"Been There" Virtual Travel Quiz? Round #95
See Round #20 for info about and rules for the contest.
Round #86 won by Portolan
Submitted by AlanS. Peruvian Paso horses during a performance at Hacienda Mamacona in Lurin, Peru. Known for their extremely smooth ride which is a result of a unique four step gait. They inherited this gait from European predecessors, strict breeding and training, though some claim it resulted from walking on the hot sands of coastal Peru. During the performance the horses wore ribbons to signify their prior show successes.
Round #87 won by BobHamburger with assist from TravelGuy.
Submitted by Sandman. A ski jumper airborne over the Bergisel with the town of Innsbruck, Austria, site of the ’64 and ’76 Olympics, in the background. Photo taken on Alpine Adventure, a Tauck Bridges Tour.
Round #88 won by AlanS with assist from Portolan
Submitted by connorlaker. Photo of Connor, his bride, and Mount Kilimanjaro, taken from Observation Hill in Amboseli National Park, Kenya on Kenya & Tanzania: A Classic Safari.
Round #89 won by AlanS
Submitted by KathyM. This picture of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument in southern Utah, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was taken on the plan ride from the Lake Powell area during the Canyonlands trip. Rainbow Bridge is only accessible by boat on Lake Powell or by land over a 14+ mile trail from the Navajo Nation.
Round #90 won by Kathy M
Submitted by JohnS. A view of Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Dolomite Mountains of northern Italy. Photo taken from the Cristallo hotel on Ultimate Alps & Dolomites tour.
Round #91 won by BKMD
Submitted by British. A view of the Panama City, Panama, waterfront, taken looking south, from the Hilton Panama during The Panama Canal & Costa Rica small ship cruise. The Interamerican (Panamerican) Highway (Rte 1) just below, follows the coastline here. Panama Bay, the approach to the canal and Bridge of Americas are (not visible) off in the distance in the center of the second photo near the distant islands. Google Maps, satellite view has been updated to show the new Cocoli locks. Check it out
Factoid- when you transit the Panama Canal from Pacific to Atlantic, you travel in a northwest direction. Likewise when transiting the Canal from the Atlantic to Pacific you travel in a southeast direction.
Round #92 won by Portolan
Submitted by BKMD. Views of the Mediterranean from a Tel Aviv, Israel, hotel (next to the Dan Panorama Hotel) and sweet treats at the Carmel Market.
Round #93 won by TravelGuy
Submitted by Smiling Sam. A view of the cross on Mount Srd near Fort Imperial and the Adreatic Sea beyond in Dubrovnik, Croatia. 2016 small ship cruise, Venice and the Dalmatian Coast.
Round #94 won by SueMS
Submitted by TravelGuy. The throne room (with thrones ofr King Kalākaua and his wife Queen Kapiʻolani) and the grand staircase at the Iolani Palace in Hololulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
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We took a walk along a trail and came upon this structure. What is it? Where is it?
Well, I think the "what" is an animal overpass, probably on a migration route (for mountain goats?...it's pretty rough.
"Where" could be almost any"where."
Not an animal overpass.
Some sort of a shelter in Iceland?
Kiddie train tunnel at an abandoned amusement park.
Storm shelter?
What kind of shelter? I've never been to Iceland and our tour there for this June was cancelled
Avalanche?
They don't have enough snow here to worry about.
Mine shaft?
A portal to Asgard.
Nothing to mine here. Another photo from not far away.
Japan, bomb shelter remnant or entrance to “Journey to the Center of the Earth”.
A geothermal hiker warming shelter (built over a natural thermal)?
Japan is correct. What part? Not the entrance, but close to the entrance to the "Center of the Earth". The shelter has nothing to do with geothermal water.
Protects against volcanic eruptions.
Covid19 shelter
Earthquake shelter.
tacky restroom.
Japan (Tokyo) Disney World
Ok, l would say close enough Sam. It is a shelter at the base of Sakurajima Volcano, the most active volcano in Japan, (school children are required to wear hardhats walking to and from school). The second photo is of a footbath using water from a geothermal spring.
One of the activities on Day 8 of "Cruising the Land of the Rising Sun" was a ferry ride from Kagoshima to see Sakurajima up close. Other activities were visits to: a shochu distillery, Chiran Samurai Gardens, and the Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots...a very enjoyable and interesting day.
tsunami shelter (we're getting silly now, aren't we?)
Yes, I think some may have been drinking the shochu
I had never seen photos of it before, but Tokyo Disneyland looks interesting- same and different versions of the same stuff as here but some really interesting attractions and rides can be seen in Tokyo DisneySea on Mysterious Island- many in a Jules Verne vein, though Toy Story Mania is really popular too. Like in Orlando it is really packed, but with people who don't typically observe personal space they way we do here in the US.
I checked google and found a picture and description "Japan. Lava bomb shelter, Sakurajima volcano".