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Where In The World? • Puzzle #800 • 2024-10-08 ✅✅❌❌❌↖️ ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏➡️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️
(Answer: Dominican Republic)
Seeing that this is one half of Hispaniila makes it so obvious.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #799 • 2024-10-07 ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Almlst missed it! I really need to learn my Balkan countries better.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #798 • 2024-10-06 ✅✅❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Monaco)
Macau is small, but not that small.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #797 • 2024-10-05 ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Myanmar)
I confuse this with Thailand all the damn time.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #796 • 2024-10-04 ✅❌❌❌❌➡️ ✅❌❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️ ✅✅❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Comoros)
Total lucky guess. Look for 3 major islands in the future.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #795 • 2024-10-03 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Azerbaijan)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #794 • 2024-10-02 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Portugal)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #793 • 2024-10-01 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Pitcairn Islands)
Glad to have this one reinforced.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #792 • 2024-09-30 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Morocco)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #791 • 2024-09-29 ❌❌❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅✅❌❌↙️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Pitcairn Islands)
Tough answers lately.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #790 • 2024-09-28 ✅✅✅✅❌⬇️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Eswatini)
I do miss the name Swaziland a little bit, but I'm also glad I will no longer confuse it with Switzerland. With that in mind, though, it's weird to me that they still use the demonym "Swazi": it reminds me of hearing about "Rhodesian" expats from Zimbabwe.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #789 • 2024-09-27 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Maldives)
Hey, finally an island nation I recognize!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #788 • 2024-09-26 ✅❌❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅❌⬅️ ✅✅✅❌❌↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️
(Answer: Vanuatu)
Two tough island countries in a row.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #787 • 2024-09-25 ✅❌❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬆️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬆️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↗️
(Answer: Montserrat)
These accursed Caribbean islands again!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #786 • 2024-09-24 ✅✅❌❌❌➡️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Liberia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #785 • 2024-09-23 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Colombia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #784 • 2024-09-22 ✅✅✅✅🤏⬆️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Czechia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #783 • 2024-09-21 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Bhutan)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #782 • 2024-09-20 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Romania)
Romania has come up a lot lately.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #781 • 2024-09-19 ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Uruguay)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #780 • 2024-09-18 ✅✅✅❌❌↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↖️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Côte d'Ivoire)
Côte d'Ivoire has an unusually-straight coastline.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #779 • 2024-09-17 ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Hungary)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #778 • 2024-09-16 ✅✅✅❌❌↖️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Tunisia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #777 • 2024-09-15 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Switzerland)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #776 • 2024-09-14 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: France)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #775 • 2024-09-13 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Nepal)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #774 • 2024-09-12 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Romania)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #773 • 2024-09-11 ✅✅✅✅❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Solomon Islands)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #772 • 2024-09-10 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Spain)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #771 • 2024-09-09 ✅❌❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅❌❌↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏➡️ ✅❌❌❌❌↙️ ✅✅✅❌❌⬅️
(Answer: Tonga (Tongatapu and 'Eua))
No hope. The only thing I can do is give myself reminders for next time--like that Tongatapu looks like an extracted tooth.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #770 • 2024-09-08 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Antarctica)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #769 • 2024-09-07 ✅✅✅✅❌⬆️ ✅✅✅✅❌↗️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Syria)
Boy do I feel stupid for forgetting the shape of Syria!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #768 • 2024-09-06 ✅❌❌❌❌↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Romania)
This one was hard. Romania looks a lot like a fish.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #767 • 2024-09-05 ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Uganda)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #766 • 2024-09-04 ✅✅✅✅❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Georgia)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #765 • 2024-09-03 ✅✅❌❌❌⬆️ ✅✅❌❌❌↗️ ✅✅✅❌❌↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Bahrain)
Bahrain throws me every time. It looks like it should be in the Arctic somewhere.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #764 • 2024-09-02 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Maldives)
A big clue for the Maldives is that the islands are arranged on a very strong north-south axis.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #763 • 2024-09-01 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Taiwan)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #762 • 2024-08-31 ✅❌❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅❌↖️ ✅✅✅✅🤏⬅️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Costa Rica)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #761 • 2024-08-30 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Togo)
I'm pleasantly surprised to have gotten this one right on the first try.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #760 • 2024-08-29 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Madagascar)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #759 • 2024-08-28 ✅❌❌❌❌⬅️ ✅✅✅✅🤏↘️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Réunion)
I guess Nauru isn't the only formless blob of an island!
Where In The World? • Puzzle #758 • 2024-08-27 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Afghanistan)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #757 • 2024-08-26 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Aruba)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #756 • 2024-08-25 ✅✅✅✅❌⬆️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Kuwait)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #755 • 2024-08-24 ✅✅✅✅❌↙️ ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Faroe Islands)
Another travel dream of mine.
Where In The World? • Puzzle #754 • 2024-08-23 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Argentina)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #753 • 2024-08-22 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Brunei)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #752 • 2024-08-21 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Thailand)
Where In The World? • Puzzle #751 • 2024-08-20 ✅✅✅✅✅🎉
(Answer: Gibraltar)
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