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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #75 on: May 27, 2012, 04:28:09 PM »
Now that we know that they are in China, i just hope they go to Guangzhou or Chengdu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hrt:  :hrt: :hrt: :hrt:
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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #76 on: May 27, 2012, 05:08:38 PM »
Both flights have landed. China Air 7 landed at 5:51 AM (17 minutes ago) and Eva Air 15 landed at 5:52 AM (16 minutes ago).


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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #77 on: May 27, 2012, 05:35:31 PM »
I am showing EVA still enroute and a bit late.

China Airlines 6:10 AM  arr 5:52 AM  T-2
D4  Landed
  On-time  744   
LAX Los Angeles BR 15  EVA Air 6:20 AM  due 6:28 AM ~  T-2
C5  En Route
 


But doesn't matter, they have about 3 hours before their next flight!

Poor babies, they must be half dead by now!!
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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #78 on: May 27, 2012, 07:22:44 PM »

Okay...I think I can reveal it now...
1st destination is:Shanghai,China :hearts:

It's a Weihen day today... looking forward for any snaps from shanghai  :<3
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« Reply #79 on: May 27, 2012, 08:29:46 PM »

Just throwing out these to the floor,

LIVE events in Shangai today, 28 May 2012

1. Children’s Talent Contest
DATE   Apr 22, 2012 - Jun 1, 2012

Both Chinese and foreign children from 3 to 8 years old or 9 to 14 years old are invited to a children’s talent contest organized by the educational role-play theme park Eday town. Winners will have chance to receive formal training in singing, dancing or performing and be invited as guests for famous kiddie TV programs. Registration is available by June on www.edaytown.com


2. New Installation
DATE   Mar 26, 2012 - Mar 28, 2013
VENUE   M50 Taopu
ADDRESS   18 Wuwei Rd E.

“Cross Light,” a new light installation created by Ding Yi, one of the top contemporary artists in Shanghai, was recently settled down at M50 Taopu. The installation, constituted with five groups of LED lights, features Ding’s signature theme – cross. He wraps one building with LED lights.


3. Celebrity Wax Figure
DATE   Dec 2, 2011 - Dec 1, 2012
TIME   10am-9pm
TICKETS   135 yuan for adults; 100 yuan for students
VENUE   Madame Tussauds Shanghai
PHONE   021-6358 7878

The wax figure of British actor Robert Pattinson, who established his fame in "The Twilight" saga is now on display at the Shanghai Madame Tussauds Wax Museum together with other great artists and actors, as well as famous singer like Lady Gaga and Susan Boyle. Visitors can take photos of the wax figure.

More Shanghai LIVE events :

http://live.shanghaidaily.com/on_list.asp?show=2012-5-1&class=174&tags=&area=0&date=2012-5-28&sort_type=publish_time&desc=desc

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« Reply #80 on: May 27, 2012, 08:43:29 PM »

A good reliable location :


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China's 'Hollywood' shines in business
Updated: Monday, 28 May 2012, 07:59






Events happen every day at China's "Hollywood", where there has been outdoor scenery available free for domestic and foreign crews to shoot movies and TV dramas since 2000.

The teams that visit Hengdian for the variety of shooting locations have created a huge demand for the service sector in the town, boosting its growth.

Sprinkling of stardust pulls in the tourists, making service sector grow Entertainment celebrities attract not only huge crowds of fans but bring about opportunities for the development of the service sector. This has been perfectly demonstrated by Hengdian, a town in East China's Zhejiang province.

Many Chinese people know of the Hengdian World Studios. However, its parent, Hengdian Group, was originally established as an industrial enterprise and its business mainly deals with industries including electronics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.

Hengdian Group created a 19th-century Guangzhou street scene covering 319 mu (21.3 hectares) in just more than four months, which has developed into the world's largest film studio.

Hengdian Group invested more than 7 billion yuan ($111 million) in the construction of the set. It boasts 28 large-scale scenic spots and 11 indoor studios.

The outdoor scenic spots include buildings featuring :
1. The architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911)
2. An imitation of the Palace of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC)
3. A Guangzhou street scene
4. A Hong Kong street scene
5. A riverside scene featuring Tomb Sweeping Day (Ching Ming Festival).

A move that distinguished Hengdian World Studios from other studios in the country came in 2000, when Hengdian World Studios Co, the operator of the studios, made it free to shoot outdoor scenes there. This attracted a significantly growing number of cast and crew to China's "Hollywood".

Over the past eight years, a total of more than 900 crew have visited Hengdian studios to make movies and TV dramas, including some from foreign countries. The number of extras recommended to crew through the extras union under the company's control exceeded 4 million in recent years, according to the Hengdian Chinese Film Industrial Park, a national organization founded in 2004 to promote the development of the film and TV drama industries.

The teams that visit Hengdian for the variety of shooting locations created a huge demand for the service sector in the town, boosting its growth. The tertiary industry in the town of Hengdian generated more than 6 billion yuan in revenues last year, accounting for one third of the town's gross domestic product. The job opportunities created in the service sector exceeded 36,000, said Zhu Guoqiang, deputy director of the administration committee at Hengdian Chinese Film Industrial Park. Tourism, catering and hotel services, costume-making and rental for film equipment and props constitute the majority of the service sector in the town.

