More History Behind the Mystery
"My colleague from the Malta Heritage Society surprisingly knew the story about the ring I found at the Sailor's Church in Montreal* and had more to tell me. Apparently, there were originally *3* rings stolen from Shah Shuja. Three years after the Gordon Highlander gave the ring to the priest, his regiment was stationed in Malta in 1888. One of the rings is believed to be hidden in the underground of Fort Rinella. The other one is still in Afghanistan somewhere near the Bolan Pass."
*(See page 10, post 141 of this thread)
"This shell weighs 1 tonne and that gun up there could fire it up to about 8 miles! Now back to business...I'm here to find that ring. Not only will the 3 rings lead me to the bigger prize, they belong in the Ravenwood Museum!"
"Alright, I've searched high & low and there's no trace of it anywh-- Wait a minute! What's this? Looks like the entrance to a secret tunnel!"
Lance Quazar said:
AMAZING pics, as always, Stoo! Try to get the rest your images out there before Billy Ray starts posting.
I love how you are able to cheat and make Indy look "full size" in many of your images. Wonderful! And the locations are absolutely extraordinary. Thanks for doing such an incredible job, you have really set the bar incredibly high.
Delighted to hear Indy has arrived safely with Billy Ray, can't wait to see what adventures the two of them get into now.
Whoooooo!!!
Whooooo! is right, Lance.
Can't wait to see Indy on Afghan soil! Again, thanks for all your enthusiastic feedback. I hate the blurriness in some of them and so many ideas are coming to mind now that I'm kicking myself for not having thought of them sooner. Hopefully, you, Billy Ray & the rest of the gang will be inspired to think of some cool ideas before it's too late!
Many of the Malta shots were a challenge. Besides the fact that I was on the move, as I mentioned earlier, they were done without my girlfriend knowing.
For Fort Rinella, I was given free access to roam as I please (which was awesome) but the Indy photos I took didn't turn out to as well as I would've liked.
Billy Ray said:
Well, he has already survived his first rocket attack, but honestly those are far less dangerous than the brown trout in the "poo pond".
I haven't got out and about with Indy yet, but I plan on at least getting some shots with the mosque today. Unfortunately it's a bit overcast today (which normally would be a welcome event). I did get a few shots of Indy's arrival yesterday, but had some trouble uploading them las night. Apparently he missed a good photo op with some camels by one day
Re: Rocket attack.
Not to get overly sentimental but please know that I hope you (& your entire outfit) come to no harm.
Too bad about the camels. Maybe you'll get another chance.
I have a favour to ask you, Billy Ray. I'm extremely anxious to see your photos but would you be able to hold off from posting the bulk of them until I'm done? Maybe another day or two? I'm sure everyone would appreciate a few teasers but it would be nice to make Indy's travelogue as fluid as possible. Just a thought...