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#3821 Post by Rossian » Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:09 pm

Vassiliki?? Used to go windsurfing there.

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#3822 Post by CharlieOneSix » Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:22 pm

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#3823 Post by talmacapt » Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:15 am

I will suggest not Greece, maybe Albania or Roumania.

I have been to neither.

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#3824 Post by tango15 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:01 am

You could be forgiven fo thinking that it's Greece, but in fact, it's a wee bit further east - and north.

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#3825 Post by talmacapt » Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:54 am

May I suggest Bulgaria although Ukraine also fits your clue.

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#3826 Post by tango15 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:49 pm

Ukraine fits it better :)

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#3827 Post by talmacapt » Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:03 pm

Total guess.

The seafront at Yalta has white buildings and similar lamps.

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#3828 Post by tango15 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:33 pm

It does, but Yalta's much bigger; but not too far away is this port whose name gave rise to an item of clothing.

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#3829 Post by talmacapt » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:45 pm

Balaclava?

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#3830 Post by tango15 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:24 pm

Balaclava it is! Apparently a strong wind used to blow down the estuary in the winter during the Crimean War and the troops complained about being cold. So back home in Blighty, the ladies got busy with their knitting needles, and the balaclava was created. There was also a submarine pen hidden in the mountains to the left of the photo. There was talk of re-opening when I was there, but I don't know whether that ever happened. Of course, that very pleasant little port is now under Russian control, so whether it still looks like that is another matter entirely. There was talk of them moving part of their Black Sea fleet there, but it's difficult to manoeuvre around the entrance to the bay.

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#3831 Post by talmacapt » Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:11 am

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#3832 Post by tango15 » Wed Dec 07, 2022 8:53 pm

Vietnam?

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#3833 Post by talmacapt » Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:46 am

Not Vietnam but it is east of India.

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#3834 Post by Rossian » Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:54 am

Bangladesh? bridges across the Hoogli??

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#3835 Post by talmacapt » Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:29 am

Not Bangladesh.

There is a poetic connection.

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#3836 Post by FD2 » Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:07 am

Irrawaddy Bridge, on the road to Mandalay?

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#3837 Post by talmacapt » Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:05 pm

Well done, award yourself a Kipling cake (if they still make them).

It is the Yadanarbon bridge in Mandalay.

We went on a several days (10?) cruise along the Irrawaddy a few years back, when "The Lady" was in charge.

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#3838 Post by FD2 » Thu Dec 08, 2022 6:35 pm

Thanks tc. I was reading about a trip down the Irrawaddy a couple of months ago.

I'm sure this one will go fast as it will be familiar to many of us.

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#3839 Post by emjay » Thu Dec 08, 2022 6:45 pm

Still a charming building - Raffles Hotel, Singapore. Of late often overcrowded with Japanese tourists but still does a classy afternoon Tiffin.
The eponymous "Sling" is mixed in 5 gallon plastic buckets behing the bar - too sweet for my taste, but downed in quantity.

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#3840 Post by FD2 » Thu Dec 08, 2022 6:55 pm

Tried the Sling once and hated it. I felt I had to try it again a few years later and still hated it!

Well done emjay - you have control of the mixer bucket!

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