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Where In The World? • Puzzle #498 • 2023-12-11 ✅✅✅✅❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅❌↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬇️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️
(Answer: Gabon)
Gabon was an answer exactly one year ago today, and I copmletely forgot about it! I really need to brush up on my central African geography.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #497 • 2023-12-10 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Niger)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #496 • 2023-12-09 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Cayman Islands)
Thank goodness for old notes!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #495 • 2023-12-08 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Iceland)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #494 • 2023-12-07 ✅✅✅❌❌↗️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Albania)
I've noted in this game log that two different countries look like shields to me: Albania and Sierra Leone. I just happened to pick the wrong one first.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #493 • 2023-12-06 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Saint Kitts and Nevis)
I recognized the exclamation-point shape of this one immediately, but it's been a long time since Saint Kitts and Nevis was an answer, so I had to look back at my own archives to be sure!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #492 • 2023-12-05 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Amswer: Hong Kong)
As a rule of thumb, if a country looks extremely fragmented, it's likely very small--unless the answer is the Philippines or Indonesia!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #491 • 2023-12-04 ✅✅✅❌❌↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Botswana)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #490 • 2023-12-03 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: United Arab Emirates)
One often forgets that the UAE is much more than Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #489 • 2023-12-02 ✅❌❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅✅✅❌⬇️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↙️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Eritrea)
Eritrea has quite an unusual shape.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #488 • 2023-12-01 ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏➡️ ✅✅✅✅🤏➡️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Dominican Republic)
Hispaniola is very difficult to recognize when you only see one half.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #487 • 2023-11-30 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Colombia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #485 • 2023-11-28 ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Belgium)
Seriously, what is it with me and Belgium!?
Where In The World? • Puzzle #484 • 2023-11-27 ✅✅✅❌❌↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Christmas Island)
I wasn't expecting to get this one. The island looks weirdly like Pakistan to me, so in order to get my bearings, I intentionally made a wrong guess of Pakistan at first.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #483 • 2023-11-26 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Martinique)
Thank you for reinforcing in my mind what Martinique looks like!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #482 • 2023-11-25 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Austria)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #481 • 2023-11-24 ✅✅✅❌❌↙️ ✅✅✅❌❌⬆️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅❌⬇️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬆️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬆️
(Answer: Martinique)
My old nemesis returns: Caribbean islands! Martinique has a lot of small peninsulas and a very jagged coast to the south and east. That's what I should look for next time.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #479 • 2023-11-22 ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬆️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Guadeloupe)
I'm so glad I actually remembered this one!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #478 • 2023-11-21 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Central African Republic)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #477 • 2023-11-20 ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↙️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏➡️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️
(Answer: North Macedonia)
Wow, my first miss in almost a month! Of course I hit almost every other country in the Balkans except North Macedonia along the way, so I was pretty close. And it doesn't help that the country looks like a formless mass of clay. Better luck mext time!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #476 • 2023-11-19 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: New Caledonia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #475 • 2023-11-18 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Afghanistan)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #474 • 2023-11-17 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Mozambique)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #473 • 2023-11-16 ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Slovakia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #472 • 2023-11-15 ✅✅❌❌❌↗️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬇️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Serbia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #471 • 2023-11-14 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Turkmenistan)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #470 • 2023-11-13 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Amswer: Niger)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #469 • 2023-11-12 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Maldives)
One of the few island chains I can actually recognize easily.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #467 • 2023-11-10 ✅✅❌❌❌↘️ ✅❌❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬇️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Mauritius)
My fourteen-day streak of getting countries right on the first try is over, but at least I still got this country right! I don't see too many features that make Mauritius stand out, though. I'll just have to get to know the shape.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #466 • 2023-11-09 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Bulgaria)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #465 • 2023-11-08 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Azerbaijan)
Very interesting! One of the biggest giveaways for Azerbaijan is the large exclave of Nakhchivan, which is what most people probably notice first. Oddly, what stood out to me was the Absheron Peninsula, where the capital Baku is located.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #464 • 2023-11-07 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: South Africa)
I'm getting wary of the streak I'm on. Surely the game will soon throw some tiny island in the Caribbean that I have no hope of getting right.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #463 • 2023-11-06 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Norway)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #462 • 2023-11-05 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Australia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #461 • 2023-11-04 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Austria)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #460 • 2023-11-03 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Central African Republic)
I had the opportunity to work with someone from CAR recently. I'd never met someone from there before, and they were quite friendly and polite.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #459 • 2023-11-02 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Australia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #458 • 2023-11-01 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
No offense to any Argentinians who may come across my capsule, but Patagonia in general is a strange, strange place--especially the area around Tierra del Fuego. Having said that, I'd love to see it someday.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #457 • 2023-10-31 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Pakistan)
I've noticed that the maps used by WitW tend to group disputed territories with whichever power has de facto control over them, which is the case with Gilgit-Baltistan here.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #456 • 2023-10-30 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Chad)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #455 • 2023-10-29 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: United States)
Hey, I recognize this one!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #454 • 2023-10-28 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Senegal)
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[Last updated: 2023-12-15]