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Where in the World is Gumbo? #11

Paul Heymont Paul Heymont
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WITW 11

 

Where in the World is Gumbo now? The picture would seem to indicate Gumbo is in the past, and yet he was present. The scene is ancient, but it is still in regular use.

 

As usual, you are invited to collaborate with others who can puzzle out bits and pieces; our best games have had the most people picking and pecking until the answer appears (or doesn't!)

 

Also, as usual, participate here, but if you think you have figured out the final answer—wait at least until Friday night to post it. If your patience is wearing thin, or you want to claim priority (there's no prize but recognition!) you can e-mail your answer to suggestions@travelgumbo.com. On Friday night, the vault will be opened, and the e-mails, right or wrong, will be posted. 

 

If the puzzle is cracked by Friday night, there will be another on Saturday...but Gumbo hopes you'll still be scratching at this one...

 

See Previous Puzzle # 10 HERE.

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Paul HeymontPaul HeymontGumbo Guru

The puzzlemaster is aghast at his error!

 

He left the most important piece out of the chronology: the winner!

 

And the winner, at 5:34 pm on Thursday, is @IAM_NOTATOURIST, one of our Twitter followers, whose guess was e-mailed in by our Twittermaster, TravelRob.

 

Hey, @IAM_NOTATOURIST!—come on in and join us! The water and the welcome are warm.

The best part of every trip is realizing that it has upset your expectations

PortMoresbyPortMoresbyTG Guru

All hail, IAM_NOTATOURIST.  Please join us and tell us please, how the heck could you tell the difference between one arena and another?  Artsnletters, same question, and the reason I suggested 3 (not 4) as possibilities.  Maybe it's the age-old answer, you just had to be there.  But still, I'd like to hear it from the sources.

Paul HeymontPaul HeymontGumbo Guru

PortMoresby put the finger on what made this one hard. It was the ancient-days equivalent of being asked to identify a free-standing Barnes and Noble store, or an Exxon station. Easy to know what it is, not so easy to know where. 

 

What's been fun in these is watching people dig out bits and pieces that then fuel other folks' guesses. WorkerBee has done that a number of times; in this case, even though T&N doesn't play as a guesser, the geological analysis of the stones was a stunning piece that may have figured in someone's final answer.

 

I hope we'll hear more from #IAM_NOTATOURIST and artsnletters—they can tell us how they got it!

The best part of every trip is realizing that it has upset your expectations

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