Game: Where-is-it? (international)

[johnw]

A French woman was shot while swimming there before we arrived ...

For some years I worked with a lady who had fled Afghanistan with her family.
She spoke of a physically beautiful country but with many horror stories.

Canada:

[johnw]

One of "twin" peaks. Easy to visit both and do some walking in a single day.

[johnw]

This locality in BC ran rings around me.

[vagrom]

Amazing looking place - like a painting.

[johnw]

Amazing looking place - like a painting.

And a nice place for a stroll, as is its sister next door.

This locality in BC ran rings around me.

Five rings to be exact.

[johnw]

One last attempt to coax a guess, W--s---r Mountain

[Last]

You appear to be hinting at _hi_tle_ mountain

[johnw]

Whistler Mountain from near Whistler Winter Olympic Village, Whistler BC Canada

You appear to be hinting at _hi_tle_ mountain

Correct Last, you broke the code . Whistler Mountain viewed from near the Winter Olympic Village where we were staying.

Amazing looking place - like a painting.

An in hindsight I'm not sure if this was a vague hint at the answer.
Maybe a subtle reference to artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, of Whistler's Mother fame?

Either way Last has the neatest most correct answer.

[Last]

thanks John, Next, Europe

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[johnw]

OK no one is responding. I'll try and narrow it down. Norway?

[Last]

Nei. But there is a connection.

[eggs]

Iceland - far background is Dyrhólaey.
Mountain block on the left is Mt Petursey.
But your location was hard to pick.
I think it is on or near the walk to Skogafoss Waterfall?

[Last]

Iceland - far background is Dyrhólaey.
Mountain block on the left is Mt Petursey.
But your location was hard to pick.
I think it is on or near the walk to Skogafoss Waterfall?

100% correct

[eggs]

This one is in Africa

[eggs]

The 2 peaks rear right are the high points which require ropes to ascend.

[johnw]

Is one of them Mt Kenya?

[eggs]

Mt Kenya is complex - the 3 highest peaks all have their own names [Lenana, Bation, Nellion] - and together make up Mt Kenya.
This shot is leaving the valley of Liki North on the 3rd day of our approach.

[johnw]

Mt Kenya is complex - the 3 highest peaks all have their own names [Lenana, Bation, Nellion] - and together make up Mt Kenya.
This shot is leaving the valley of Liki North on the 3rd day of our approach.

I threw that answer in without much thought to stimulate some interest, although I was aware you'd been there.
Not really a deserving winner as I should have done more due diligence, so I'll post something that hopefully anyone can get.

I was riding a rented bicycle through part of the national park estate then across the structure in the distance and back. What is it?
USA:

Riding towards the Golden Gate Bridge, Presidio of San Francisco, Golden Gate NPs Conservancy, California USA

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[ribuck]

Johnw, I guess you took the photo from just east of the southern pylon of the Golden Gate Bridge.

[johnw]

Johnw, I guess you took the photo from just east of the southern pylon of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Correct ribuck. I rode from Fishermans Wharf through the parkland areas over the bridge and back.
A lot of people ride into Sausalito and return by ferry but I wanted the experience of riding the iconic bridge both ways.

[ribuck]

Thanks johnw. I too didn't ride the ferry. I walked across the bridge.

This photo is in Europe. I'm looking for the location, or alternatively the name of the journey I was on.

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Falls of Glomach, Scotland

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[vagrom]

Journey sounds so etherial that it can only be .. . El Camino !

But I think not as i've never seen waterfall shots. One tends to think of a road bash the whole way to Compostella.

[ribuck]

Well, my journey is not a religious pilgrimage, but it's similar in that the focus is on reaching the end point, and the journey is named after its endpoint.

Unlike the Camino, my journey has no fixed route although the guidebooks describe some common variations.

[ribuck]

Here's the view from where I was camped just above the falls.

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Falls of Glomach, Scotland

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[north-north-west]

It looks kind of Scottish, or is that not part of the Europe you mean?

[eggs]

Good suggestion NNW.
Might be Falls of Glomach

[keithj]

Some ideas at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-dist ... n_Scotland
Cape Wrath Trail ? not sure what Falls they are though.

[ribuck]

Eggs has it correct - it's the Falls of Glomach, in Scotland as NNW suggested.

And keithj was spot-on to suggest the Cape Wrath Trail as the journey name. There's no signposting, no constructed trail, and not even a fixed route. You just get yourself from Fort William to Cape Wrath however you like, by connecting your choice of glens (valleys) and bealachs (passes).

The key to making this possible is that the land access laws in Scotland allow you to walk almost anywhere - and you can also camp almost anywhere along the way.

I walked the Cape Wrath Trail this northern summer in 18 days (with resupplies every 4 or 5 days), as part of my section-walk along the length and breadth of Scotland. The Cape Wrath Trail was easily the most amazing adventure I've had in the UK. I'm planning to do it again in 2023 by a different route - and not during the midge season this time

Over to eggs...

[eggs]

Happy to let Keithj have a go for the next one.

[keithj]

Thanks eggs, ribuck..

NZ