Author Topic: The Amazing Race 16 Destinations/Locations (Read 271300 times)

puddin · « **Reply #400 on:** December 23, 2009, 11:16:47 PM »

Once again some amazing work, you guys all rock!

Quote from: Slowhatch on December 23, 2009, 10:40:15 PM

Just finished a short trip to verify for myself the path the Moms were walking at Union Station. I stood in the same spot and the photos below show the viewpoint from behind and in front of them. Behind them is the ticket counter and the door to a garden area called the South Patio that many people use as a shortcut (beyond the patio is the neat Fred Harvey restaurant, now used only for weddings and movie shoots; too bad it couldn't be a starting point). In front of them is the Red Line entrance and baggage claim. To their left is the main salon and to their immediate right is the tunnel leading to the Amtrak platforms and the Flyaway bus. If it's the bus they're after they need to do a lot of asking; I only found one sign for the Flyaway--at the end of the tunnel next to the bus stop itself.

sweetpeatx · « **Reply #401 on:** December 23, 2009, 11:45:03 PM »

I'm not sure where to put this, or if it is even news here. Remember the photo of Phil eating at McDonalds? I had tweeted the guy and asked where the photo was taken and he just answered me yesterday. He said, "Dubai."

puddin · « **Reply #402 on:** December 24, 2009, 01:54:25 AM »

Quote from: sweetpeatx on December 23, 2009, 11:45:03 PM

I'm not sure where to put this, or if it is even news here. Remember the photo of Phil eating at McDonalds? I had tweeted the guy and asked where the photo was taken and he just answered me yesterday. He said, "Dubai."

thanks for the info sweetpeatx , good job

georgiapeach · « **Reply #403 on:** December 24, 2009, 02:21:38 AM »

Thanks sweetpeatx, that will help the Timeline a lot!

Glamazon Racer · « **Reply #404 on:** December 24, 2009, 04:25:06 AM »

Do you guys think they're doing Dubai in back-to-back seasons, or if it is just a connection (almost like FRANKFURT

), since it has flights almost everywhere from there?

Seattlite · « **Reply #405 on:** December 24, 2009, 08:40:39 AM »

While it has been done before (India), I doubt they would since it was so well covered. I can't think of another aspect to feature.

walkingpneumonia · « **Reply #406 on:** December 24, 2009, 09:03:10 AM »

Quote from: sweetpeatx on December 23, 2009, 11:45:03 PM

I'm not sure where to put this, or if it is even news here. Remember the photo of Phil eating at McDonalds? I had tweeted the guy and asked where the photo was taken and he just answered me yesterday. He said, "Dubai."

Good job following up.
I can't seem to match up the pic with the Dubai McD's though. Is it possible the guy is covering up his location because he is WRP crew and in trouble for posting it? I thought we had it pretty well pinpointed Phil being in Penang.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #407 on:** December 24, 2009, 01:27:47 PM »

I looked last night as well, the McD looks different...will try to work on it more after the holidays.

Slowhatch · « **Reply #408 on:** December 28, 2009, 01:09:42 AM »

I'm not sure what the caption of this photo means: the photo seems to have been created today (27 Dec), and he might be referring to a former racer.

georgiapeach · « **Reply #409 on:** December 28, 2009, 02:23:50 AM »

Interesting find...was this was one of our possible start locations?

Boingo · « **Reply #410 on:** December 28, 2009, 10:29:29 AM »

Quote from: Slowhatch on December 28, 2009, 01:09:42 AM

I'm not sure what the caption of this photo means: the photo seems to have been created today (27 Dec), and he might be referring to a former racer.

hmmmmm... if he's Taegen Carter, the director/screenwriter, then he has an inside connection to the entertainment industry in L.A.

(hint of a possible TAR connection)

puddin · « **Reply #411 on:** December 28, 2009, 11:46:37 AM »

Quote from: georgiapeach on December 28, 2009, 02:23:50 AM

Interesting find...was this was one of our possible start locations?

Someone migh have thrown that idea out, I'll have to read back to see who it was? Thanks Slowhatch and Boingo

topaz · « **Reply #412 on:** December 28, 2009, 02:10:42 PM »

Quote from: Kiwi Jay on November 28, 2009, 02:50:26 PM

Amazing race: I just called my friend in Toronto.There is flags and a cluebox outside the brickworks.

Liar, Liar pants on fire.

Have we got anyone here from Santiago or in particular Valparaiso!

well, speaking of fire, there's a forest fire going on in Valparaiso, Chile, the 1st city to be raced on TAR 16: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8432347.stm

Boingo · « **Reply #413 on:** December 28, 2009, 03:04:35 PM »

sorry if this was posted previously, but a TARLA(?) sighting in San Telmo (Market), [Buenos Aires] Argentina here

not sure if TARLA was filming at the time... could be nothing...

theschnauzers · « **Reply #414 on:** December 28, 2009, 03:45:46 PM »

IIRC, the Disney Concert Hall is in the vicinity of the first Tweets and the underground tunnel that was closed on the first day of filming TAR 16.

