Any chance of a second photo clue?
― o. nate, Friday, 1 October 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
I'm wondering if that light/dark blue logo on the mousepad is something I've seen before but I really don't know
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
next to that ATM sign there's something with a regular E and a fancy B but that can be anything? Exchange Bank?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
holy crap! Exim Bank, Uganda?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
Tanzania, too
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/EbsXnhpfHECEatYNIskjvQZkES97hp4Aj_RCKmVRVYEeq8ix7yNLdr1eyIwJnlB9ln9DZwTEPLfN9Mv667ld3GFaNMUl-07EB_XhnlxkY82o6P4AZXgqjXeJIVgVOQHjDx2InwOJUo0uRxOciyRPmn7j50b-Qg
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
Djibouti too but I think that's all of them with this logo?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
there can't be that many container ports in those three countries I would think?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
I would guess the calendar is some global corporate thing not related to the city in question.
― ledge, Saturday, 2 October 2021 07:13 (three years ago) link
that Exim Bank logo isn't showing up anymore - here's another one just in casehttps://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/36/64/79/36647904-a60d-9aff-f0a6-003601187f4f/source/256x256bb.jpg
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 07:27 (three years ago) link
exim bank operates in Tanzania, Comoros, Djibouti and Uganda. the passports on the desk (if thats what they are) don't match any of these countries.
the calendar being in french/english also doesnt match with the official languages of any of the four countries.
there are atm location maps for a couple of the countries but the lack of street view or any photos at all really makes it hard to pin down the exact one. you can cross reference the atm map against container port locations but none seem to match the calendar.
i would guess dar es salaam.
― micah, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:32 (three years ago) link
Djibouti International Airport.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:47 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@11.5521941,43.149659,3a,75y,340.09h,98.42t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPSBCCnZJGwjJQIM1qARlFsUOCb1O8aUGtGH3Zq!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPSBCCnZJGwjJQIM1qARlFsUOCb1O8aUGtGH3Zq%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya63-ro-0-fo100!7i12288!8i4130?hl=en-gb
woohoo! nice find!
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:52 (three years ago) link
What an assist what a finish.
― nashwan, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
ooh, and we're in a Hertz car rental building - do you have to leave your passport when you rent a car?
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
Man! So close! I clicked the 3 other pictures in Djibouti city because I was looking for the harbour/port but didn't click the airport one.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:57 (three years ago) link
Good work, and many assists on this one I think! I'm glad I didn't have to do second photo as it was very close by that point. I love how when you list out all the clues the answer is right there (felt the same about Novosibirsk too, I'd kind of already described it without realising)
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 3 October 2021 07:04 (three years ago) link
No one mentioned the YouTube videos on the monitor screen, I was pretty curious on those
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 3 October 2021 07:11 (three years ago) link
the sunlight angle through the window will trouble me to the end of my days.
― ledge, Sunday, 3 October 2021 10:12 (three years ago) link
No other option than to go there yourself imho
― StanM, Sunday, 3 October 2021 10:20 (three years ago) link
have looked for African phone banking instruction videos but no dice
― StanM, Sunday, 3 October 2021 10:22 (three years ago) link
There seems to be a general consensus amongst visitors to Djibouti International Airport that it is the dirtiest international airport in the world. Or at least that the toilets are the dirtiest toilets in an international airport in the world.
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 3 October 2021 12:08 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/mr3z1K22/m2.jpg
Monday at the Streetview
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 October 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
Aldi and a burnt out mock tudor building, real england?
― ledge, Monday, 4 October 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
Not sure why but it feels like a coastal town
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 4 October 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
Ha Way The Lads
― kinder, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
Seaham: https://goo.gl/maps/KELmkLRgyuPyqsQcA
― wmlynch, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
that was fast
― StanM, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
Is it a city?I was looking all over Sunderland but sure we've had that already
― kinder, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
Ha, Seaham it is. Nice simple one with the gate and aldi combination
A bit more background on the burned out building
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/owners-fire-hit-eyesore-building-seaham-ordered-knock-it-down-498324
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18594480.fraudulent-ebay-seller-made-250k-criminal-activity/
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 00:52 (three years ago) link
First one I've gotten, and it was indeed the gate and the Aldi that did it!
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 02:50 (three years ago) link
I was going to crop it at just "The Lads" originally
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
I couldn't read the "Ha" but "Way the Lads" was enough.
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 03:11 (three years ago) link
I can't even read that now I know what it is - you DO mean that graffiti on the right, right?
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 05:53 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/W36Hx984/Screenshot-2021-10-05-at-07-08-33.png
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 06:09 (three years ago) link
great work. the burnt building has indeed been demolished, as you can see on street view if you go down the road beside it ('back n terrace').
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 08:28 (three years ago) link
Guess the townlet
― nashwan, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 09:25 (three years ago) link
oooooh the fence
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 09:33 (three years ago) link
You can make out DUKE below THE LADS. It's the back of the Duke of Seaham pub.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 02:40 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/x85Kyy4J/a13.jpg
Midweek Madness II
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
An older city in the US.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that fire escape (?) at the front of the building made me think US as well - some kind of French quarter or euro district type deal?This building we're in has annoyingly little on the windows (post offices, banks, train stations would have all kinds of stuff on there I would expect)
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
there's a map behind the open door near the camera but it isn't giving much away
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
I'm curious about the 2nd trash receptacle that's further away from the camera. I guess maybe it's for recycling?
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
I wonder if playing with the contrast would bring out the text on the yellow vertical sign or the buildings across the plaza.
― nickn, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
not on my freeware image editor
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
I guess maybe the vestibule between two sets of doors indicates a place with cold winters.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
Findlay Market in Cincinnati OH
https://goo.gl/maps/MywMEo7zF9yHybn1A
I've actually been there, though I didn't recognize it.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link