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The third triangulation "key" is the swath of trees along the Thames - only one place they occur, the Inner Temple Gardens. BTW, I've actually had lunch in the revolving restaurant of the BT Tower - 50 (oh, my, Lord!) years ago - so it grabs my attention whenever I see it. Prawn cocktail and lamb chops, IIRC.

 

 

 

Andy, 

 

I also remember when either the revolving restaurant on the GPO tower (run by Rocco Forte if I remember correctly) or the roof top bar at the Hilton were the places to take a young lady, if you wanted to impress.  :)

 

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The third triangulation "key" is the swath of trees along the Thames - only one place they occur, the Inner Temple Gardens. BTW, I've actually had lunch in the revolving restaurant of the BT Tower - 50 (oh, my, Lord!) years ago - so it grabs my attention whenever I see it. Prawn cocktail and lamb chops, IIRC.

 

 

 

 

If it were still open, these days you'd probably be offered something like Korean tapas  :rolleyes:

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Same building, interior detail.

 

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Here is your next one. 

 

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I seem to remember a Hindu temple like this in Hong Kong, though I do not know its name.  Or was it in Singapore?  Long time ago.  There's a pretty spectacular one in Colombo, Sri Lanka, but I'm certain this is not it - It's peak was flatter.

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Not as far north as that but correct sub-continent. The whole building is very recognisable and well known but this obviously is just the top of one part. If folks are still struggling after another couple of days, I will widen the crop. 

 

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India is correct. Here is a slightly bigger crop. 

 

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The Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai.

 

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Our hotel arranged an invite to a ceremony at this temple in the evening, where one of the goddesses was being taken from her shrine in a palanquin to be blessed. It was like a scene from an Indiana Jones movie, with the priests all stripped to their waists, using flaming torches, parading a curtained gold encrusted silver palanquin through the huge stone blocks of the inner temple, scattering flower petals and chanting. 

 

They had asked us not to bring cameras of any description and having obeyed this strictly (not even a tiny Minox C), we were a bit annoyed to see most of the other invited guests, mostly Indian nationals, snapping away with their phones. It would have been perfect for my M240 and Noctilux. This was one of the highlights of our 4 week trip round southern India. It helped that the hotel in Madurai, which had been the British governor's palace, overlooking the whole of Madurai, was excellent. 

 

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