Whether it means anything in particular as to TAR 16 is another question altogether.

puddin · « **Reply #415 on:** December 28, 2009, 06:53:51 PM »

Was Boingo that pointed out the Walt Disney Concert Hall first I believe

Quote from: Boingo on November 28, 2009, 03:57:50 PM

Been looking into this a bit... and just going with the hotel spoilers in downtown LA... you can extrapolate something like this....

One of the downtown hotels used by USC (to house alumni/team) is the Omni Hotel

Given that, what else is there to do downtown within walking distance of the hotel....

- Angels Flight (funicular) next to Omni (closed for repairs)
- Walt Disney Concert Hall (modern Bilbao-like structure) possible indoor start ?
- a whole lot of nothing......... but great access to the freeways...

In short, I got nothin'

Quote from: caper on November 28, 2009, 04:02:19 PM

Could this be connected to the start location??? see (9) =
http://ens.lacity.org/bpw/agendas/bpwagendas8663713_11252009.pdf
but I think it would be close to where teams were spotted??? (I'm probably just grasping at straws )

^^ that might have been a filming for cars Radical

COMMUNI- Film L.A. Inc. #1, requesting Board grant @Radical
CATIONS Media, Inc. permission to close 2nd Street tunnel from
Hill Street to Figueroa Street on Saturday and Sunday,
November 28-29, 2009 from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
for filming purposes

puddin · « **Reply #416 on:** December 29, 2009, 05:20:56 AM »

Remember this sighting ..

Phil spotted in Dubai en route to Malaysia (12/12 EK342 arriving 10:30am); team spotted en route from Kuala Lumpur to Penang (12/14)

found a blog ...

Scooting Around
12/14/09: Penang, Malaysia

We scooted to the Kek Lok Si Temple, which is the biggest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. Kevin and I aren’t very good at visiting temples, since we usually don’t know anything about them except whatever they say in the brochure they hand out to visitors.

Anyway, the temple seemed nice enough – it was really colorful, which made for some pretty pictures. We spent about half an hour there and were getting ready to leave when Kevin, who was at the front stairs, waved and motioned excitedly for me to come look. “It’s The Amazing Race! And sure enough, it was. Kevin offered up the idea of following the Amazing Race-rs around all day, which I promptly vetoed. I wasn’t going to let us spend our one day in Penang scooting around aimlessly looking for things we couldn’t find.

more at the link above

puddin · « **Reply #417 on:** December 29, 2009, 05:29:54 AM »

Kek Lok Si Temple is pretty awesome

Kiwi Jay · « **Reply #418 on:** December 29, 2009, 04:59:20 PM »

wow looks really nice, this would be F5 would it not?

georgiapeach · « **Reply #419 on:** December 30, 2009, 04:24:05 AM »

Had a wonderful reply with more info from Kevin and Zhou from www.nohurrycurry.wordpress.com!!

They write:

Quote

We were about to leave Kekloksi Temple near Penang Hill around 11am on 12/14 when one team and its cameraman and coordinator hopped out of a taxi. A few minutes later two more teams showed up and each team was asking some locals for help. Eventually they all figured out they were in the wrong spot. I was standing next to one of the guys at this point (trying to offer my map but he was talking to a local), and I'm pretty sure they were all supposed to be at Kuan Yin Teng (Goddess of Mercy Temple), but am not 100%. A couple hours later we went to this temple and didn't see any trace of the race.

All we can remember about the teams was that there were three of them - one father/daughter team, one team of two younger guys, and one unknown. (Sending pics for review--peach)

.... They sent a few pics >>>( the last team to leave, since I was too excited that we were watching TAR to take pictures or video up to that point) is the father and daughter.

Unfortunately we didn't get to see a challenge of any sort, but hope this is helpful anyway. Let us know if you need any more information.

puddin · « **Reply #420 on:** December 30, 2009, 11:01:44 AM »

Thanks peach thanks Kevin and Zhou, fantastic confirmation that this is our race!

Boingo · « **Reply #421 on:** December 30, 2009, 12:34:07 PM »

Father & daughter (?) were standing next to this gate in the parking lot next to the temple.

photo album
photo album #2

Kiwi Jay · « **Reply #422 on:** December 30, 2009, 01:11:17 PM »

That looks like the Father and Daughter to me too, definitely looks like them in the first picture

georgiapeach · « **Reply #423 on:** December 30, 2009, 05:35:00 PM »

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Author Topic: The Amazing Race 16 Destinations/Locations (Read 271300 times)