Sasun Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Yes, Sasun, it is a rotating boat lift linking two canals which had used to be accessible through traditional lock gates like they do in the Panama Canal, I think. I suppose simply just joining them is impossible due to topography between the two canals (same issue with the Panama isthmus). Canals are separate because they are but still quite close, regardless. So they lift the whole boat, not just people? It is amazing indeed like they change the trains going from one standard to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 http://s93725736.onlinehome.us/Sip/hf/yum_turkey.jpg Anyone want to help me figure out where this is? I really want to travel there. Sip, that turkey is too small for you, you better look for something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 the sword points to the west. specifically to Poland. correct, she is facing West, there is a reason why, a very obvious reason and it hasnt got anything to do with capitalism or Poland. I'll give you guys one more day, your gonna be kicking yourself when you find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Is it by chance in Turkey? You must be joking. That in a country where they don't know they have to upgrade half-century-old railtracks for fast trains would be a disaster. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/23...train.accident/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 So they lift the whole boat, not just people? Apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Domino, seen one corner of the universe, seen it all. :-\ Still no guesses about this place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Few more pics... http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest6.jpg http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest7.jpg http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest61.jpg http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest62.jpg http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest63.jpg http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest66.jpg http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest67.jpg This is a place where Christian Greeks dug their homes and churches into tuffa stone (I know the first one looked like a sand dune ) http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest60.jpg http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest65.jpg This in fact here is a church before it was restored with UNESCO(?) efforts: http://s94772541.onlinehome.us/contest64.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 I saw a doco on these, its in central Turkey - Cappadocia I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Excellent! I got the idea because Nakharar had recently said he would be going to the whereabouts. How would people like me to help them out with the boat lift? Next - not difficult to guess what it is, but I doubt anyone would recall the name (I could be wrong)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 (edited) Oh! BTW! I actually came across a Turkish resource that said something about an Armenian element in the old name of Cappadocia - Katpatuka (supposedly Persian for "land of the beautiful horses") - was adapted Median/Persian for Katpatukh/Katpatuk (which is right?) in Armenian. http://www.katpatuka.org/tr/cappadocia.shtml Also check out this Armenian map for Cappadocia! --> http://www.katpatuka.org/picture.php?img=cap-am.jpg They must have worked a bit - they have the same page with Greek and Turkish names of places as with this (Armenian and Turkish): http://www.katpatuka.org/images/cap-am.shtml Edited July 27, 2004 by Stormig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Clue for the rough location of the boat lift: you have seen in some pictures how green it can be, and the photos have also betrayed overcast skies. And I remind you that the boat lift replacing the lock system is not on a canal as is the case with the Panama Canal but rather it connects two canals. There is a Roman wall next to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 I have no idea of the place - but is the statue Emperor Constantine? Given that the statue clearly has the word Constantine written on its base this is not much of a guess - or, for that matter, much of a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 (edited) Oh! BTW! I actually came across a Turkish resource that said something about an Armenian element in the old name of Cappadocia - Katpatuka (supposedly Persian for "land of the beautiful horses") - was adapted Median/Persian for Katpatukh/Katpatuk (which is right?) in Armenian. That is yet the smelliest "dzi-aghb" (horse manure) I have heard! I did see in one other source where it is intrepreted as based on "tucha=horse" the "Land of Beautiful Horses". One other source (is it in the above site?) it is purported that it is derived from the Hittite, "kapta....." dzian aghb. Of course! Why not! (Note: Don't believe even a word of the next paragraph.) Considering that Turks and their language are direct descendants of the Hittites it only follows that Hay and Hayastan that are derive from the Hatti and Hayasa are also Turkish by association. No BS has ever smelled or will smell as foul! Who is encouraging the Turk to have such a big HEAD (read on) and spread such HORSE MANURE? The simple fact that we are discussing it here? Are they assuming that every one, including this writer is such a "dumkopf"? The Turkish word for "head" is "kafa". Does that mean they did not have one until they met the people who had composed the word for that anatomical appendage? Is it not obvious that it derives from the Greek "kappa", head? Let us first go to the Armenian designation of the region, "kapadovkia". Obviously from the Greek "kappa-d-ovkia/kappa-d-oxia". Kapp=head, oxia=(big)water as in oxianos/ovkianos/ocean.. Put them together. What do you get? Kapa=head(of) water=ocean. Considering that the waters of the region feed several big waters, including the Black Sea, the Mediterranean (and the Atlantic by association), and through the Tigris and the Euphrates, the Indian Ocean. What do you get? Cappadocia? Headwater? Land of horses? Forgive me for writing in kappatal/kapital! How about HORSE MANURE? Only those with an ocean of water in their heads, hydro-cephali would believe such ...... DZIAN AGHB DUUUUHHHH!!!! Edited July 27, 2004 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Where is this? http://world.std.com/~ecrowley/cpc/images/mounsey_shanghai_china.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Arpa, I haven't understood a word of what you have written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 (edited) Where is this? http://world.std.com/~ecrowley/cpc/images/mounsey_shanghai_china.jpg Armen, couldn't you find a colour photo? Should I be not fooled by the British flag? The building style doesn't look familiar. Somewhere in North America by the look of the right-most tall building? Edited July 27, 2004 by Stormig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Actually, I just found out. Armen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 So? Where is it Stormy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Shanghai? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted July 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Armen jan, you made it too easy for us to find out the place bud... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 (edited) Yup, Stormy! Oh, I see Azat, I saved it with its actual name OK my bad. Thanks for poiting it out. Actually, that's Shanghai bay skyline with the "Bund" quarter. The picture is taken during Shnaghai's most interesting and scary era. One of the two buildings that you see is the HSBC headqurters in Shanghai, where HSBC made the big chunck of its money on opium trade. Edited July 27, 2004 by ArmenSarg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Alright. Very interesting. Thanks, Armen! I still have two pictures that need answering. Tell me how to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted July 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 (edited) One is the boat lift, what is the other? The boat lift is the Falkirk Wheel Edited July 27, 2004 by Azat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormig Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 Yes, Azat, it is the Falkirk Wheel. How did you know? Searched for "rotating boat lift"? Or seen it featured on National Geographic Channel? http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/ http://www.thefalkirkwheel.com The other is an Armenian church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 The church is one the 4 churches that stood near to each other in a gorge and where used by the Turkish army for artillery exercises. Don't remember the name though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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