000-watt lamps
Flash pattern: Every 7.5 seconds a short flash is visible
Visibility: From 20 nautical miles (37 km) in clear conditions. In exceptional conditions, it has been seen from 51 miles (94 km) out.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...-New-Locat.jpg

The top ten tallest lighthouses in the U.S.:
1) 207 feet (68 m) - Cape Hatteras Light, North Carolina (height includes 10 feet underground) [1]
2) 191 feet (63 m) - Cape Charles, Virginia [2]
3) 175 feet (57 m) - Ponce de Leon Inlet Light, Florida [3]
4) 172 feet (56 m) - Barnegat Light, New Jersey
5) 169 feet (55 m) - Absecon Light, New Jersey
6) 169 feet (55 m) - Cape Lookout, North Carolina]
7) 169 feet (55 m) - Oak Island Light, North Carolina]
8) 168 feet (55 m) - Fire Island Light, New York
9) 165 feet (54 m) - St. Augustine Light, Florida
10) 158 feet (52 m) - Bodie Island Light, North Carolina


So you're up jorgelito.

auntphil and i have climbed #9...

I also thought in the beginning that it was not right to use Google. It hasn't helped me thus far.

Oh my! And this whole time I felt quite inadequate, like a "lesser nerd".

Did he just call us nerds?

jorgelito: try google earth. awesome now that you can do 'sky view' and see the planets.

by the way, you're up. pick a place.

You are within a continent that has no 'A' whatsoever in the vernacular

Jetee, is it in Europe?

You don't know?

Ok, got it.

Where in the world am I?

southern hemisphere?

West Hem?

Europe?

city?

Sorry so late guys, had a loooooong day.

No

No

No

Yes

It's an old, famous city.

Older than 2,000 years?

No.

Asia?

Are you in Kathmandu, Nepal?

Btw, whether you are or not, Nepal is the only country in the world to have a national flag that is not a quadrilateral.

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

Babylon

No, not Asia

No, not Nepal. They do have a cool flag though. Plus they are no longer a monarchy.

Good guesses you guys.

Next hint: The city was noted as a center of learning.

Timbuktu

athens, greece?

Alexandria (in whatever country that may be)

Khartoum?

Oh, beautiful city... (though likely older than 2 millenia)

St Petersburg?

Yep, so is Alexandria... by 331 years

Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edit: Nick might be onto something:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum#Early_history
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Isn't St. Petersburg in Europe?

of course youre right. i was thinking russia, but that isnt right either if you think asia.

i think ill catch the next deprture.

It happens, my guess, Timbuktu, is a few degrees into the WH. So I'm wrong too.

I'll be sitting the rest of this one out as well I guess.

My money's on Nick. So far his answer is the only one to fit all the clues.

Yes! Good job. Timbuktu was a renowned center of learning and is located in current day Mali. I could have sworn it was located in the Eastern hemisphere; my apologies for the mistake.

Great guesses you guys.

damn, so Tully is so smart he doesn't even know how smart he is!!! Way to go, Tul...but don't be tipping a canoe.

Then I'll take the center square for the win.

Wouldn't worry about be off a bit. We've all done it. For my very first flag planting I choose Portugal which I assumed was in the EH... it wasn't, still isn't. Just west of PM, just like Timbuktu.

So, where be I?