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"Been There" Virtual Travel Quiz? Round #36

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 won by Claudia Sails
Submitted by Sealord. Peacock Clock at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Tauck’s small ship cruise to the Baltic and St. Petersburg.

Round #31 won by Smiling Sam (again!!)
Submitted by ClaudiaSails. Statues of Vikings(?) on the right bank of the Seine River at the Boieledieu bridge in Rouen.

Round #32 won by JohnS with assist from Sealord
Submitted by Smiling Sam. This is Mumbai India. These people in the white suites are lunch delivery people. They are called Dabbawala and part of a lunchbox delivery and return system that delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai.

Round #33 won by Smiling Sam and AlanS
Submitted by SueMS. Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, Paris, learning to make Macaroons under the guidance of Pastry chef instructor Éric Verger. It was at the beginning of the Savoring France Rhone River cruise, which started in Paris. Then we boarded the TGV train to Lyon for embarkation. Oh. and we got to keep the aprons and hats.

Round #34 won by rwilso15
Submitted by MCD. The memorial at the killing fields in Cambodia. Full of the skulls and bones retrieved from the mass graves. Seen on the Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos tour.

Round #35 shared by AlanS and Smiling Sam
Sumitted by BKMD. Tesla Supercharger charging stations at the Al Manaseer gas station along Hwy 15/45 (Desert Hwy) between Petra and Amman, Jordan. Jordan is one of only two, UAE being the other, middle east countries that has Tesla infrastructure. Seen on Tauck's Israel and Jordan trip.

Round #36 is officially open. Submit your photo in a reply [Leave a Comment] to this announcement.

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    Being on the west coast some of these are posted and answered before I get up in the morning. Here is another.

    Where is this?
    What is this?
    What is the name of this place?

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    I think it is the Franz Josef Glacier on the South Island of New Zealand.

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    Definitely looks like a Glacier, but not sure where?

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    I bet TravelGuy is correct!

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    TravelGuy might be correct...then again he might not be. Any other guesses?

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    edited April 2020

    JohnS - short on naming every glacier that Tauck visits (Patagonia tour, Alps tours, Canadian tours, Alaska tours, ...) there is no other information in the photo to make further guesses (at least not the I see). Here are a couple more shots of Franz Josef Glacier.

    That said, I'll say Athabasca glacier in Canada, part of the Best of the Canadian Rockies tour. The shape of the mountains there more closely resemble your picture than Frans Josef Glacier. Here is a shot of Athabasca glacier.

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    Or the Abasaka(?j Glacier in Canada?

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    TravelGuy got it correct. Except for the spelling.

    This is Athabasca Glacier on the Columbia Icefield in Alberta, Canada. The pictures were taken last year on the Tauck Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park Tour.


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    I remember being at both locations and thinking this is about as icy as my train station parking lot on bad days!

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    I think we will need to send this one to the Judges for final decision on the winner.
    Smiling Sams post is timestamped 1:43PM edited 1:52PM
    TravelGuy's post is timestamped 1:44PM

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    Been there, done that! (;-)

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    Yes, many years since we took that tour, first glacier.

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    We'll call it a tie, but penalize both 7 points for living on the internet! :D (Like the improvisational comedy show hosted by Drew Carey some years back, "Whose Line Is It Anyway," points don't count. :p )

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