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EP3: 'Please, Lord, Give Me Milk !'
puddin:
Nicely done patlini :thankyou: :hugs:
These are labeled Dori
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hound 109:
--- Quote from: gingerman28 on November 16, 2007, 12:13:47 PM ---We look to be in a bind here; not much progress.
So far we have:
Receive clue at pit stop to fly to OUAGADOUGOU. Jason and Lorena read clue while it is still dark; Grandpa and Nickolas read it after sunrise (5:34AM)
Teams fly from AMS to CDG and then on to that desert resort in Upper Volta or rather Burkina Faso.
Are all the teams able to get to CDG for the 10:30AM AF flight to O.?
The sun is setting as the teams arrive. Sunset at 6:35 PM
First teams must find some local location to watch an indiginous dance ceremony. Teams than camp out over night waiting for first light and taxi to railroad station to catch train to Gorom-Gorom.
Finally, after arriving perhaps by taxi from Dori, find clue for DETOUR. Two task typical of the Sahel region of Burkina Faso: (1) Herd camels; teams must capture and lead pairs of camels to the camel market. (2) Swat 100 black flies. Each task has its own pros and cons. Clue leads them to:
ROADBLOCK. One member of the team must milk a camel (female, of course) fill a gourd with milk and carry it to the dairy master to receive their next clue.
Proceed to the final pit stop: "Bingo!" Jenny says thinking they have won and will get a nice trip to Hawaii, but once there Phil does not Philimate anyone, but tells them "You are still racing; here is your next clue."
Teams run to the local airstip, short dirt track, and sign up for departure the next morning by charter plane to Niamey, Niger.
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Exactly. :jam:
.....(or better still...charter to Timbuktu.) :jumpy:
patlini:
--- Quote from: puddin on November 16, 2007, 03:50:52 PM ---Nicely done patlini :thankyou: :hugs:
These are labeled Dori
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So glad I could finally contribute something :yess:
apskip:
patlini, it's a terrific contribution. Thanks. Your work does not settle the question of precisely where the camel action is, but in combination with puddin's photo of the camels in Dori it limts the possibilities, which is an excellent thing.
I searched hard for photos of Dori, found few, and none had any camels.
At this point, Markoye is in the Sahel and would be the top choice from the camels' point of view. However, the knowledge that there are really camels in the Dori area is sufficient to make that my favorite since Dori is directly on the main northern route to Niger and from Markoye they have to take the unpaved road to Gorom-Gorom and then the paved road south to Dori, maybe 80km total, to get to Dori. From Dori teams would just go east and cross into Niger. This may not seem like much, but the extra 2 hours round-trip up to Markoye and back could be critical and I don't think World Race Productions would have designed it to take the extra distance and time.
puddin:
:yourock: patlini !!
Marokoye is really REALLY hard to find as far as pictures so search Sahel--
this labled désert du Sahel
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