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*intro flashs /a mish mash of sorts*
puddin:
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--- Quote from: puddin on December 25, 2007, 05:41:38 PM ---TarJunkie999 can't hold a candle to us :cmas27
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Blasphemy! (:;) :bow: :bow: :bow: TarJunkie999 is a god to me! :angel:
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:cmaslol I had to google that word "Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods" :mas25
Hey since were discussing this here ..
As far as I can tell the rains took a break between July 20th & July 27 in the Mumbai area so might we still have a second location ( like some of us are thinking) where/when were monsoons in India? But then again BVM lies so who knows?
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BVM:The monsoon in India is really going to kind of put a damper on things and kind of makes it very humorous.
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patlini:
wow you guys were busy today can't believe I missed out on all the fun, while cooking and playing with the kiddo's
glad you found it Puddin :cmas51
btw one of my husband's nieces lives in Mumbai if we need anymore information in addition to Peach's contact, I'm so mad I didn't ask her sooner :pull
looks like this location is a good position for public transport maybe another train ride in Mumbai :cmaslol
georgiapeach:
Send her out snooping detecting patlini!
My contact is on holiday so I am hoping for help but can't promise anything for sure but email and photos on the way...
apskip:
puddin, ancitipating that Christmas is coming, says "Hey since were discussing this here ..
As far as I can tell the rains took a break between July 20th & July 27 in the Mumbai area so might we still have a second location ( like some of us are thinking) where/when were monsoons in India? But then again BVM lies so who knows?"
The TIMELINE makes it pretty difficult to fit a second India leg in. Here's why:
Arrive India slightly before midnight on the beginning of July 23, almost surely in Mumbai.
Tasks around Mumbai will take at least the morning. Pitstop could begin before noon.
Flights go out after 11pm to Bangkok, with connection to Taipei if taking CHATEAU's route, arriving there July 24 between 1115 and 1155. An alternate is a nonstop Mumbai to Taipei leaving July 24 0630 arriving Taipei 1500.
The same flights go out after 11pm to Bangkok plus one at 1235am to Bangkok, with connection to Osaka, arriving there July 24 at 1900. There is a lengthy wait in Bangkok on July 24; if one day later alternate flights would arrive Osaka 1440.
I doubt that task completion would happen if in Taipei and we know anyway of the siting July 26(probably, maybe it was the 27th) at Taipei 101. So, we know in the Taipei case that it would not finish until the afternoon of July 26 at the earliest. With TBC teams could go to Osaka immediately and maybe finish up there that evening. That leaves the morning of July 28 to fly back to Taipei and get positioned for the July 28 CI12 afternoon flight Taipei to Anchorage. It does not leave any time for an extra leg back in India.
If we go back to the Osaka case, teams would finish their tasks by the late morning of July 25 and if a TBC go immediately on to Taipei. They would do tasks until about noon on July 26, when they are due at Taipei 101 for their siting. Afterward, they would have a 36 hour extended pitstop which would take them into the early morning hours of Jule 28, when they would be flying on CI12 from Taipei to Anchorage. This case is a lot logistically simpler than Chateau's backtracking, but that doesn't by itself mean it is right. In this case we would have one whole day which could be eliminated and devoted to a second leg in India. What we don't have is an available leg, as all are spoken for. the only way it could happen is if they compressed both Taipei and Osaka into the same leg. It isn't impossible, but I highly doubt it. Also, that would eliminate the pitstop after leg 10 and force that to be a TBC into the Alaska leg. That's a bit awkward.
The major issue on which this analysis is vulnerable is the requirement to fly our July 28 instead of 29th. This rests on some special information that has yet to be revealed publicly(it's not mine) about arrangements for teams on July 29 in Girdwood. My conclusion from that is that World Race Productions would not have chanced the late arrival of a transcontinental once a day flight, but would have assured that all final 3 teams were in Alaska the prior day (July 28). They could have elected to take the risk by setting up the course for departure from Taipei on the 29th(and arrival Alaska that morning), but I doubt it.
Boingo:
:angel: ... now about that drum....
Just received an email from Jesse, an expat in Japan, with some information regarding our Japanese drum. Thought I'd pass it along, FWIW.
--- Quote ---Greetings. To be honest, I am not sure exactly how much help I can be for you, but here are my thoughts. Due to the design and color pattern, I would bet that that drum (taiko) is from a temple, as it is most definitely used in either/or Buddhist or Shinto rituals.
Osaka is not known for its temples or shrines (Kyoto, just 15 minutes away on the bullet train holds that badge). Nonetheless, in Osaka, to my knowledge, the largest temple is the ****ennoji Temple, and the most popular shrine is the Sumiyoshi Grand Shinto Shrine.
Temples and shrines are known for having intricate drums like that one - the drums are more ornamental than functional, actually. Another possibility (but much less likely) is the National Museum of Ethnology could have a drum like that; but again, I would think a temple or shrine makes more sense...If I had to choose just one, I'd guess the ****ennoji Temple.
Hope this helps and good luck with your search!
Jesse
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I think we're on the right track, but haven't turned up anything solid yet. Thanks Jesse. :jam:
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