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TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« on: September 19, 2009, 10:05:29 PM »
Amazing Race 15 - It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam) 10/04
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2009, 09:53:13 PM »
Thanks to the EW article:

We know for sure this is HCMC


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"Saw a finishing leg of "The Amazing Race" being filmed outside HCMC's Reunification Palace this morning."
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Blog: posted on 7/26

*we stumbled upon the Amazing Race being filmed in Vietnam (both on the Mekong and in HCMC)
*was so excited to take a picture with Phil (the host)
*Second, they were told not to tell anybody that TAR was being filmed here.


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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2009, 09:23:44 PM »
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2009, 09:30:36 PM »
2th and 10th picture both has signs...can't read it though
Giraffe part of a detour, tech smashing RB
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2009, 09:54:23 PM »
The signs read "CAI GO - PHU LAM - ???" to me. :P
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2009, 09:54:44 PM »
preview when ready, youtube is slow tonight


 

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2009, 09:55:35 PM »
Dismantling e-waste? I hope it's not presented as some quaint local practice. The people who do that for a living (the low-tech way, I mean) lead shorter life-spans.

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2009, 09:56:43 PM »
Is it possible they're near Phu Lam Supermarket for the RB? :P I'll go see if I can dig up anything.
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2009, 09:57:20 PM »
Dismantling e-waste? I hope it's not presented as some quaint local practice. The people who do that for a living (the low-tech way, I mean) lead shorter life-spans.
I recently watched a show on that I think it was 60 minutes :naughty:

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2009, 10:01:56 PM »
Yes you did. They have a huge landfill in Communist China. Not safe.
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2009, 10:05:47 PM »
Thong Bao?

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2009, 10:07:37 PM »
Means "announcement", I think! Not going to be much help...

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2009, 10:08:17 PM »
the one behind Keri

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2009, 10:09:59 PM »
theres another team next to Lance, or more

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2009, 10:12:47 PM »
Place names. It's a bus! BX stands for Ben Xe (Bus Station), and BX Mien Tay is exactly the place the teams took the bus to Cai Be, no?


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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #15 on: September 27, 2009, 10:13:29 PM »
Isn't Phu Lam a city? I'll check.

ETA: It's part of Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City.

http://www.maplandia.com/vietnam/ho-chi-minh-city/inner-city/phu-lam/
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2009, 10:16:51 PM »
Place names. It's a bus! BX stands for Ben Xe (Bus Station), and BX Mien Tay is exactly the place the teams took the bus to Cai Be, no?



Good catch Neobie! :tup: I didn't see it as a bus the first time. :funny:
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2009, 10:16:57 PM »
The sign belongs to a bus.
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2009, 10:19:42 PM »
We'll see which bus runs this route. Western side of town.

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2009, 10:20:59 PM »
Means "announcement", I think! Not going to be much help...

If only we can read the announcement itself. And what is with Justin having a balloon? I know it's a rnadom thing, but is the animal for a party? :P
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #20 on: September 27, 2009, 10:38:09 PM »
Somewhere along the routes of 14 or 139, according to this map.

The Vietnamese reads Cây Gõ, Phú Lâm, BX (Bến Xe) Miên Tây if anyone wants to look.

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #21 on: September 27, 2009, 10:43:25 PM »
Okay.
ETA: I tried tracing it, and it is one of 14 or 139. I can't find Cây Gõ though. Is it that circle near Vòng Xoay Phú Lâm?
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #22 on: September 27, 2009, 11:29:59 PM »
It's a bus  :lol:   .. cripes good catch Neobie  :yess:

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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2009, 11:59:07 PM »
It's a bus  :lol:   .. cripes good catch Neobie  :yess:

Wait. If Zev & Justin do the Detour by a bus & Lance & Keri do the RB by a bus as well, what does it all mean? :duno:

Also, look at the bus behind Zev: It says "15T-8ON" & "Thanh Pho". Is this any hint as to where they are in that shot?
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Re: TAR15 EP1503: "It’s Like Being Dropped on Planet Mars (Vietnam)"
« Reply #24 on: September 28, 2009, 01:53:59 AM »
It's a bus  :lol:   .. cripes good catch Neobie  :yess:

Wait. If Zev & Justin do the Detour by a bus & Lance & Keri do the RB by a bus as well, what does it all mean? :duno:

Also, look at the bus behind Zev: It says "15T-8ON" & "Thanh Pho". Is this any hint as to where they are in that shot?
My first thought was Zev is watching Justin do the RB with the bus behind him?