Mystery City: World Edition 3

[Fairlane500 8]

Now I'll say Cuiaba or Niteroi, Brazil?

[erka 0]

Manaus or Salvador

[Yellowlab 11]

Keep searching.  We haven't gotten there yet.  This city is within a 1,500-mile radius of Montevideo, Uruguay.  In other words, search in central and southern Brazil.

[simwario 95]

Uberaba or Curitiba?

[greedygreg 1]

Belo Horizonte?

[mies 0]

Found it! It is Caxias do Sul, Brazil.

[colbysohl 0]

Abadiania,Brazil

[Yellowlab 11]

Congratulations, mies.  Mystery City #8 is Caxias do Sul, Brazil.

 

Caxias do Sul Facts

     Caxias do Sul is located in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.  The terrain around the city is rough and not good for agriculture, but Caxias do Sul is the center of the nation's largest wine region.  Caxias do Sul was founded in 1885 and has a population of around 300,000.  In addition to winemaking, Caxias do Sul is a metallurgical center, a rail hub, and site of the University of Caxias do Sul.

 

Scoring

mies +8

 

Now we're off to...

 

Mystery City 9:

 

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Where am I?

 

>>Note...are the pictures of the first 6 or 7 cities still visible to you all?

[colbysohl 0]

Niigia,Japan?

[simwario 95]

Perhaps somewhere in Nepal or Pakistan?

[bravoj 0]

is this city in venezuela or chile?

[erka 0]

Vietnam or the Philippines?

[Fairlane500 8]

Peru or Myanmar?

 

Yes, I can still see the pictures on the first page.

[+Guest]

mexico city, mexico

[edgartamch 1]

columbia

[Yellowlab 11]

Congratulations, simwario.  Mystery City #9 is in Nepal.

 

Scoring

simwario +2

[Fairlane500 8]

Is it Lalitpur or Biratnagar, Nepal?

[simwario 95]

Bhaktapur or Pokhara?

[mies 0]

It is Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

I have been there but I didn't recognise it immediately.....

[colbysohl 0]

Jumla,Nepal?

[Yellowlab 11]

Congratulations, mies.  Mystery City #9 is Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

Kathmandu Facts

     Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, lies in a spectacularly scenic Kathmandu Valley in the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains, near the River Vishnumati.  The city was legendarily founded by King Gun Kamdev in 723 AD and is the site of multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites, many of them temples and pagodas related to the Buddhist faith.  Kathmandu is home to about 500,000 people.

 

Scoring

mies +8

 

Now we're off to...

 

Mystery City 10:

 

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Where am I?

[K_m_H 0]

hmm.. Australia perhaps. I say Alice springs ?

[Fairlane500 8]

From the nuclear plant, I'll guess Russia, maybe Astrakan?

[Yellowlab 11]

Keep trying.  Neither of those guesses is on the right continent.

P.S.  I will try to update all of my games tomorrow.

[mies 0]

Bloemfontein, South Africa

[edgartamch 1]

bogota, columbia, south america, world

[your_adress_here 11]

Too me it sorta looks like a desert... somewhere in souther USA...

P.S. It's my first time playing this game, can I only post a country?

[Yellowlab 11]

Congratulations, mies.  Mystery City #10 is Bloemfontein, South Africa.

 

Bloemfontein Facts

     Bleomfontein is a city in central South Africa and is one of that country's three capitals, being the seat of the judiciary (Pretoria is the executive capital, Cape Town the legislative).  Bloemfontein, whose name means fountain of flowers in Afrikaans, is also the capital of Free State, one of South Africa's provinces.  Bloemfontein and its surrounds are home to around one million people; the city is a center of industry and bureaucracy.  In the Boer War, the British had a concentration camp here where they held Boer women.

 

Scoring

mies + 10

 

Now we're off to...

 

Mystery City 11:

 

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[The_Dalai_Llama 15]

Heh, mies still rules these parts.

Just random guesses.  Malaga, Spain or Toulon, France?

[Fairlane500 8]

Darwin, Australia or Maracaibo, Venezuela