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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #50 on: May 26, 2010, 03:51:51 PM »
They're running the race in Northern Hemisphere summer (hence, Southern Hemisphere winter), which would make legs south of the Equator (ie Australia, most of South America, southern Africa), highly unlikely. If they were to cross it, I don't think it would be for a giant leap (ie Oceania, South Africa).

That being said, I think they might go to Central America. It's been relatively unvisited plus they have TARLA racing down there to throw off any spoiler hounds like, say, us  :lol:

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #51 on: May 26, 2010, 03:53:59 PM »
It seems they are headfing to the Congo.

You can't get there from Frankfurt, so I doubt it.


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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #52 on: May 26, 2010, 03:56:48 PM »
Probably eleven teams, since one boat appeared to have only one team on it.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #53 on: May 26, 2010, 03:56:54 PM »
It seems they are headfing to the Congo.

You can't get there from Frankfurt, so I doubt it.

I agree, considering the guy that said it is speculated now to be a hoax.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #54 on: May 26, 2010, 03:59:11 PM »
A pox on all hoaxers. (:;)

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #55 on: May 26, 2010, 04:00:04 PM »
If I had to guess, I'd say either Denmark or Belgium. Both relatively close to Frankfurt and have never bene visited in the race's history. They could easily fly to Denmark or train/bus their way to Belgium from Frankfurt.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #56 on: May 26, 2010, 04:02:26 PM »
It seems they are headfing to the Congo.

You can't get there from Frankfurt, so I doubt it.

From Frankfurt there is plenty of connections to Congo. Not directly, but it is a huge airport with plenty of flights.           

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #57 on: May 26, 2010, 04:02:53 PM »
Macaroons has indicated that they are heading to London.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #58 on: May 26, 2010, 04:04:32 PM »
I am going to guess Denmark or Belgium.  They seem the obvious choices.  Brussels Airport has flights from London and Frankfurt.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #59 on: May 26, 2010, 04:13:30 PM »
Just read this in the tweets topic:

This is a good one: A 17ª temporada de "The Amazing Race" começou hoje a ser filmada em Boston. Será que é desta que voltam a Portugal?

Portuguese is like Spanish, so I'll take a knack. The guy's only asking if TAR may finally return to Portugal?  :groan:

That was my tweet! I'm sorry if I got anyone confused. Caelestor is right, I was only asking if TAR is finally returning to Portugal. :P


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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #60 on: May 26, 2010, 04:17:15 PM »
Takes it what its worth for but, Wikipedia has congo listed as its first destination.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #61 on: May 26, 2010, 04:24:30 PM »
Just read this in the tweets topic:

This is a good one: A 17ª temporada de "The Amazing Race" começou hoje a ser filmada em Boston. Será que é desta que voltam a Portugal?

Portuguese is like Spanish, so I'll take a knack. The guy's only asking if TAR may finally return to Portugal?  :groan:

That was my tweet! I'm sorry if I got anyone confused. Caelestor is right, I was only asking if TAR is finally returning to Portugal. :P

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #62 on: May 26, 2010, 05:11:25 PM »
Takes it what its worth for but, Wikipedia has congo listed as its first destination.

Never trust Wikipedia until it's semi-protected.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #63 on: May 26, 2010, 06:05:55 PM »
Just an observation:

This relatively early filming start now explains the equally relatively early renewal announcement for TAR 17 a couple of months back. Not to mention Phil's absence from The Early Show on the 10th.

This marks the first East Coast start since TAR 11, and the first start date that might have been affected by volcanic ash. :)
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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #64 on: May 26, 2010, 08:52:57 PM »
It thrills me to have three different TARs going on! There's TAR China Rush, TAR Latin America, and our own TAR 17! :hearts:
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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #65 on: May 26, 2010, 09:01:51 PM »
It thrills me to have three different TARs going on! There's TAR China Rush, TAR Latin America, and our own TAR 17! :hearts:
Surely the first one ended by now.  About a week ago, we were down to the F5.  It has to be over by now, right?

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #66 on: May 26, 2010, 09:53:10 PM »
It thrills me to have three different TARs going on! There's TAR China Rush, TAR Latin America, and our own TAR 17! :hearts:
Surely the first one ended by now.  About a week ago, we were down to the F5.  It has to be over by now, right?
TAR China Rush has just finished 10th leg in tengchong yesterday,I find new spoiler to confirm this.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #67 on: May 27, 2010, 01:18:26 AM »
Would they do an overnight rest at/near Stonehenge?  Theres nothing much there to do except walking around and viewing the mysterious structure.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #68 on: May 27, 2010, 09:59:36 AM »
how is that kid only 19? i thought the age was 21? and also you mentioned another person being under 21 before this who was that again? thank you!

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #69 on: May 27, 2010, 11:42:54 AM »
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ou mentioned another person being under 21 before this who was that again?
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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #70 on: May 27, 2010, 11:43:03 AM »
Gah, Sam, ya beat me to it! I'm going to google maps and see how long it says the trip should take, might give us a rough idea of validity, since Joey has no location listed on his twitter page.

ETA: Google maps says 18 minutes, and there was 16 minutes between tweets, so it is possible.

I'm not too sure about it. If I read back right, the flights arrived around 7am here which was 10 and a half hours ago, so either the teams he is with are really slow or there has been a small break somewhere.

Possibly a second or third group? But we should move this to spec about now.

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #71 on: May 27, 2010, 11:48:32 AM »
Bunch of tweets coming in from Stonehenge-   

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1.     my wife just found out teams had to wait 3 hours in stonehenge (Later clarified. They waited at the airport, per new tweet) for some reason , how is that fair?     
less than a minute ago  via web
   2. two more teams just arrived, two blondes and a male team wearing green
5 minutes ago via web
 
 
   5. teams had to go to the world's oldest working clock tower to get their clue which said roadblock but not sure what that is
10 minutes ago via web
   6. at the Salisbury Cathedral with teams from THE AMAZING RACE 17 wtf is a roadblock lol
14 minutes ago via web
   7. Looks like 11 teams are racing
28 minutes ago via UberTwitter
   8. They are doing detours now I'm helping these asian father and son get around they are driving themselves and following me AMAZING RaCE 17
30 minutes ago via UberTwitter
   9. @jacobjunior7 I followed them from the airport! Its been a long day! They all cought up together at customs, I think its the begining
31 minutes ago via UberTwitter in reply to jacobjunior7

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #72 on: May 27, 2010, 11:50:20 AM »
Just guessing, maybe there's something to count in the world's oldest working clock tower?

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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #73 on: May 27, 2010, 12:07:11 PM »
Maybe they have to read the Magna Carta? :lol3:
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Re: TAR 17 Speculation
« Reply #74 on: May 27, 2010, 12:08:55 PM »
The Worlest Clock In salisbury

salisbury Cathedral, 1386; wells Cathedral, 1390

So that mean we are have Egland Leg