Mystery Auction Tips

[thepiranha]

I'm a new member and I'm having a difficult time finding hints to the Mystery Auction trip to South America. Can somebody please tell me how to do this? Muchas gracias.

Dave

[kyshel]

hi, Dave, thepiranha! (one of the few who can spell the name corrrectly!!--by the way, have you ever heard of the candiru fish? now, that's one scary creature...)
The locations are frequently guessed in the threads by members, but not confirmed by LL.
Part of the "mystery"...The photos are usually to identify a region or country, but not necessarily indicative of the specific location--ie--pics of Rio and Amazon, etc--each thousands of miles apart. Additional clues will help narrow the site but the exact property is never revealed by LL. If you root around the destination countries and start playing the "where is it?" game, you can cross-reference sources within the LL website for info or clue identification.
Have fun--it's a blast! AND when you do win a mystery auction bid, you can really get some incredible buys.
PS--don't bid against me, please!!

The clues are all on the mystery auction board

Message Edited by kyshel on 02-07-2008 01:00 PM

[thepiranha]

Shelley,

Thanks for your response. I googled candiru and it sounds like one nasty fish. What really made me squeamish was reading how it is attracted to urea and it can swim up a person's urethra. Extremely unpleasant and painful! That's why you shouldn't pee in the water if you're in South America. Anyway, I'm thepiranha because I lived in Hana, Maui, for three and a half years. I formed a basketball team and the only two words that I could think of that rhyme with Hana are iguana and piranha, so we became known as The Hana Piranha. I've kept the moniker ever since. Anyway, if you read the earlier posts regarding the South America Mystery Trip, you can see that I was one of the early responders. By the way, how do you get to be a VIP contributor? Is it based on quantity or quality of posts? Thanks again.

Dave
"thepiranha"