Saturday, August 22, 2015

Photos From Each Country


Country 13 of 198: Which country? #picture198countries

For the next 7 months or so I will post a photo from a new country every day. To be the first to see them, please follow me on Instagram (where I am @Garfors). I will not tell you which country they are from, that is up to you to guess, sometimes a little hint will be added. And please feel free to share your own photos from that particular country too, using #picture198countries. I would love to see many more shots than the 198 I will contribute with.

You guess by adding a comment to the photo via Instagram. The first 21 to correctly guess the right country 10 times will get a free copy of my book "198: How I Ran Out of Countries*" in the mail (or electronically, if you prefer). Or you can find out where to buy it here

I will reveal which country each and every photo is from, a day after it has been posted. Most photos have been snapped by myself, I will otherwise credit the photographer. And I might appear in some of them, too. 

And do not forget to enter yourself or others into The Country Challenge

Please check instagram.com/garfors for your daily photo fix, or see one photo from every country here.

Why 198 countries?

Country 12 of 198: Which narrow country is this?
Answer: Benin. #picture198countries

Country 11 of 198: Dr. Vodka rode a 56 meter high ferris wheel in which "white" country?
Answer: Belarus. #picture198countries

Country 10 of 198: In which double landlocked country did our host invite me to dance to the radio in her livingroom?
Answer: Uzbekistan. #picture198countries

Country 9 of 198: Which country has a female Nobel Peace Price winner who later gave name to the
capital's airport? My brother Øystein and I flew above the city in a funicular. #picture198countries

Country 8 of 198: In which country, accustomed to hyperinflation and a falling dictator,
is this not an unusual selection in the sports shop?
Answer: Zimbabwe. #picture198countries

Country 7 of 198: Adrian Butterworth celebrates our Guinness World Record in which country?
Answer: Dominican Republic. #picture198countries

Country 6 of 198: In which country is guinea pig a delicacy and the rose a national flower?
Answer: Ecuador. #picture198countries

Country 5 of 198: Probably the coolest tourist attraction in the world is in which country? No hint today.
Answer: Turkmenistan. #picture198countries

Country 4 of 198: I got in trouble where? Hint: A bar here plays nothing but Depeche Mode.
Answer: Estonia. #picture198countries

Country 3 of 198. Hint: Former home of the dodo.
Answer: Mauritius. Most creative suggestion: Dodoland. #picture198countries

Country 2 of 198. Hint: This country doesn't have the letter "s", but the "s" sound is even in the country's name. 
Answer: Kiribati. #picture198countries

Country 1 out of 198. Hint: You cannot buy tobacco here.
Answer: Bhutan. #picture198countries