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EP4: "No Babies on the Race!"
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: qing_her on March 06, 2007, 03:15:10 AM ---Some clues on "End of the World" in the web clues:
It refers to Patagonia, Argentina
Particularly Isla de Los Estados, there is actually a lighthouse called Faro del fin del mundo ("Lighthouse at the end of the world"), is said to have inspired Jules Verne for his book The Lighthouse at the End of the World.
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I think this is it...
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georgiapeach:
--- Quote ---And Thanks to everybody!
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NO-- :thankyou: Slowhatch for all the thoughtful, well-considered posts!
Looking forward to the next 1000!
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georgiapeach:
Slowhatch said:
--- Quote ---Early guess: the greeter is a park ranger (although technically Redonda isn't a part of the park) or the "postmaster."
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Here is the Postmaster in 1999--possibly could be??
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apskip:
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on March 05, 2007, 09:55:14 PM ---A few points about Isla Redonda:
* This page notes that the island is a nature preserve and tourism is limited
--- Quote ---It is a place almost untouched by human hand. There are two trails, each about 20 minutes in duration that you can walk at your own pace. Remember, protecting the environment is the top priority. It is best if our presence is unnoted and we leave nothing but footprints and take only photos.
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Maybe there are penalties if a team leaves the trail. It makes you suspect that the ferry landing (see below) is an "amazing" sign just there for the racers. Strange that they would take the longer route out of Lapataia rather than the short trip out of Puerto Guarani (Bahia Ensenada).
* This page describes a weather station with a 12-m tower on the island.
* This page has pictures of polar post offices, including Isla Redonda (it's not the "southernmost" p.o. in the world, but...OK ;D). The Guidos photo is probably just a different viewpoint (I don't recognize that thing in the background).
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SLOWHATCH, ye of little faith on your 1000th post. You believe that the producers of the Amazing Race would actually try to put one over on the public with a special sign. Well, I don't think they did. Please look at the sign below, the photo of which orginated on an Argentinian tourist site that shall be unnamed and note how the sign construction for both signs is typical of the area. The only thing that bothers me about your sign is that it is in English, obviously not the prevelant language for Tierra del Fuego.
Also, I may have the answer to your dilemma about why the access to Isla Redonda was done from Lapataia and not Bahia Ensenada. Lapataia is the official end of Route 3, the Pan American Highway (it says so in my sign besides saying so on the maps). Route 3 is straight north/south on the way to Lapataia so the shortest route in to the water is via Lapataia. To go to Ensenada where the boat crossing is much shorter involves turning east off of route 3 and taking rougher roads.. One further aspect that certainly was decisive is that from Lapataia it allowed the producers to control the boating since they were contracted boats and captains and keep everything out of the public eye. At Ensenada the regular boats there might have a monopoly but certainly would have been more public.
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NDIrish:
--- Quote from: puddin on February 18, 2007, 05:17:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: reality.tv. on February 18, 2007, 05:02:49 PM ---I looked at this picture and I'm not sure if I found somthing or not ...... David & Mary with Romber ? ???
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I think that is Kandices blue bandana?
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I think is her blue bandana, too.
The hat that David wears is a Univ. of Kentucky Wildcat hat and they are a deeper, almost royal blue in their teams colors. I was able to zoom in the picture RT posted :yess: and I don't see any U of Ky blue in the background.
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