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How about a new PHOTO GUESS WHERE game? Prize offered

David K - 3-31-2021 at 07:47 AM

SCORE CARD:
RnR: 5
4x4abc: 3
StuckSucks: 1
bkbend: 1
TMW: 1
del mar: 1

1) TMW: Bahía las Animas


2) RnR: Abandoned U.S. Navy Coaling Station near La Paz


3) StuckSucks: Colonet's Hotel


4) RnR: Pole Line Road telephone poles (1942)


5) RnR: Las Arrastras (next to the new Coco's Corner)


6) 4x4abc: San Ignacio


7) RnR: Rest Stop & monument, Arroyo Santa María, south of Gonzaga Bay.


8) RnR: Hotel at Punta Chivato (abandoned)


9) 4x4abc: San José de Comondú


10) 4x4abc: San Borja


11) bkbend: Km. 24.5 south of Punta Prieta is La Bachata


12) del mar: Punta Baja


OK, so these may be a bit tough for some but you have been so great at answering them in the past!

Be specific when answering where the photo was taken. Hints will be added when guessing fails.

The Nomad who answers the most will win a book, their choice of one of four offerings, if there is a U.S. address I can mail it to.

A) In the Shadow of the Volcano, by Mike Humfreville
B) Guacamole Dip, by Daniel Reveles
C) Portrait of Paloma, by Harry Crosby
D) Old Missions of the Californias, by Max Kurillo & David Kier







[Edited on 4-2-2021 by David K]

StuckSucks - 3-31-2021 at 08:09 AM

#3 is Hotel Colonet -- I know this because I tried to get a room there during the 1000 (there were none).

RnR - 3-31-2021 at 08:50 AM

#2 - Old US base adjacent to cruise ship terminal in La Paz bay.

#4 - Pole Line road

#5 - Las Arrastras mill site, Mex 5.

(Coco's new building is on the flat area from where this photo was taken from.)

#7 - New rest area on Mex 5 just south of Gonzaga Bay.

#8 - Punta Chivato hotel

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BajaBlanca - 3-31-2021 at 09:11 AM

I was going to guess #8 was the Punta Chivato hotel too!

David K - 3-31-2021 at 09:19 AM

Blanca, you get a silver star!:biggrin:

bkbend - 3-31-2021 at 09:49 AM

#11 abandoned building either a little north or a little south of Punta Prieta. I think south at the junction of a road headed west.

Bajabus - 3-31-2021 at 01:25 PM

Is number 11 the abandoned building off hyw 1 somewhere around insurgentes that used to say "big fat gay Al" Always used to feel sorry for the guy who was memorialized in that graffiti.

It was on a curve.

David K - 3-31-2021 at 02:52 PM

Of those two guesses, bkbend is far closer to being correct! That said, I will give it to him. On the map, it is La Bachata and at Km. 24.5, south of Punta Prieta.

David K - 3-31-2021 at 04:25 PM

One could go to one more level and say "Make Mexico Spain again"!

4x4abc - 4-1-2021 at 01:51 AM

#10 - San Borja cemetery
#6 - San Ignacio
#9 - back side of Mission Comondu

David K - 4-1-2021 at 05:29 AM

Well done, Harald!:bounce::bounce::bounce:

4x4abc - 4-1-2021 at 07:50 AM

coming too late to the game

4x4abc - 4-1-2021 at 07:56 AM

the San Ignacio house is kinda famous since 1963

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David K - 4-1-2021 at 11:26 AM

Thanks Harald!

So, just two remain (#1 & #12)...

HINTS:

#1 is in the northern state.

#12 is too!

One is on the gulf side and the other is on the Pacific side.

TMW - 4-1-2021 at 12:45 PM

#1 is the island across from Las Animas.

David K - 4-1-2021 at 03:37 PM

Quote: Originally posted by TMW  
#1 is the island across from Las Animas.


Winner winner chicken dinner!

David K - 4-1-2021 at 03:41 PM

Hint #2 for photo #12...

Surfers or tourist fishermen might stay here?

del mar - 4-1-2021 at 03:54 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Hint #2 for photo #12...

Surfers or tourist fishermen might stay here?


I recall seeing something that resembles that between punta baja and punta san carlos but I recall it being much more distressed?

David K - 4-1-2021 at 04:30 PM

The photo was taken in 2017. Do you want to give me one answer... and you may have it right! :light:

del mar - 4-1-2021 at 05:27 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
The photo was taken in 2017. Do you want to give me one answer... and you may have it right! :light:


its Punta Baja

David K - 4-1-2021 at 05:39 PM

Quote: Originally posted by del mar  
Quote: Originally posted by David K  
The photo was taken in 2017. Do you want to give me one answer... and you may have it right! :light:


its Punta Baja


IT SURE IS!!!

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That ends this game... Again, you guys are Baja experts and answered these in record setting times!

RnR, u2u me your choice and U.S. address, if you would like one of the books! YOU WON!!

Thanks to the runners-up for their answers:
4x4abc
StuckSucks
bkbend
TMW
del mar

Special thanks to BajaBlanca and Bajabus for also playing!





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4x4abc - 4-1-2021 at 07:32 PM

Quote: Originally posted by TMW  
#1 is the island across from Las Animas.


does anyone have a name for that small island?
Topo map does not show one

David K - 4-1-2021 at 07:55 PM

Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
Quote: Originally posted by TMW  
#1 is the island across from Las Animas.


does anyone have a name for that small island?
Topo map does not show one


Not on this one, either:


David K - 4-2-2021 at 05:45 AM

Does anybody need to see maps of where any more of the photos were taken? I do maps!:light: