Gumbo

Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris: Where Gumbo Was (#67)

Paris’s Parc des Buttes Chaumont, in the eastern part of the city, can fool you. In this case, it fooled all but PortMoresby, who somehow knew this seemingly tropical wilderness, with its sketchy bridge and photographed through falling rain, was really “faux rain forest,” and knew which one.

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Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#67)

  Lynn Millar spotted Gumbo’s last locale, the faux-Bavarian village of Leavenworth, WA.   But Gumbo hates when everyone knows where he’s gone, and he’s now taken himself far from there…but where?   Can you and your fellow Gumbo…

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The Library of Congress: Where Gumbo Was (#65)

Roderick Simpson seems to always know where TravelGumbo is…the Puzzlers have had a hard time hiding from him, and once again he’s found the answer. He’s so good at it, we’ve invited him to join the crew of Puzzlers…   The Library of Congress…

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Where in the World is TravelGumbo? (#63)

Too cold to stay in Iceland any longer! Gumbo’s off again, this time to a pleasant park with an unusual statue—think of all the things it might mean! But one thing it means for sure: Gumbo knows where he is, but it’s up to you to puzzle it out…

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Life on the Vltava: Where Gumbo Was (#49)

 Gumbo likes the idea that there are many places that look alike, and yet have some “feel” of their own that sets them apart.  Experienced travelers looked and placed it in several different locations…none of them bad guesses.

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Where Gumbo Was (#9): Poiana Brasov, Romania

 Worker Bee has done it again. On Wednesday, by e-mail, he took a shot and hit a similar church 6 hours drive away—and then came back with the right town, the right church, the same link Gumbo found to the Bollywood video—and the…

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Where Gumbo Was #7.8

 Despite some very thoughtful and educated guesses by our readership, Gumbo was elusive this time around. Gumbo was traveling with some biologists in southern Australia (Kangaroo Island to be precise) and was fascinated to see this baby…

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Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris: Where Gumbo Was (#67)

Paris’s Parc des Buttes Chaumont, in the eastern part of the city, can fool you. In this case, it fooled all but PortMoresby, who somehow knew this seemingly tropical wilderness, with its sketchy bridge and photographed through falling rain, was really “faux rain forest,” and knew which one.

Read More

Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#67)

  Lynn Millar spotted Gumbo’s last locale, the faux-Bavarian village of Leavenworth, WA.   But Gumbo hates when everyone knows where he’s gone, and he’s now taken himself far from there…but where?   Can you and your fellow Gumbo…

Read More

The Library of Congress: Where Gumbo Was (#65)

Roderick Simpson seems to always know where TravelGumbo is…the Puzzlers have had a hard time hiding from him, and once again he’s found the answer. He’s so good at it, we’ve invited him to join the crew of Puzzlers…   The Library of Congress…

Read More

Where in the World is TravelGumbo? (#63)

Too cold to stay in Iceland any longer! Gumbo’s off again, this time to a pleasant park with an unusual statue—think of all the things it might mean! But one thing it means for sure: Gumbo knows where he is, but it’s up to you to puzzle it out…

Read More

Life on the Vltava: Where Gumbo Was (#49)

 Gumbo likes the idea that there are many places that look alike, and yet have some “feel” of their own that sets them apart.  Experienced travelers looked and placed it in several different locations…none of them bad guesses.

Read More

Where Gumbo Was (#9): Poiana Brasov, Romania

 Worker Bee has done it again. On Wednesday, by e-mail, he took a shot and hit a similar church 6 hours drive away—and then came back with the right town, the right church, the same link Gumbo found to the Bollywood video—and the…

Read More

Where Gumbo Was #7.8

 Despite some very thoughtful and educated guesses by our readership, Gumbo was elusive this time around. Gumbo was traveling with some biologists in southern Australia (Kangaroo Island to be precise) and was fascinated to see this baby…

Read More