"Our" side of the planet?

no

And not just because I feel like any part of this planet is as much mine as a planet circling Alpha Librae, the second brightest star in the constellation Libra, which in endearing human terms has also been called Zubenelgenubi, from Arabic الزبن الجنوبي (al-zuban al-janūbiyy), meaning "southern claw", and alternate names Kiffa Australis and Elkhiffa Australis, partial Latin translations of Arabic al-kiffah al-janūbiyy, another name used in ye olde astronomy texts was Lanx Australis

so no.

So...somewhere in the Middle East?

in that part of the world, but not the "Middle East"

If I took flight toward you from the Island of Malta, would my heading be somewhere between 180° and 270°?

Just to make sure my compass bearings are correct, I'll say "no" if you mean 180 as heading due south and 270 heading due west from Malta. So if that, no.

Are you in eastern Europe?

I hate to say "no" to you again, Ocm?, but no.

I'm just guessing - "no" is tantalizing.

Are you in one of the 'stans?

no-go-istan...nope

I might suggest you go back to visit Lindy in Malta and lube your bearings a bit

When not west or south, but in the neighborhood of the middle east...

Are you in Greece?

just about due south of there

Benghazi?

I'm less than 100 miles from Benghazi at an archeologically important site that you will have to name.

Did you leave a big visual in ABC?

yes :) I'm amazed at how interconnected our world is.

http://www.originaltravel.co.uk/imag...1248693149.jpg

Howzabout a little drink first?

absolutely. While we're sipping the refreshment, let's lay back, kick up our feet, and enjoy this place for a while. I hear a cricket chirping...I'm gonna try to find it.

http://gulfnews.com/polopoly_fs/bugs...1337743104.jpg

Was it this one?

Maybe. It looks sort of familiar. Let it go and when it makes its chirp maybe we can tell if that was the one.

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/59630..._in_cyrene.jpg

Cricket's eye view?

Now that's cricket with an appreciation for history! And dandelions.

You found me so it's your turn to hide, Ocm?.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...byaCyrene2.jpg

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

I am at the Temple of Zeus in Cyrene in Libya. The fact that this temple is larger than the Parthenon in Greece is a reflection of the wealth and importance of Cyrene in the ancient Greek world.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0I/Cyrene8.jpg

The Temple of Zeus dates back to the 5th century BCE, but restored by the Romans around year 0. It was destroyed during a Jewish rebellion in 115, and restored a second time in 120. In the great earthquake of 365, it was crushed and then not rebuilt before British and Italian archaeologists partially put it back together in modern times.

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

Consider a little hiding going on here...

parental interpretation is advised.

are you hiding behind a tree?

wait...can you see me but I can't see you?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2..._peeking_1.jpg

did you bury a wienie?

Heh. No & no. Very few trees, & I am a wienie. I'll be back in the morning, I predict.

are you north of the arctic circle?

are you hiding in a soft bread roll with chopped onions, relish, mustard and ketchup? Any bacon?

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unc, how was your vacation?

last year's was better...

does that mean it was sort of very good vs excellent? any souvenirs?

...I have a Maori toe-bone. Through the planet, to the left.

in China?

No, directly through the core, & then a little to the left, & down. (Don't make me misguide you again, please. Visualizing directions & trying to put a clue in every phrase is problemmatical enough.)

asia?

& here I was feeling bad about saying "a little to the left". I guess it depends on which way you're facing. It's farther to the left than I was thinking, but not that far.

NH?

But, of course!

WH?

No, that's why I was sorry about the little.