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Chateau d If:
"Watergate tapes" :lol3: :lol3:
Welcome to the Amazing Race fella.
Nothing odd about that arrival. It was a typical mat arrival scene when the sun was setting. Sure it was lighter out when Jenn & Nate jogged up to the mat (backpacks on). Then, they re-shoot it for whatever reason. That happens a lot. At that time of day (sunset = 7:09 pm) 10 minutes makes a big difference in the amount of sunlight. It was certainly a re-shoot because the darker part of it had Jenn & Nate sans backpacks. The movie lights had to come on too. Maybe the batteries were dead and production had to delay a few minutes to get fresh ones. :duno:
I agree that the shot shows some mustered composure of some kind in the faces of both racers. Jenn showed just how much she likes to do forced redos in Dubrovnik. No poker face there.
apskip:
After examining many alternatives to see what the public transportation possibilities are to get teams from Osaka to Taipei before noon, here are my conclusions:
It can't be done unless even if the leg 9 finish was a TBC. The last flight that could get them there in time was at 655pm on July 26, right around the time of the first arrival at the pitstop. It is theoretically possible for teams to have taken the Shinkansen from Osaka to Fukuoka to catch CI111 FUK TPE 1010 1140. That Shinkansen would have to have departed Osaka before 8am. We know from ARA2's use of the Shinkansen that it does operate starting from Tokyo before 6am and arriving Fukuoka airport just before 9am. However, that would be a violation of fundamental Amazing Race principles.
The only way that teams could conceivably get there and have the first 3 teams together is a charter flight, which might take a little longer than the 2.25 hours that commercial flights do. To arrive by 1130am, it would have to depart Osaka by 0900. I do not believe that TK & Rachel were on the same flight if it did happen, as that would be a complete undercutting of the principle of honoring pitstop times.
Zack.:
--- Quote ---The only way that teams could conceivably get there and have the first 3 teams together is a charter flight, which might take a little longer than the 2.25 hours that commercial flights do. To arrive by 1130am, it would have to depart Osaka by 0900. I do not believe that TK & Rachel were on the same flight if it did happen, as that would be a complete undercutting of the principle of honoring pitstop times.
--- End quote ---
They could manage this. The way I see it happening is that the racers get a clue for someplace in Osaka with hours of operation in the morning (like 6 AM), and then go to the airport to sign up for one of two charter flights (departing at say 8 AM and 930 AM). Depending on the number of tasks, TK/Rachel could make it to Taipei 101 by noon/12:15. However, I doubt it, since there appears to be some airport trickery attempted by Christina, which wouldn't be necessary if the racers were using charter flights.
georgiapeach:
Here is something very farfetched but since our backs are against the wall...
I saw something about Osaka FERRIES to Macau. Is there any possibility that teams could get flights from Macau to make it in time? (Have no clue how long the ferry takes.)
Other options? Discount the Taiwan spoiler placing us there around noon? Is there ANYTHING else we might try--ever since we missed that Dubrovnik ferry I keep saying "think outside the box"--not that it is helping right now!
apskip:
Peach:
That's some real out of the box thinking. However, the distance from Osaka to Macau is 1500 miles and even the fastest hydrofoil would take more than one day. Also, beyond that the last flight from Macau to Taipei is at 955pm and the first flight from Macau to Taipei is at 1155am arriving at 130pm. There is just no conceivable way this makes sense.
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