Contest #260 answer: Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, East China Sea

The last contest of this series was hardly to miss. A few uninhabited islands cause a major conflict between Japan, China and Taiwan. As a matter of fact, it resulted in some riots against diplomatic posts and the shutdown of Japanese owned factories – Panasonic and Canon, amongst others – in China.

Of course there are some large strategic interests involved: supposedly there is a large resource of oil and natural gas to be found here.

Those who bought their own island:

  • hhgygy
  • Walter_V_R
  • Emil Schierle
  • Ernesto Posse
  • TitouPinkRider
  • Noisette
  • steve willis
  • Farceur
  • Keith
  • mehmet durmus
  • rob de wolff
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Paul Franson
  • Sarah G.
  • Sandworm
  • quiltadel
  • mccrumplair
  • krenek
  • Gillian B
  • Sasha Smith
  • Bloemkool
  • Dennis S.
  • Chris Bell

– Hint –

  • LawnBoy
  • Adam Macer
  • mehtab sond
  • Ashwini Agrawal
  • Mik
  • ACG
  • Enrique
  • a11c
  • john rhea
  • Bill Close

This concludes yet another series, with no less than four winners (I think this is a new record)
Ernesto Posse, Farceur, hhgygy, and steve wilis scored maximum points in this contests, with proud runners up mccrumplair, mehmet durmus and Walter_V_R who only came one point short.
Congratulatios!
The scoreboard will be reset end a new series begins.

Contest #259 answer: Gorelovo Air Base, St Petersburg, Russia

Gorelovo Air Base is a now abandoned Russian air base, where some old flying material is stored.

I came across this Russian site and was amazed by the number of helicopters and warplanes that are apparently accessible for anybody there.
Hence this contest 😉

Those who boarded a Mi-8

  • steve willis
  • mehmet durmus
  • Walter_V_R
  • Ernesto Posse
  • krenek
  • hhgygy
  • Sandworm
  • Keith
  • Farceur
  • Noisette
  • mccrumplair
  • Emil Schierle
  • TitouPinkRider
  • Chris Bell
  • Sasha Smith
  • Paul Franson

Contest #258 answer: Majdanek concentration camp, Lublin, Poland

The Majdanek facility was one of the extermination camps used in the Operation Reinhard plan of Nazi Germany.

It was built near the city of Lublin, Poland which lead to the speculation that the inhabitants of Lublin must have known of what happened here.

One of the survivors of Majdanek war Vladek Spiegelman, the main character of Art Spiegelmans ‘Maus’ comic book.

There was quite some controversy last week, when plans where announced that a local undertaker was planning to build a crematorium near this location.

Those who protested successfully:

  • hhgygy
  • Walter_V_R
  • Paul Voestermans
  • steve willis
  • Adam Macer
  • Ernesto Posse
  • Ivar Bonsaksen
  • mehmet durmus
  • Dennis S.
  • mccrumplair
  • Farceur
  • krenek

– Hint –

  • Paul Franson
  • Sasha Smith
  • Noisette
  • Chris Bell
  • rob de wolff
  • a11c