8/24/05 | 10:14 pm | Solution: Peacock Garden
Whew, I am pretty tired out… so I’m just going to post today’s scavengeroogle solutions sent in straight up w/ out the usual commentary. Except, I’ll say that many people had known this area because it’s of course one of Saddam’s palaces in high-profile Iraq. Quite a few new rooglers as well…welcome!
Markus B:
Peacock Gardens. This one took me probably an hour, but half of that was due to pure carelessness. I somehow figured the Tigress meant the river Tigris in Iraq and the place looked exactly like something a rich oil baron would build for himself.
So I started scanning through the whole river area, twice. I found several, several good places where it should have been because of all the colors and other landmarks matched exactly. Finally when the river ended, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t found it. I triple checked that I had the right river on my screen and started again…
And halfway through the second scan, there it was, right in the spot I had looked at fairly carefully during my first search. Somehow I just didn’t catch the garden part of the complex.
Judy B:
Found it in about five minutes. Very cool!
David H:
Probably about ten minutes. I thought of Baghdad right away, and then it was just a matter or searching. I believe the building is Al Sijood Palace, and was actually one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. Here’s a link, you can see the garden in the fifth picture down:
Chorbansi:
The blue dome and geometric landscaping made me think Middle East and Tigress was a dead giveaway, took me 5 mins. Thanks.
Mike M:
Had some time at work today, took less than 5 minutes. I immediately thought about the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Matt:
5-6 minutes. The hardest part was finding a map on the web of which river exactly was the tigris. Then just look for the curvey part.
Bryant:
Hey, I can’t believe I found one! However, around 1 in the morning last night, I roogled right by this spot twice as I tried to go up and down the curvy parts of the Tigres river. I think I was distracted by the other large monuments in the area. This morning I struggled with the clue some more, but the blue dome kept bringing me back to Baghdad. Thanks for this fun and inventive site. I look forward to more.
Trecherus:
It took about 2 minutes. I have looked at Baghdad a lot and as soon as I saw Tigress in the clue I knew it had to be one of the palaces that line the river there. al-Sijood Palace Saddam’s Presidential palace. The black rectangle building to the south west of the “peacock gardens” is gone due to bombing. The new Google Earth satellite images show the devistation.
Aaron B:
*sigh* Well, I FINALLY found it. As you said, depending on where one first looks, it can be rather annoying. See, the problem was that when I read “Curvey Tigress” I thought first of the mythological “Amazoness” which lead me to Brazil and Turkey, neither of which are useful. Then to Tigre and Buenos Aires in Argentina. I had totally forgotten there is a river called the “Tigress” …
But in anycase, once I got the region drop and stopped thinking so hard, it was pretty easy.
Mike B:
Once I picked up on “Tigress”=”Tigris” it was pretty easy.
Gitar2ech:
Finally solved one on my own. There it was off the big loop the river does in Baghdad. 2 weeks now I’ve been finding the locations from the comments after the solutions are posted so it feels good to find it myself. About 30 min.
David M:
Tigress was certaintly a huge hint as we all have become educated given the events in Iraq. It took about 15 minutes to spot. With the obvious opulence, I figured it was one of Saddam’s palaces. Yea, I finally solved one on my own!
Sara D:
whoa took a while (45 mins), but this was my first… should have been easier in retrospect - guess this is saddam’s old palace in Baghdad?
Mike H:
First one that I’ve found. yeah! Took about 5 minutes.
Jen S:
I realize there are a lot of solutions pending already, but this is the first one I’ve found before the final solution was posted! I did come in after Middle East was given, so that made things much easier.
Pete B:
Difficult at the start, then when the Middle East Clue appeared I thought of the places that had been mapped there, and immediately realised Baghdad is on the Tigris, was just a matter of hunting then, about 10 mins.
Tim J:
I was out all day and didn’t have a chance to get on the net till late. All day I was wondering if there was a new scavengeroogle posted and if I was missing it! This one was the easiest yet… three minutes.
Astro T:
About a half hour — I had a vague recollection that there was a river somewhere in the middle east that had a name that sounded something like ‘tigress’. Once I’d gotten the tigris, I just followed it down…
