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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #100 on: October 20, 2009, 07:41:48 PM »
There's so much new construction going on (and the GE imagery is more than a year old), it's hard to say...For example, here's a neighborhood mosque with maybe 4 minarets. Nearby there's a tall flagpole that may be the thing on the right of the cap. I can't line up the perspective though, and who knows maybe more has been built in the same area (and everywhere else) in the past year.

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #101 on: October 20, 2009, 08:03:37 PM »
.... Nearby there's a tall flagpole that may be the thing on the right of the cap. .....

 ;D  I suspect it's more likely a giant cell phone pole/tower...  :res:

... i've been all over Sharjah and Al Mamzar with no luck, so far...  :groan:
« Last Edit: October 20, 2009, 08:10:39 PM by Boingo »


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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #102 on: October 20, 2009, 10:41:04 PM »
The promo cap of the Trotters bears a resemblance to building features of the Deira Gold Souk (photo source).

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #103 on: October 20, 2009, 10:42:30 PM »
ooooh...that fits really well into the storyline.

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #104 on: October 20, 2009, 10:48:25 PM »


From this image, it looks like racers would get off the water slide and head towards the beach on the upper right part of the picture to get to the Mat.


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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #105 on: October 20, 2009, 11:25:16 PM »
 :tup: yep, that works, gator.  ...but to make it more challenging, I'd hide Phil all the way down the beach by the breakwater/boat dock, just for kicks.  :snicker:

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #106 on: October 20, 2009, 11:51:49 PM »
Thanks Slowhatch and Boingo more gold souk

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #107 on: October 20, 2009, 11:58:05 PM »
Gosh we need better screencaps  :lol:

okay so looking for the tree lined creek .. maybe?  :lol: I can't get behind it like Slowhatch said the are old but found a mosque grasping at straws here ..

Deira/Dubai creek side park , the creek park is across from the golf course.

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #108 on: October 21, 2009, 12:13:36 AM »
 :lol: Looks like Cheyne & Meghan may have a different challenge, involving waterpipes.  :ascared They give each other the high five after doing something (unpacking?).  :duno:

edited to add:
Along the slightly larger lanes of the gold souk, each shop window is crammed with gold necklaces, rings, bangles, earrings and brooches. In the evening the area is a hive of activity. Gold prices are among the lowest in the world.

In other small streets, the visitor can find shops selling nargilehs (hookah or hubble-bubble pipes) and coffee pots, and nearby tea stalls where both of these items are in daily use.


« Last Edit: October 21, 2009, 01:38:09 AM by Boingo »

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #109 on: October 21, 2009, 12:13:46 AM »
Random thought: Is there a chance Mika/Canaan quit the Atlantis task, and that's why they are eliminated? Due to a penalty?
Raymond, the odds are maybe 40% that you are right with this hypothesis. However, the more likely propsect is that CBS/WRP have used the old misdirection play to lead you to the incorrect conclusion that Mika is giving up and will not go down that slide. Think of the number of instances in Amazing Races where just before the commercial all is lost and then there is a miraculous recovery. I predict that will happen one more time. Mika/Canaan may still be eliminated, however, due to the time lost before she does go down the slide.
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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #110 on: October 21, 2009, 12:19:20 AM »
Random thought: Is there a chance Mika/Canaan quit the Atlantis task, and that's why they are eliminated? Due to a penalty?
Raymond, the odds are maybe 40% that you are right with this hypothesis. However, the more likely propsect is that CBS/WRP have used the old misdirection play to lead you to the incorrect conclusion that Mika is giving up and will not go down that slide. Think of the number of instances in Amazing Races where just before the commercial all is lost and then there is a miraculous recovery. I predict that will happen one more time. Mika/Canaan may still be eliminated, however, due to the time lost before she does go down the slide.
Thanks for your explanation, Mr. Amazing Race.
weren't they witnessed in tallinn?
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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #111 on: October 21, 2009, 12:19:58 AM »
Google Maps can't seem to find a mosque that's somewhat close. :P Are we sure it's a mosque and not some other building?
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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #112 on: October 21, 2009, 12:22:40 AM »

weren't they witnessed in tallinn?
Nope, they are next to go cdfe  :(

Google Maps can't seem to find a mosque that's somewhat close. :P Are we sure it's a mosque and not some other building?
I'm grasping!  :lol:  . . I can't find the farking buliding  :meow:

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #113 on: October 21, 2009, 12:25:15 AM »
Random thought: Is there a chance Mika/Canaan quit the Atlantis task, and that's why they are eliminated? Due to a penalty?
Raymond, the odds are maybe 40% that you are right with this hypothesis. However, the more likely propsect is that CBS/WRP have used the old misdirection play to lead you to the incorrect conclusion that Mika is giving up and will not go down that slide. Think of the number of instances in Amazing Races where just before the commercial all is lost and then there is a miraculous recovery. I predict that will happen one more time. Mika/Canaan may still be eliminated, however, due to the time lost before she does go down the slide.
Thanks for your explanation, Mr. Amazing Race.
weren't they witnessed in tallinn?
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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #114 on: October 21, 2009, 12:25:28 AM »
 :lol: I can see it now, Phil's inevitable standup shot explaining the gold souk task.
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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #115 on: October 21, 2009, 12:33:06 AM »
okay so I got behind the park, don't think it helps DUBAI HEALTHCARE CITY (DHCC)

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #116 on: October 21, 2009, 12:35:17 AM »
Creekside park has possibilites--the pole might be a pylon for the gondola ride--but like everybody else I can't find a good mosque (or that office building in the background).

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #117 on: October 21, 2009, 12:39:22 AM »
Heres another shot, not the one I was hoping for :(


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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #118 on: October 21, 2009, 01:14:32 AM »
 :jumpy:  found it!   :yess:

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #119 on: October 21, 2009, 01:17:37 AM »
So to summarize my predictions based on what you guys have:

Roadblock at the mosque
Waterpipe/Money Detour
Go through the slide to get to Phil


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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #120 on: October 21, 2009, 01:38:06 AM »
:jumpy:  found it!   :yess:
  :jumpy: :jumpy:  :yess:  :yess: you made my night Boingo  :jumpy: NICE!

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #121 on: October 21, 2009, 01:44:48 AM »
This map states its the Pakistani Masjid (Dubai City) ?

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #122 on: October 21, 2009, 01:59:24 AM »
 :lol:  great, but the mosque was only useful in identifying the park where the trotter paddles his boat... any luck finding the other two building?   ;D  :res: :groan:

So that still leaves us with the waterpipe (hookah) task location (most likely also near the gold souk), and the two briefcase locations.  (:;) :knuckles: :meow:
« Last Edit: October 21, 2009, 02:04:48 AM by Boingo »

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #123 on: October 21, 2009, 06:01:22 AM »
Is there a possibility that this leg might be a NEL?

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Re: TAR15 EP1506 " Do It for the Hood! Do It for the Suburbs" (Dubai)
« Reply #124 on: October 21, 2009, 07:56:02 AM »
eragon,

Now there is a good prediction. I agree with you. I rate the probability in the 50% range that the second Dubai episode is either NEL or TBC. There are two NELs or TBCs left in this race. I expect one to be found in one of the 2 legs in Czech Republic. The other has to be somewhere. If you work backward from the Czech assumption, you need 3 teams exiting Prague, 4  (if Czech NEL) or 5 (if Czech TBC) exiting Talinn, 5 or 6 exiting Stockholm 6 or 7 and exiting Dubai 6 or 7. It could go either way.