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EP 10: Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You
puddin:
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on January 11, 2008, 02:04:25 AM ---About this: The Umeda Sky tower in Osaka has a glass elevator which offers the following view about halfway down (cap from video here). Just throwing out possibilities.
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I like Slowhatch, this could be how Rachel & TK catch up, and I think they do as well as make the flight to Taipei with the other teams. :tup:
as far as I can tell these are the hours of operation : The Umeda Sky Building is open from 10:00 am to 10:30 pm(admission until 10:00pm) :hides .
( I'll be back Mrs Shrek :waves: )
aaron1262:
--- Quote from: Oliver on January 11, 2008, 08:35:05 PM ---uh oh... So does that mean Nick And Don enter the train at 4:57pm and exit the train in those pictures?If so, it's not looking good for them.
Either that, or CBS is playing tricks with the cameras and it's actually them LEAVING at 4:57pm and that the clip from the previews is the same as the these pictures (them exiting the train). That, or CBS maybe just put that clip in there and it isn't even part of the episode. (:;)
:keeta: So there's hope for them. Yay! =)
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It looks like they are clearly getting off the train...according to the times we have it would not make sense that they would be getting back to Taipei at 4:57 as it's already been concluded that the teams arrive around noonish/early afternoon....not enough time to do the jeep thing.
they however could be arriving at the place where the jeep RB takes place....that makes sense.
aaron1262:
--- Quote from: puddin on January 11, 2008, 11:44:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on January 11, 2008, 02:04:25 AM ---About this: The Umeda Sky tower in Osaka has a glass elevator which offers the following view about halfway down (cap from video)
I like Slowhatch, this could be how Rachel & TK catch up, and I think they do as well as make the flight to Taipei with the other teams. :tup:
as far as I can tell these are the hours of operation : The Umeda Sky Building is open from 10:00 am to 10:30 pm(admission until 10:00pm) :hides .
( I'll be back Mrs Shrek :waves: )
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This could be..It makes logical sense...
If the first two teams arrived osaka around 6-8 PM...typical pit stop releases them at 6-8AM? They get to the tower....have to wait till it opens at 10...head to airport. Get a flight which gets there mid afternoon?
Then somehow Tk/R catch a different flight to Taipei.
ANyways about the flights...
It is clear that R/C N/J arrive at the airport around the same time, but TK/R arrive with the other teams..thus the immigration line in the commercial. I believe this is where someone says the quote "Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You" as they have caught up.
Another theory is that all the teams went straight to the airport...had to get a connection through another city because it was still too early for the direct flights. The 3 hours allowed Tk/R to get the direct flight. OTher teams Possibly caught a flight to Tokyo then were able to catch the 9-10AM flights to TPE? This theory really depends what time the teams got released from the pitstop in osaka.
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Kiwi Jay:
You never know apskip but I am doubting myself too I think different too!! :lol:
puddin:
This is for Mrs. Shrek, I think Oceangreen has said it the best.
--- Quote from: Oceangreen on January 10, 2008, 08:00:38 AM ---Hi. ;D
i dug around a little further with the known time of nick&Don's appearance at TAIPEI HSR station. For now this
could either mean that they arrived at the station at 16:57 (~5pm) or departed at that time.
If they were departing at that time, I think they could very well be behind the other teams..
Because from Taipei station to Taichung station it is approximately 156 Km (noted on website). With high speed train travelling at around 280+KM/H they should get to Taichung by at least 5:35pm (assuming train left at about 5pm)
From Taichung station to Jiji township, like Jason had mentioned, it takes about 1.5 hours by train (maybe about 1 hour by taxi).
Now this means that they would be at the 'jeep testing facility' by at least 6:30pm. Now sunset at central Taiwan is approximately 6:40 PM around the following days.
Date Sunrise Sunset This day Difference Time Altitude Distance
28 Jul 2007 5:19 AM 6:41 PM 13h 22m 14s − 0m 58s 12:00 Noon 84.0° 151.907
29 Jul 2007 5:19 AM 6:40 PM 13h 21m 14s − 1m 00s 12:00 Noon 83.8° 151.891
30 Jul 2007 5:20 AM 6:40 PM 13h 20m 13s − 1m 01s 12:00 Noon 83.6° 151.874
31 Jul 2007 5:20 AM 6:39 PM 13h 19m 11s − 1m 02s 12:00 Noon 83.3° 151.857
This would mean that they would have performed the task under a dark sky.. we know Rach, nate and ron did it under considerable amount
of light. This would mean N&D are way behind and could be eliminated. BUT, on the other hand it could very likely have been that they
ARRIVED back at Taipei station at 4:57 pm. However, I am suspecting that my initial idea was right since they have not shown any clips (Unless I have missed it!??) with nick&don at the 4WD jeep site, in an attempt to hide that they are somewhat behind by the obvious differences in time.
Is it just me or does the chance of an intersection to occur at the Taipei 101 (as strongly suggested by our spoiler) just become less likely the more we look into the previews?
As of the location that Nate&Jen had been arguing on (I placedmarked it on my map), whilst also trying to find a taxi, in the previews, DIRECTLY underneath them is a normal train subway station. Were they using the normal train too?
Just to put everything into perspective, I made this map and thought it might be worthwhile sharing....
http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114851506520966174311.0004435d735fe9af67f64&z=8&om=1
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