This is in Zanzibar, the Old Arab Fort
That is correct.
Tawhai Falls aka Gollum's Pond in New Zealand?
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
FWIW I did not know it had anything to do with LOTR before I found it. If the Northern Hemisphere has those umbrella like trees seen above the waterfall I'm not familiar with it, but I've seen them in pics from Aus and NZ. It makes sense that it's NZ, because it is temperate and maritime. Fact that it's famous from LOTR does mean it actually pops up if you add otherwise quite unspecific terms like "waterfall" "pond" and "blue".
Next one I think is quite difficult, but we'll see how you fare.
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"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
I haven't had time to get into this yet, but I intend to. Looks very interesting. Just posting as a confirmation that I am playing and at least I won't be needing hints yet. Others may request them if they have exhausted their measures.
It looks like it might be in sub-saharan africa, but so far haven't found it
I don't think it's a massive spoiler when I say that is correct.
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
Can't quite tell what those are even supposed to be. Some kind of bunker? a vehicle of sorts? In Tanzania maybe?
It's not Tanzania, but you're not far off.
Identifying what these contraptions are will reveal an aspect of the location that is not otherwise visible in the picture.
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
I've been trying to locate outdoor war museums or war memorials, but that hasn't worked. I cannot really identify the contraptions, but to me they look like cannons. Now that think of it, they may be naval cannons.
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
They seem kind of naked.
I'd expect something more like this:
But Kalemie (formerly Abertville) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is probably the answer, judging by this:Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Originally, I thought the cannons were from Fort de Shinkakasa, which would be my second guess if I'm wrong, because I think the guns themselves are identical.Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
It is indeed Kalemie, on the western bank of Lake Tanganyika. A base of allied naval operations in WWI.
"Lay these words to heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the applause of the majority. Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca -
I have tried now quite a bit cannot find it. As a hint to others, if you look at the larger original image (open to new window and press download original picture), you can see curious markings on the white column.
The curious markings are an inscription in English on one side and Hebrew on the other. The content of the inscription is identical in both languages, except that the Hebrew version uses the Jewish calendar while the English version uses the Gregorian calendar.
The column and the ruins it stands upon are for the most part unrelated to each other. They are two of the four semi-well-known landmarks that are at least partially visible in the picture.
It's in Tel-Aviv, on the Israel national trail, next to reading park.
Yeah, that’s right.
The four landmarks at least partially visible in the pic are:
- The mouth of the Yarkon River where it drains into the Mediterranean
- The Reading Lighthouse
- Tel Qudadi
- The Yarkon Crossing Memorial
Tel Qudadi was a Neo-Assyrian fortress. Most of it was destroyed when the Reading Power Station was built just to the north of the picture, but prior to that, a salvage excavation was carried out.
The column for the memorial is actually ancient, but it was taken from Apollonia-Arsuf, and engraved exactly as follows:
ON THE NIGHT
20th-21st DEC 1917
THE 157th BRIGADE
52nd (LOWLAND)
CROSSED THIS
FORD & CAPTURED
THE TURKISH
POSITIONS
COMMANDING IT
The Hebrew inscription on the other side is the same, except it starts with “On the night of 7 Tevet 5768”
I took that pic with my phone during the height of COVID boredom, but I cropped most of the Reading Lighthouse out before I posted it.
Here’s the uncropped pic and a nicer pic for context:
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Q...y_ovedc_02.jpgSpoiler Alert, click show to read: