SM '24 | Where in the World #28

[Moonface]

Are you in what's considered Central America?

No.

[Maniakkid25]

Are you in a landlocked country?

[Moonface]

Are you in a landlocked country?

No.

[Maniakkid25]

Are you in Africa?

[Moonface]

Are you in Africa?

No.

[Maniakkid25]

Then my immediate guess is you are in Thailand.

[Moonface]

Then my immediate guess is you are in Thailand.

Well dang, that would be correct! What made you pick that of all places as an immediate guess?

[Maniakkid25]

It was 80% guess, but South Asia was pretty much the only place that fit the criteria, so it was locked down to pretty much four countries by that point lol.

[Moonface]

Fair enough. For specifics, the shot is from the island of Phuket: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5v75F6GuCPEXhTQv6

[ShiraNoMai]

Damn! I was actually certain Thailand shared an ocean border with the Indian Ocean, but apparently Myanmar said "no ocean border for you".

Good catch. The ocean waters reminded me a lot of Fiji, and the idea of the location being an island made no sense considering it was supposed to be attached to a continent--i didn't consider that countries aren't always a whole piece of landmass lol

[Maniakkid25]

Yeah, I did need to consult a world map on this one once you eliminated major oceans. And the countries that aren't a whole piece of landmass is why I thought Malaysia was the country at first. In fact, I was so certain, I thought Moony gave the game away by asking for clarification of my first question, because Malaysia is arguably considered part of Oceania, but has a land border with Thailand, which is part of Asia. So when that turned out to be wrong, I was thrown for a bit of a loop, and had to re-obtain my bearings.

[ShiraNoMai]

Yeah that shit was right next door, too, so you were like, inches away lmao

I was way off. I thought, "Well, if it wasn't Pacific Ocean waters I'm looking at, then it's definitely going to be somewhere with Gulf of Mexico waters," cuz those colorations are so warm. I completely dismissed SEA particularly because I couldn't find architecture that really matched when the beach areas had buildings near them, as well as a road that rang alongside it.