Showing posts with label Riddles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riddles. Show all posts

Saturday 4 May 2013

Riddle #2

This Riddle, once again posted by +South Africa Travel Online, (original post is here) was meant for everyone who have travelled in South Africa before. If you've been to the location you should recognise it instantly - which I did. Some others as well.

I'm reposting it here for:


  1. Those of you who've been there and would enjoy recognising it from memory, and
  2. ...to show that even if you haven't been there before, provided that you make one or two assumptions, it is still possible to solve the riddle. 
So the riddle, once again, provides a photograph (below) and simply reads: Where am I?


Do you know the answer or can you figure it out using online and other search tools?

Enjoy.


  1. Hints for solving the riddle at "Riddle #2 - Hints"
  2. A detailed discussion of the process to figure it out, all the way to the actual answer at "Riddle #2 - How to solve it"
  3. The answer to the riddle is at "Answer to Riddle #2"

Wednesday 1 May 2013

Riddle #1

Today was a public holiday in South Africa, as it is probably in 90% of the world. I'm referring to "Workers' Day". So I'm chatting to my 5-year old boy when my phone pings with a Google+ notification. I'm informed that +South Africa Travel Online has mentioned me in a post (careful - spoilers in the comments). It states "Where in the world am I?". Now that got my attention loud and clear. Truth be told, I'm a bit of an addict when it comes to that kind of challenge... To make things worse the person behind the post added "( +Mike Smuts ?)". Uh, that's me ...as in I'm "Mike Smuts". Now how can I not take up that challenge? Thank you +Rob Baker (I think) - my kids don't like you :-).

So I spent a bit of time, at the coffee shop where I found myself ...with my kids across the table staring at me... to try and figure it out on my phone. I got some important clues, but not the solution there and then. So I had to apply some self discipline, put away my phone and leave it be until I returned home this evening. I solved it pretty quickly, using a combination of online tools. But if it's the first time you're playing this game you may find it more difficult.

So as always the challenge states "Where in the world am I", with attached the photograph below.


So there you go. Where in the world is, uh..., this person?


Related to the above


  1. Hints for solving Riddle #1
  2. Answer for Riddle #1
  3. How I solved Riddle #1