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"Been There" Virtual Travel Quiz? Round #30

AlanS

See Round #20 for info about and rules for the contest.

Round #26 won by MCD
Submitted by BKMD. Photo of a suspended orange tree in Old Jaffa, an area at the south end of the Tel Aviv, Israel. Jaffa is thought to be the oldest port in the world, with its history going back 4000 years! This is a work of art by artist Ran Morin, who created the statue in 1993 can be found in the Lion alleyway.

Round #27 won by TravelGuy
Submitted by AlanS. The Sun Gate at Machu Picchu, Peru. 1.2 mi. and 1000' of climb on a rough, rocky, steep, trail from the entrance to the main archaeological site. Peru & the Galapagos Islands.

Round #28 won by AlanS and Portolan.
Submitted by JohnS. Sadhus in Kathmandu, Nepal in front of Pashupatinath Temple (cremation site). The Sadhu's are frequent users of cannabus- smoke it and drink a beverage infused with it. The pictures were taken on the Tauck Northern India and Nepal tour.

Round #29 won by JohnS
Submitted by KathyM. The (formerly McDonald-Randolf) Randolph Hotel in Oxfordshire, England. Episodes of the British TV show inspector Morse were filmed here in the "Morse" Bar and throughout Oxfordshire.

Round #30 is officially open. Submit your photo in a reply [Leave a Comment] to this announcement.

Comments

Sealord

Where? What is it?

British

I’m thinking Russia, but only guessing since I haven’t been there. is it a peacock?

Claudia Sails

Peacock Clock at the Hermitage Museum Russia.

Sealord

You people are too well traveled. I believe Claudia Sails has the best answer. Yes, there is a Peacock, and two other birds, but it is a clock. It is in St. Petersburg, but I think there is only one Hermitage Museum in Russia, in St. Petersburg. And, the 200 year old clock works. They turn it on periodically so visitors can see it in action. It’s a real crowd pleaser. Tauck gets us into the museum before it opens, but we did not escape before the ‘crowd’ arrived. We actually lost two people who were swept away, but we found them after searching for about half an hour. This was on Tauck’s small ship cruise to the Baltic and St. Petersburg.

That took all of four minutes.

Claudia Sails

I'm not that well traveled. Was sitting at my PC doing a reverse search on a photo I wanted to post for this round but you beat me to it. I then google "gold peacock statue" and got a bunch of table top sized statues. Added "museum" to the search and bingo, it found it. Looks so cool, wish I'd seen it for real.

cvc

This website tells a little about the clock and shows it in action:
https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/panorama/virtual_visit/virtual_hermitage/small_hermitage/?lng=

Claudia Sails

Thanx cvc for the link. Well worth watching the video.