Thread: Where am I - Photo Guessing Game

OK then, found this pic tonight.

This fascinated me the first time I saw it...

Where were we?

Where am I bitches!

^ YD ... wait your turn!

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Mendip, can we narrow it down to one of the many Sand Pits?

Suez canal would be my guess for mendip

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Suez canal would be my guess for mendip

Nice one, could be ... never thought of that location.

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

Where am I bitches!

Albania

Signs in english. Canada?

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Suez canal would be my guess for mendip

Yes, well done. There's a road heading north out of Cairo that runs alongside the Suez Canal for a bit.

Green sent!

Originally Posted by Mendip

Yes, well done. There's a road heading north out of Cairo that runs alongside the Suez Canal for a bit.

Port Said Road, driven down many times, always interesting, (until you get to Port Said - what a shithouse!) was on a couple of towed rigs through there many years ago, then they built the bridge and large transporters became cheaper and more economical than paying the vast fees they charge for going through the canal.

^ We were working in the Nile Delta, in and out of Damietta at the time.

I believe that during the last oil downturn, the price of fuel was low enough to make it economical for ships to sail round the horn of Africa rather than pay the canal fees.

Originally Posted by YourDaddy

Where am I bitches!

Walmart, Scarborough.

Originally Posted by Mendip

I believe that during the last oil downturn, the price of fuel was low enough to make it economical for ships to sail round the horn of Africa rather than pay the canal fees.

It was around one million USD 20 years ago to transit the canal due to weight and more so size of a rig, not many rigs go through now, after they built the "Japanese friendship bridge" Jackups could no longer pass under the bridge as legs too high, proffered mode in recent years has been heavy lift carriers, more cost effective & a lot quicker than towing or going under own steam in the odd instances where rig is capable.
The cost of oil never really came into the costings, it was more about lost days/dayrate wasted when the rig was at sea, at ~200,000 USD a day years back didn't take long to get the money back, same rigs are going for 70k a day now.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Yes, well done. There's a road heading north out of Cairo that runs alongside the Suez Canal for a bit.

Green sent!

And recieved with thanks.

YD up for now...

Originally Posted by happynz

Walmart, Scarborough.

As our dear PB would say.... Hamilton - the armpit of Ontario.

And yes, it's Wal-Mart.

And yes.... it does look like Albania

Green Sent!

Thanks, y-dee. I'll forfeit my turn as I'm phone only at the moment.

I have an idea . . . wouldn't it be great if we finished one location guess before we post another pic? Just a thought . . .

Ok, in the absence of our Walmart-dwelling Serb:

Fishlocker

Get on it

Jack of all pizza I am not a Serb but have been called a sob before.

Originally Posted by panama hat

I have an idea . . . wouldn't it be great if we finished one location guess before we post another pic? Just a thought . . .

+1

So, to your pic ... assuming Thailand?

A Government Institution/Private School?

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Thailand?

A Government Institution/Private School?

That would be one fancy school . . . but no, not Thailand

My thoughts also David, which one though....

Nuku'alofa, Tonga.

I'm off out for the day so someone please take my turn.

My turn. The first pic may not give the city away, but the second should help.