There are 14 featured shows scattered at different scenic locations around the studios. They derive from the characteristics of the location or are inspired by the films or TV dramas shot there.
"All the shows at Hengdian studios are performed for limited periods. We are continuously creating something new," Zeng said.

As well as tourists, crews are also the main clients of hotels. Zhou said that there are at present about 40 crews shooting in the studios and there have been 50 at the same time.
Currently, the hotel accommodation capacity of Hengdian contributes more than half that of Dongyang, its governing county-level city, with the total number of beds exceeding 15,000. However, its potential remains big because, during the peak travel season, some tourists stay at hotels within an hour's drive from Hengdian.

As the largest base in China for the rental of film and TV production equipment and film props and the hiring of extras, Hengdian exports a variety of resources related to the industry to other areas where filming is being undertaken.

huangying@chinadaily.com.cn

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-05/28/content_15398428.htm

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #81 on: May 27, 2012, 10:19:59 PM »
OMG a earthquake just happened in China...TAR Curse again

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #82 on: May 27, 2012, 10:27:35 PM »
No worries. This was 4.6 quake on the Richter scale, which typically is not very damaging. It hit in Hebei, east of Beijing and a long way from Shanghai.

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #83 on: May 27, 2012, 10:49:08 PM »
i hope they go to my home province of fujian...probably not since it's so small!

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #84 on: May 28, 2012, 12:13:43 AM »
so weihen, what might they be eating here?


Teams make their way to CuiPing Restaurant(翠萍酒家).

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #85 on: May 28, 2012, 12:19:27 AM »
so weihen, what might they be eating here?


Teams make their way to CuiPing Restaurant(翠萍酒家).

RB:eating Papaya stewed with snow clams(木瓜雪蛤)

http://about-chinesefood.com/cookbook/stewed-papaya-with-snow-clam-69/

Frogs?

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« Reply #86 on: May 28, 2012, 12:22:12 AM »
Might not be so bad... I like nearly everything that swims! Hopping...another story! :lol:
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« Reply #87 on: May 28, 2012, 12:26:53 AM »
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006060311161

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Snow Frog Jelly (Hasma) - It's part of a traditional Chinese sweet dessert soup (tong sui). The soup can be served hot or cold, and has transluscent white gelatinous blobs floating herein. Those blobs are the "secretions from the glands of the snow frog."

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #88 on: May 28, 2012, 06:14:33 AM »
When does the second leg start???

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #89 on: May 28, 2012, 06:19:07 AM »
When does the second leg start???

Early tomorrow morning (29-May) Shanghai time if we refer to the 12hrs mandatory rest period..

Could be to rural china or straight to another country since they're still close to the major Int'l airport (PVG)

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #90 on: May 28, 2012, 09:58:21 AM »
When does the second leg start???

probably in a few hours.

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« Reply #91 on: May 28, 2012, 10:21:07 AM »
When does the second leg start???

probably in a few hours.

Hope to see another leg in China!!!!
Could be great if it was Guangzhou or Chengdu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #92 on: May 28, 2012, 10:22:52 AM »
I hope they go to Chengdu my friend lives there :)

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #93 on: May 28, 2012, 10:35:23 AM »
I just hope they go to the airport so more people can see them.

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #94 on: May 28, 2012, 10:42:31 AM »
I think that the 2 F/F teams are safe through the first leg because of the pitstop photos


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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #95 on: May 28, 2012, 01:33:11 PM »
I think that the 2 F/F teams are safe through the first leg because of the pitstop photos

Prophet and slowhatch gave this information in live sightings thread:
If the exif is reliable, the blondes at 1:48 and mohawk at 2:12.
And the pink girls at 14:10. I don't know where the goat guys are but they were there at 13:04

And in another photo, I see Big, of big n small, yellow shirt, amongst a crowd up at the pitstop. So assume they are safe as well? It looks like they were checked in and watching others hit the matt. Wonder where they are in relation to the other time stamped photos.

In order of the time stamps given
Goat guys (Beekman boys) 1304 (1:04)
Blondes at 1:48 (1348)
Pink girls (Sri lankan sisters) 1410 (2:10)
Green Mohawk at 1412 (2:12)

Watching this all unfold here makes this the most dynamic and best spoiling on the internet! Great work! My partner will be flying through Europe this week and will be on close watch! (although probably too soon from Asia)

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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #96 on: May 28, 2012, 01:59:32 PM »
If they had a 12 hour pitstop, Leg 2 should have already started for the lead teams.

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« Reply #97 on: May 28, 2012, 02:28:56 PM »
No one knows the pitstop times yet, so....
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Re: TAR 21 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
« Reply #98 on: May 28, 2012, 02:29:45 PM »
We already know what time teams were there.
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« Reply #99 on: May 28, 2012, 03:47:13 PM »
If the Exif data is accurate, we can make the following conclusions:

Four teams were spotted leaving LongYang Road station at 12:00:
The two bearded guys,
The muscly guy and blonde girl,
The blonde girls,
Jaymes & James

The first flight landed about an hour earlier, so that fits in well with this sighting.

That means there are two other teams that were on the first flight as well.

The blonde girls were spotted checking in less than two hours later. Spotted checking in within the next half an hour were Nadine & Natalie and Mr & Mrs Greenbeard, so they may well be the two other first flight teams.