Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[Andres Falconer]

Looks like a beach covered in guano. So… Peru?

 

[cmac62]

LOL not Peru.

 

[tracer bullet]

Somewhere around Lake Mead, exposed with the water level dropping?

 

[beermanpete]

Crowley Lake, CA?

 

[cmac62]

@beermanpete has it. Your up.

 

[duncan.brown]

I never knew about these columns. So cool!

https://www.geologyin.com/2017/01/mystery-of-crowley-lake-columns-solved.html

 

[Andres Falconer]

I never knew about these columns. So cool!

https://www.geologyin.com/2017/01/mystery-of-crowley-lake-columns-solved.html

And I was seeing guano, or bird ****…

 

[Andres Falconer]

And I was seeing guano, or bird ****…

******* system censored my technical four letter word for bird droppings. Disappointed.

 

[beermanpete]

Here we go. Hopefully it is not to easy

 

[Andres Falconer]

Maputo, Mozambique.

The lettering on the side, barely distinguishable, gives it away. It reads “A Linha Portuguesa.” It is the former office building in Maputo of the Portuguese airlines, TAP. It is known as the Montepio building, named after the Bank that also occupied the premises.

 

[tracer bullet]

Maputo, Mozambique.

The lettering on the side, barely distinguishable, gives it away. It reads “A Linha Portuguesa.” It is the former office building in Maputo of the Portuguese airlines, TAP.

Ahh, nice. I saw "nha portuguesa" and was looking for an "nha" building in Portugal.

 

[beermanpete]

@Andres Falconer has it. Good work. It is Matupo, Mozambique. I hoped the lettering would be red herring and lead you to Portugul. You're up.

 

[Andres Falconer]

A 2016 trip. No herrings, decoys or false flags here. Some clues.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

My immediate reaction was "Central America"; looking more closely on the right there's a "Mex" something and Telcel, which is the Mexican phone provider, so I guess we're in Mexico somewhere?

Don't recognise it though, so "one of the bits of Mexico I've not been to"? Pacific coast maybe?

 

[Andres Falconer]

Not Central America but yes, Mexico, though nowhere near the pacific coast. Will hold any clues for now, other than saying that it was the name of the Spanish castle that reminded me of this Mexican town.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Cholula, Mexico. That church was built on top of the largest pyramid in Mexico that was so overgrown that the Spanish thought it was a natural hill.

 

[Andres Falconer]

You got it, @bruce_the_loon.

A slightly-off-the-beaten-path tourist attraction, not far from Mexico City, in the Puebla District, definitely worth a day trip, for the pyramids and the amazing churches.

And, alongside Tabasco, another place name appropriated and trademarked by a gringo company. At least Cholula hot sauce is made (somewhere else) in Mexico.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Tabasco, another place name appropriated and trademarked by a gringo company

Actually, as I understand it, the sauce is named after the pepper, not the town. The guy in Louisiana grew peppers from seeds of that plant and made his sauce based on them.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Actually, as I understand it, the sauce is named after the pepper, not the town. The guy in Louisiana grew peppers from seeds of that plant and made his sauce based on them.

And the pepper is named after the Mexican state. In any case, it’s a name in the public domain that is trademarked by a company, and you could get sued for making sauce from tabasco peppers and calling it, rather appropriately, tabasco sauce.

Kind of reminds me of the great recent story of the village pub in Cornwall that was asked to change its name by Vogue magazine. That story ended well. Village pub asked to change name by Vogue magazine

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Changing it up a bit. Looking for the full name, not just the metropole.

 

[InspectorJon]

Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong

Was going for the Sha Tin sewage plant, but I guess the racecourse is a little more well known.

You're up InspectorJon

 

[InspectorJon]

 

[Konadog]

Looks like somewhere in Baja on the pacific side..

 

[InspectorJon]

Indeed it does and is. Budget house with a million dollar view.

 

[cmac62]

Is that the Cantamar lighthouse?

 

[InspectorJon]

Not sure where Cantamar lighthouse is. As @Konadog said, this is on the west coast of Baha California. One might drive by here if they were heading South from the States on a surfing adventure.

 

[duncan.brown]

Not dense enough to be Tijuana. From the curve of the bay, it’s not Rosarito. I think it’s Puerta Del Mar in Baja.

 

[InspectorJon]

Farther south but you are getting the idea

 

[Konadog]

In the beginning, I thought it was Playa Los Cerritos all the way south, but the curved area doesn't have the right buildings.