Where in the World #264 - Page 2 - A Meeting of Minds

jube · Jul 15 2010, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GinnyStar

Is it in the area of a body of water with in the USA?

PS, food for thought here, nice image

Ginny ~ it's in Ireland

Brenda · Jul 15 2010, 08:53 PM

Jube: No.
Hans: No.
Ginny - What Jube said!

jube · Jul 15 2010, 09:36 PM

Looking up mountains now, is it the Mullaghmore mountain at The Burren?

P'ter · Jul 16 2010, 05:15 AM

Ginny: I'm pretty sure it'S Western Ireland not USA

Brenda · Jul 16 2010, 09:03 PM

Jube: that's a little too specific, so no.

jube · Jul 17 2010, 02:10 AM

Is it one of the Aran Islands off the coast?

BTW: this is as close to The Burren as I'm going to get when this pops up:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25984179@N00/1110947046

Brenda · Jul 17 2010, 08:16 PM

Jube, it's not the islands.

It's that picture in your link.
That is literally the same picture. I'm guessing the person who took that was on the same major bus tour that I was on, and stopped at the same souvenir shop/cafe for a rest stop before driving out into The Burren.

Your previous guess was the right area (the Burren) - just the wrong mountain. I don't know the name of this mountain, but if people want to try to narrow it down further than this, feel free to keep going!

***Hans*** · Jul 21 2010, 09:50 AM

Well done, Jube.

vyon · Jul 22 2010, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jube

Oranmore?

One simply loves finding almost the exact photo that the poster (in this instance, Brenda) has posted and the person who posted almost the exact photo doesn't say where in the world, they took it. Hmmm...all they said that it was taken in western Ireland. So much for palm trees

or in this instance, Vyon's cabbage tree (radioactive cabbage trees, I'm just not sure about).

It's not a palm tree, it's a cordyline. Various varieties of it grow all round the south Pacific, and New Zealand produces and exports fancy varieties of with variegated and coloured leaves. I was at a gardening do recently when a local Maori elder said they ate the centres of the leaf tufts - hence the common name of "cabbage tree," - and used the hollow, corky branches for fishing floats. In the South Island they baked the trunks to extract the sugar out of them, and on Pitcairn Island the Bounty mutineers used them to make a potent alcohol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyline_australis - more than anyone wants to know about it!

jube · Jul 23 2010, 01:21 AM

Quite interesting reading too, Vyon.

Sorry for not replying sooner, I've got the flu or it's a 24 hour bug that I can't shake off. Anyway ... thanks. I'll keep looking but can't promise anything at the moment, my head's not thinking straight

ButlerPhillip · May 7 2013, 03:16 AM

I am planning to go Africa..It such an authentic place to visit..I am just amazed by it's divine landscape's beauty and wide diversity in flora and fauna.

Jul 15 2010, 08:53 PM	#42
Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #264 Jube: No. Hans: No. Ginny - What Jube said! __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

Jul 15 2010, 09:36 PM	#43
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #264 Looking up mountains now, is it the Mullaghmore mountain at The Burren? __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Jul 16 2010, 05:15 AM	#44
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Jul 16 2010, 09:03 PM	#45
Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #264 Jube: that's a little too specific, so no. __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

Jul 17 2010, 02:10 AM	#46
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #264 Is it one of the Aran Islands off the coast? BTW: this is as close to The Burren as I'm going to get when this pops up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25984179@N00/1110947046 __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

Jul 17 2010, 08:16 PM	#47
Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis Gender: F	Re: Where in the World #264 Jube, it's not the islands. It's that picture in your link. That is literally the same picture. I'm guessing the person who took that was on the same major bus tour that I was on, and stopped at the same souvenir shop/cafe for a rest stop before driving out into The Burren. Your previous guess was the right area (the Burren) - just the wrong mountain. I don't know the name of this mountain, but if people want to try to narrow it down further than this, feel free to keep going! __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

Jul 21 2010, 09:50 AM	#48
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: Where in the World #264 Well done, Jube. __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Jul 23 2010, 01:21 AM	#50
jube Dolphineer Journeywoman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Gender: F Fan of: Dragons of Pern Now Reading: Puzzles and my thesaurus!	Re: Where in the World #264 Quite interesting reading too, Vyon. Sorry for not replying sooner, I've got the flu or it's a 24 hour bug that I can't shake off. Anyway ... thanks. I'll keep looking but can't promise anything at the moment, my head's not thinking straight __________________ Dolphineer Journeywoman and part-time researcher.... Find me on ebay..... Here'tis!

May 7 2013, 03:16 AM	#51
ButlerPhillip Junior Member Muskie Join Date: May 2013 Location: Douglasville Gender: M Fan of: The Lady in the Tower	Re: Where in the World #264 I am planning to go Africa..It such an authentic place to visit..I am just amazed by it's divine landscape's beauty and wide diversity in flora and fauna.

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