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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #75 on: November 17, 2006, 10:22:08 PM »
^^ They're nice people; strong team. The only people I'm happy that got eliminated are Peter and Jonathan.  :jam:

My spec:  :o  ;D

1: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2: Jakarta, Indonesia
3: Bali, Indonesia
4: Sydney, Australia
5: Queenstown, New Zealand
6: Auckland, New Zealand
7: Singapore
8: Red Fort, India
9: Istanbul, Turkey
10:
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13: Melaka, Malaysia
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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #76 on: November 17, 2006, 10:42:40 PM »
from the intro



Most likely, it's Monkey Island, Phuket, Thailand.  :jumpy:  :woohoo:


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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #77 on: November 17, 2006, 11:07:33 PM »
I loved that game!!
Arrr! GuyBrush Threepwood!
I've been to Monkey Island, banzai  :nods

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #78 on: November 17, 2006, 11:20:51 PM »
lol. Love the swashbuckling in that game.   :hearts:

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #79 on: November 17, 2006, 11:51:40 PM »
:D LOL banzai ! I never connected the game with anything but fantasy. Gotta love wrestling with the sailor in the bar!!
Good job on keeping us up to date banzai  :thankyou:


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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #80 on: November 18, 2006, 05:42:40 AM »
Hope they went to the Tsunami Observatory Tower :)

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #81 on: November 18, 2006, 01:07:24 PM »
 :jumpy:  :woohoo:
This is from a Sony HD commercial

    That's Auckland, New Zealand. You can barely see the Sky Tower in the distant. Free spoilers from Sony.

So where are these?  ??? from the same commercial.



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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #82 on: November 18, 2006, 02:26:40 PM »
 :jumpy:  :woohoo:

Sony HD commercial



Most likely, it's Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, New Zealand (southern island)

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #83 on: November 18, 2006, 07:46:17 PM »
I think you've got it  :tup:. I've found a matching view (photo source): the viewpoint is looking east from Queenstown towards the Remarkables.

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #84 on: November 18, 2006, 10:52:37 PM »
Banzai, that's Mount Eden, no?



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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #85 on: November 18, 2006, 11:20:35 PM »
^^ yes, looks like Mount Eden.  :jumpy:

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #86 on: November 19, 2006, 06:35:52 AM »
^^ They're nice people; strong team. The only people I'm happy that got eliminated are Peter and Jonathan.  :jam:

My spec:  :o  ;D

1: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2: Jakarta, Indonesia
3: Bali, Indonesia
4: Sydney, Australia
5: Queenstown, New Zealand
6: Auckland, New Zealand
7: Singapore
8: Red Fort, India
9: Istanbul, Turkey
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13: Melaka, Malaysia

They do Auckland before Queenstown. There was a sighting on a flight from Queenstown to Auckland with a racer saying that they were en-route to Singapore.

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #87 on: November 19, 2006, 06:39:46 AM »
I think we can fit in Phuket and Mumbai somewhere in there as well. Istanbul? I'm not that sure.

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #88 on: November 21, 2006, 01:04:27 AM »
Looks like the Auckland thing is the same from TAR5 :)

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #89 on: November 21, 2006, 02:57:09 AM »
i am back this time with a huge spoilers waiting


wikipedia has given us the latest results and who will be in the final 3

weird ya


anyway here is the link: hopefully the codes is correct



captured by me:

Singaporean here - PM me, if you need me to translate, Chinese, Malay, English, German or Japanese

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #90 on: November 21, 2006, 04:41:41 AM »
Why the heck should we even believe this for a second? :groan:

The positions haven't been right even for the (already-aired) first two episodes!

Idiot Wikipedia spammers. :lies:

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #91 on: November 21, 2006, 06:21:29 AM »
theres SOMETHING wrong with it... so I'm NOT believing anything

but I really hope the other Filipino team will make it at least at the Top 5!  :lol:

Again DOn't believe VANDALS in wikipedia :)

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #92 on: November 21, 2006, 11:36:46 AM »
TARA episode 3 newsletter:

The Teams face a new set of challenges... including one gruelling task that forces the Teams to decide whether to continue, or give up. Making the wrong decision will cost a Team their place in the race.


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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #93 on: November 22, 2006, 10:17:27 PM »
it looks like their placement in episode 2, is in the row of leg 1! so i hope its true because AUbrey and Jacq is in the final 5!!!!

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #94 on: November 23, 2006, 12:32:01 AM »
I REALLY HOPE SO!  :hearts:


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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #95 on: November 24, 2006, 03:25:05 AM »
Looks like we have most of what's coming next week already...

Teams depart from Bali over a spread of what - six hours? Their next destination: Sydney, Australia. It looks like they arrive at Kingsford Smith Intl Airport at the crack of dawn, which would fit in nicely with the first clue being at the Rocks facing the Sydney Opera House.

Since these next two tasks are so close to the clue box, I'm reckoning it's a Detour. We see Sharon/Melody climbing up the Sydney Harbour Bridge (rehash of TAR2) and Andy/Laura processing prawns underneath the bridge (rehash of TAR8).

Looks like the Roadblock involves diving with the sharks at the Sydney Aquarium or Ocean World Manly, and surprise! It's a rehash of the TAR4 Roadblock in Brisbane.

And of course, the Pit Stop at the Bounty. (Yay valor boreal!)



Oh, and that Wikipedia spoiler? Is so blown to bits. :whever:
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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #96 on: November 24, 2006, 09:38:43 AM »
And of course, the Pit Stop at the Bounty. (Yay valor boreal!)
which of course is a rehash of the Stockholm pitstop in TAR6 at the Auf Chapman

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #97 on: November 24, 2006, 12:20:28 PM »
1st clue

I think the 1st clue is at the North end of the bridge. And then they walk over the bridge toward the Rocks.

The RoadBlock should be at the Ocean World because they have to take a ferry here.

I'm not sure where's the Detour but you can see the Sydney harbor bridge and the Hyatt hotel are in the distant. Maybe it's near the Opera bar or @ the Circular Quay.
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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #98 on: November 24, 2006, 01:17:14 PM »
Could the first clue be on the side of the bridge of The Rocks? It looks like the Sydney Opera House is facing out towards the left of the picture, which would correspond with the little park next to Circular Quay...

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Re: The Amazing Race: Asia
« Reply #99 on: November 24, 2006, 01:56:51 PM »


^^ yeah that, it's confusing. The way they walk is like they're going toward the Rocks. The only way left is that they walk back and forth on the bridge.