Contest #318 answer: Uros Floating Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru
The Uru people live on artificial islands, made of reed.
They also use this reed to make boats, which inspired Thor Heyerdahl to his RA II expedition.
Those who managed to stay afloat
- hhgygy
- Walter_V_R
- Eloy Cano
- steve willis
- mehmet durmus
- krenek
- mccrumplair
- Phil Ower
- Paul Franson
- Lighthouse
- rob de wolff
- Luís Filipe Miguel
- Garfield
– Hint –
- Skip
- Chris Nason
- Felix Bossert
- RicardPG
Contest #318 hint
Yes they are man made, no they are not boats, however you can construct a boat in a similar way and cross the Atlantic.
Contest #318
Contest #317 answer: Lake Natron, Tanzania
Lake Natron is a salt lake with a pH of 10.5,which is so caustic that it will burn the skin of the animals that are not adapted to it.
The water’s alkalinity comes from the sodium carbonate and other minerals that flow into the lake from the surrounding hills. And sodium carbonate was used ny the Egyptians for mummification…
Those who didn’t turn to stone:
- Walter_V_R
- mccrumplair
- mehmet durmus
- steve willis
- Cloudspotter
- Phil Ower
- Eloy Cano
- hhgygy
- krenek
- DannyS
- Garfield
- EJ
- Lighthouse
– Hint –
- Ashwini Agrawal
- Paul Franson
- Per Svolsbru
Contest #317 hint
It takes its name from a mineral found in the water here
Contest #317
Contest #316 answer: London Bridge, Lake Havasu AZ, USA
The old London Bridge, constructed in 1831, was bought by Mr. Robert P. McCulloch and moved over to Lake Havasu, one of the cities he founded.
There is a strong rumour that he thought he had actually bought the Tower Bridge, which he denied, of course.
Those who crossed the right bridge
- Cloudspotter
- rob de wolff
- hhgygy
- Phil Ower
- mehmet durmus
- steve willis
- Eloy Cano
- mccrumplair
- Walter_V_R
– Hint –
- Bill Close
- Ivar Bonsaksen
- Chris Nason
- David Kozina
- EJ
- Ashwini Agrawal
- ACG
- DannyS
- Luís Filipe Miguel
- krenek
- donaaronio
- Thomas Egan
- Mia
- Fred A
- Sarah G.
- Alex Tischer
- a11c
- Paul Franson
- JMoore
Contest #316 hint
Wow, that bridge came from far!
And according to the gossip, it is the wrong one… 😉