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apskip:
How does Ireland arrival July 9, Dublin departure July 10 to Amsterdam sound?
There are two daily nonstops from Dublin to Amsterdam, EI602 610am to 845am and EI610 520pm to 755pm plus numerous connections that take much longer. I see Amsterdam as a quick stopover on the way to West Africa even though there could be some tasks in downtown Amsterdam(see below for time compression issue). It is not the most logical stopover (Paris is) but probably the next best. Most flights to West Africa have to connect through CDG airport in Paris. One example out of several in getting to West Africa but requiring that it be done on Wednesday July 11 because that is the one day of the week that the flight can be made is:
AF1141 departs AMS 1340 arrives CDG 1455
AF730 departs CDG 1610 arrives Ouagadougou(OUA) 1940
Chateau d If:
Wow Puddin, that's a really great discovery. I think it fits perfectly in the schedule. :yess:
I looked at their blog entry for July 11th and determined that the TAR siting had to have been on the day before: July 10th in Amsterdam
It is based on the fact that the Tour De France reached Gant on July 9th (click on the flash animation).
Timeline for tourists
July 9th Tour De France seen in Gant, Belgium, They got up early that day and arrived by 15 min train ride to Gant. They waited 5 hours
July 9th "Jumped a train to Amsterdam. Arrived in town midday and headed directly to the laundry."
July 9th "We spent about six hours walking around town going to various restaurants and bars to taste the tastes."
July 10th "Today we took a quick train ride to nearby Haarlem."
July 10th "We just got done with a walking tour of Amsterdam."
July 10th "We think we saw some participants from the Amazing Race running through town with a cameraman and sound guy following close behind."
"Tomorrow we are on our way to the lovely, Denmark."
Posted July 11th at 11:17 am
This means that Apskip's flight on the 11th may well be the one they use to get to West Africa.
puddin:
Any chance we can fit Lithuania in there? Just speculation, no solid proof yet, no dates, no sightings etc.
georgiapeach:
Just substitute Lithuania for Ouagadougou--which is all based on an unsubstantiated "we saw some teams" on a plane report.
Mind you, I'd love it if they went there, and this may turn out to be a great clue, but for the moment it has not yet been directly confirmed.
Although it might fit a timeline since the report of July 16th says recently.
Well, maybe Lithuania after Dubrovnik??
apskip:
The basic answer is NO and the reason is that there isn't sufficient time to get from DUBLIN on July 9 to CDG on the early afternoon of July 11 (needed to get to West Africa) except through Amsterdam or London. With the information available about Amsterdam, it seems likely that that's the way they went. Vilnius or Kaliningrad in Lithuania would be too far to fly to quickly and back, since schedules are not very good to either.
However, there is every reason to believe that Lithuania could be the next stop after Dubrovnik (or the one after that, although that's less likely). With departure on July 21, here are the flights:
Croatia Airlines OU661
Departure: 06:05 Dubrovnik, Croatia - Dubrovnik Arrival: 07:00 Zagreb, Croatia - Pleso
Lufthansa LH2485
Departure: 07:40 Zagreb, Croatia - Pleso Arrival: 09:15
Lufthansa LH3252
Departure: 10:25 Frankfurt, Germany - Frankfurt International, terminal 1 Arrival: 13:25 Vilnius, Lithuania - Vilnius
NOTE ADDED LATER: It is possible that West Africa is a mirage, but I don't thiink so. It fits with the stealth strategy and more time in Europe would not have. It is Lufthansa Airlines that has 2 connecting flights from Amsterdam through Frankfurt a day to Vilnius. the first takes just under 5 hours plus a one hour time change and the second just under 7 hours plus a one hour time change.
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