Month: March 2012

This surely was hard to find. Even when you knew what you are looking for. I wonder how many of you found the location in Google Earth when you found the name in your search engine.

It is the Mahdasht Satellite Receiving Station / Alborz Space centre in Iran.
It was recently in the news when for the first time a group of Western Journalists was invited to visit this place.

It is a ground receiving station for the Iranian Civil Space program

A Special kudos to hhgygy for finding it without the hint and a honorable mention for mccrumplair for identifying the region.

• hhgygy

– Hint –

• Pascal Gilbraith
• steve willis
• mehtab sond
• Ferrucio
• Steve Jaycocks
• Ernesto Posse
• Paul Franson
• mccrumplair
• Sandworm
• ewen
• trull
• Marisa Boraas
• ACG
• Lelie
• Sarah G.
• Alonso Alfaro
• Gerard-Jan
• quiltadel
• Steve Devine

Last week this location was in the news, when for the first time it was visited by western journalists.

Is this one too hard? Next Wednesday a hint will be published

Since 1557 and until 1999, Macau was a Portugese colony at China’s south coast
In 1999, together with Hong Kong, it became a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.

The contest points at the border checkpoint with China, now a new building, but the original Barrier Gate is still there.

Those who changed their patacas

• hhgygy
• Sandworm
• mccrumplair
• Skip
• steve willis
• alice
• RicardPG
• quiltadel
• blacbronco
• trull
• Paul Voestermans

– Hint –

• Ben Bayer
• Dennis S.
• globcke
• BlackEmperor
• Marisa Boraas
• Derek
• Steve Jaycocks
• Paul
• Ernesto Posse