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Mature Flâneur
My Mystery Hike (To Guess Where?)
You know this place!
Yesterday I took a hike to a protected wildlife sanctuary in a part of the world many of my readers have definitely visited — but I bet only a few will recognize! So I invite you to play a game with me: guess where I am from the clues and photos I drop along the way during my hike. Please do so by clicking a word or phrase, then adding your guess as a response (this will mark where you are reading when you make your guesses — and of course, you can guess more than once). I promise that at the end I’ll reveal the destination.
You are welcome to use “plant identifier” and “bird identifier” apps if you like (which I did with some of the plants and animals that I name).
The weather was warm and sunny, as I crossed from my guest house in St. Mary’s-by-the-Stream (the translated name). I passed through a stone canyon and onto a vast green meadow interspersed with patches of forest.
Here and there in the trees were signs that at one time or another people have been present — a stacked of chopped logs, an unnamed statue in the rough, surrounded by flowers. The…
