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Sep 14, 2010, 12:29 am

#151

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not that I have any particular insight but there is also

Yala National Park in Sri Lanka.

Elephants (check)
hills not huge mountains, which sways me against nepal (check),
and known for safari's but not the african variety

Sep 14, 2010, 1:10 am

#152

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Originally Posted by Jasondart

I was thinking Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, but that is with some quick searching. One think I see in the pic is a elephant. So S. Aisa or Africa.

Dumbo is far away, but I'm pretty sure he's from Asia

Physical difference between an Asian (left) and African (right) elephant.
African elephants are distinguished from Asian elephants in several ways, the most noticeable being their much larger ears. Also, the African elephant is typically larger than the Asian elephant and has a concave back. In Asian elephants, only males have tusks, but both males and females of African elephants have tusks and are usually less hairy than their Asian cousins

Sep 14, 2010, 1:25 am

#153

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Originally Posted by jcbranch

look at the photos from

Minneriya National Park Sri Lanka
http://lankanewimages.blogspot.com/2...sri-lanka.html

Sep 14, 2010, 1:29 am

#154

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I am positive that it is Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai region, Nepal

Hello all,

I have cracked this one!
Following the leads in this thread I have done some searching. It turns out that the location is Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai region, Nepal without doubt.

Check out this picture:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-2867851/stock-photo-bis-hajaar-tal-also-known-as-lakes-is-a-wetland-area-near-the-royal-chitwan-national-park.html

The tree (the picture) is the same as used in the challenge image.

Lets stack up the points!

Cheers
P

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Sep 14, 2010, 1:38 am

#155

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Well now we know why entries are required to be specific...

Some good ideas so far, looks like it is definitely in Asia, the clue would suggest this too.

Where are the flash hackers that got all the clues ahead of time last time?

Sep 14, 2010, 1:46 am

#156

Hannibal Lecter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Plancktos

Hello all,

I have cracked this one!
Following the leads in this thread I have done some searching. It turns out that the location is Royal Chitwan National Park, Terai region, Nepal without any doubt.

Check out this picture:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-2867851/stock-photo-bis-hajaar-tal-also-known-as-lakes-is-a-wetland-area-near-the-royal-chitwan-national-park.html

The three (the picture) is the same as used in the challenge image.

Lets stack up the points!

Cheers
P

not only the tree, it's the entire grove to the right in the challenge image

Sep 14, 2010, 2:41 am

#157

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Plancktos

Hello all,

I have cracked this one!

I am constantly amazed by the ingenuity of FT'ers! Well done!

Sep 14, 2010, 2:45 am

#158

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Great spot Plancktos

And if there is anyone still in doubt, here is the path and elephant from the left of the picture from the same site:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-4796...onal-park.html

It is definitely the Royal Chitwan National Park

Sep 14, 2010, 3:06 am

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Careful, folks, The park was renamed Chitwan National Park. The word Royal was dropped from the name. Official reference: http://www.dnpwc.gov.np/national-parks-chitwan.asp

Sep 14, 2010, 3:16 am

#160

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No doubt about it, I'm putting: Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Thanks Plancktos and CaptainMiles ^

Sep 14, 2010, 3:48 am

#161

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What about Zambia

you forgot about flying Eagle

Sep 14, 2010, 3:55 am

#162

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kaell

you forgot about flying Eagle

http://www.nepaltoursinfo.com/birdwa...d-watching.php

Yip plenty of those there

Sep 14, 2010, 4:02 am

#163

pete330

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I am putting in CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL,SOUTH ASIA for my first guess

Sep 14, 2010, 4:12 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainMiles

Careful, folks, The park was renamed Chitwan National Park. The word Royal was dropped from the name. Official reference: http://www.dnpwc.gov.np/national-parks-chitwan.asp

Its the same place regardless of it being a royal national park or not, the specifics are still there.

Sep 14, 2010, 5:06 am

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So there is the Crowne Plaza in Nepal. According to the website, besides royal chitwan national park (on their website which is mapquest) there is also shivapuri national park and longtang national park. Could it be one of them?