Where is this? What is this? Who is this? etc. (Pic Quiz: World)

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 3:43am

Yup @hannes moves up a place Rules are rules

hannes · February 4, 2019, 3:44am

Now, that would not feel honest. How about I post the next pic instead?

That’s what I like to do.

RickRoll · February 4, 2019, 3:49am

You should add that to the rules… Hahaha

hannes · February 4, 2019, 3:51am

Ready? Here you go. Let’s test your Cyrillic abilities.

Name the railway station

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 3:53am

Is that you wearing a MAGA hat @hannes ?

hannes · February 4, 2019, 3:57am

No, and I think it says МPГA on that hat

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 3:59am

Kazan

hannes · February 4, 2019, 4:01am

It’s in Russia, but not very close to Kazan

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 4:04am

St Petersburg

hannes · February 4, 2019, 4:05am

Colder, head east

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 4:17am

Kirov

hannes · February 4, 2019, 4:25am

Wrong time zone, more to the east.

A guy from the US wanted to visit once, but could not for some airplane-related reason.

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 4:38am

Ulan Ude?

hannes · February 4, 2019, 4:45am

Ulan Ude would be this pic:

Almost there

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 4:49am

Khabarovsk hehe

hannes · February 4, 2019, 4:56am

Is “hehe” Russian for railway station?

Nope, need to get back to UU and then some.

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 5:00am

Omsk sorry long process

hannes · February 4, 2019, 5:10am

Now you are back too far west.

Omsk has a nice station though:

Trivia fact: There is a city in Chile that is the antipode of this city, located diametrically across from it.

shiadoa · February 4, 2019, 5:25am

Shame I dont know either city though to try haha. Just have to do it the hard way…
Krasnoyarsk

hannes · February 4, 2019, 5:30am

OK, let’s wrap this up. By train it takes 17~18 hours to get to that station from Krasnojoke, and it’s a major stop on the Transsib line