6/27/05 | 9:00 am | Asian Writing
Ok, this is going to be a bit of an experiment… you can probably tell just from a quick glance at the clue that this isn’t going to be in the U.S. I was sent an international clue by Pak W the other day. But I did a little scavengeroogling nearby and found this one that I thought was even better! However, I liked his word clue so I’ll be using it for this clue.
I am hoping that no one has already found this one. It is becoming more and more difficult to tell as new google sightseeing sites pop up and older ones stock up on locations. Sometimes I find our older clues on these sites, especially “writing” ones like this. This clue is an asian language character repeated twice on what looks like two cylinders. I actually know what this character stands for, so that will probably be a secondary drop in case people have problems.
The clue is not visible extremely far out, probably 15/18 or so. The word clues that Pak sent in are:
“Fragrant Harbour”
So, I am trying to figure out what level of region to drop, like how detailed to get. I’ve already basically told you it’s not in the U.S. but we shall see what additional clues are needed…
[Edit: 10:15 PDT - We seem to be doing OK w/out a region clue so I won’t drop it for now. I think just knowing it’s not in the U.S. is a region clue in itself…]
Clue Name : “Asian Writing”
Submitted by: Scavengeroogle Admin
Status : Solved (11)
Duration: Mon 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PDTSolved By: Chris R, Ken S, Andy K, Judy B, Mike Z, Justin, Shawn D, Trecherus, Josh W, Jeremy R, Adam M
Word Clues : “Fragrant Harbour”
Magnification Needed: 15/18
June 27th, 2005 at 10:59 am
I think just knowing it’s not in the U.S. is a region clue in itself…
Just seeing Asian (I won’t get more specific) characters is a region clue in itself.
June 27th, 2005 at 1:49 pm
Just wanted to point out that Great Britain and Ireland now have full street maps!
June 27th, 2005 at 1:59 pm
Mike Z - yep, that pretty much ended up as the region clue…
Jeremy - yeah, I did see that… the UK had their street level maps up for awhile, but didn’t have satellite. Now that they do, I think that is one of the best bets for finding international clues. Because they have satellite maps in tons of other places, but no corresponding street level maps, so unless you have actually been to the country or you live there it’s difficult to come up with a clue. I imagine it would also make it difficult to find!
June 27th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
Days like today make me want day-long clues. We’ve been swamped at work, so I didn’t get a chance to do my ‘Roogling during regulation. I did find it on my own though….took about 10 mins. I started in Japan because I noticed they had some good hi-res images on the south coast (and I know that the Japanese do use some Kanji characters such as the ones atop the silos). After a couple of minutes though, I just thought I’d check China, and then it was a quick find from there.
June 27th, 2005 at 5:24 pm
Moose - yeah, I agree. I had a lot of stuff to do today but because my hosting company crapped out I ended up trying to put up the solution at the last minute. If it was open all day long i wouldn’t have to rush as much.
Hm… on that note, I think some people are misunderstanding… The “all day” clue thing isn’t on just yet. I’m still thinking that over…