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My puzzle enthusiast friend, who travels around the world whenever they can, recently sent me a puzzle (knowing very well I enjoy solving puzzles as well).

Hey friend! Today I'm visiting a country which I know you are fond of (one of many other countries I know you like). I decided to make a little puzzle for you, to see if you can figure out where I am :)

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So... Can you guess where I am?

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  • $\begingroup$ geography ? $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 24 at 19:34

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Your friend is in

HANOI, Vietnam!

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This puzzle represents the game - Tower of Hanoi with 4 discs.

However there is more...

The game is solved, so lets take the optimal order of moves (as hinted by the title), beginning with the first and label them A to P:

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Then matching the diagrams in the puzzle spells out 'HANOI'!!

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Great puzzle :)

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    $\begingroup$ reveal spoilermath.ucdavis.edu/~romik/downloads/hanoi-animation.gif $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 25 at 3:53
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    $\begingroup$ Indeed it is, nice job! $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 25 at 9:17
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    $\begingroup$ @vallev I think that link got corrupted. There's a spurious span/end span at the end, which causes a 404 $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 27 at 6:13

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