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apskip:
Jetstar Airways does exist as a airline and it does fly 3K 595 SIN REP at 0600 0705 since their own website says so. Other more global airline websites typically very useful for the type of work I do do not recognize the existence of Jetstar Airways on their systems.
Chateau d If:
Check again. it's Jetstar Asia. Not Jetstar Airways.
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: puddin on May 20, 2008, 10:30:22 PM --- :duno: I bet peach will ask :lol: ....so what are the odds they saw the same 3 teams?
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She knows me too well! :-[ :-[
Message already sent! :nuala:
nikita:
--- Quote from: apskip on May 20, 2008, 02:55:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: nikita on May 20, 2008, 04:34:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on May 19, 2008, 04:42:46 PM ---Yes, they can arrive on May 4th. Here is how:
Fly Thai Airways International 990 leaving Auckland on May 3rd at 1:15 pm and arriving in Bangkok at 9:00 pm
Fly Bangkok Airway 903 leaving Bangkok on May 4th at 8:00 am and arriving in Siam Reap at 9:00 am
OR , for an even later departure (ie it gives more time for the Auckland leg):
Fly Emirates 433 leaving Auckland on May 3rd at 4:55 pm and arriving in Brisbane at 6:35 pm
Fly Thai Airways International 992 leaving Brisbane on May 3rd at 11:59 pm and arriving in Bangkok at 5:59 am
Fly Bangkok Airway 903 leaving Bangkok on May 4th at 8:00 am and arriving in Siam Reap at 9:00 am
These flights give them time to land and get to the Wat by 11:30 am (first known sighting).
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I was on PG903 flight on May 4 and it was 10 minutes late. I did not notice any teams. I did see a camera man loitering at Passport Control in Siem Reap Airport...
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Let's work backwards here. In order to be seen at Angkor Wat late morning of Sunday May 4, then PG905 BKK REP 1100 1220 arrives too late. And Nikita assures us that no teams were on PG903 BKK REP 0800 0900. The only other possibilities to arrive that morning is SQ5026 SIN REP 1025 1135 (clearly too late). Arrivals on QV512 from Vientiane at 0925, VN809 from HoChiMinh City at 0945, and MU745 from NNG (Nanning China) at 1030 all have no possibility of morning connections in from Singapore through those places and the same would be true from BKK in addition to the fact that it makes no sense to travel other than the short direct route BKK REP.
Add all of that up and my conlcusion is that the teams that were sighted by the photographer had to be in Siem Rep the evening of May 3. There is no way to get there in time on May 4 if we believe Nikita's eyewitness report (which I obviously do but others apparently do not). In combination with previous information, this means that nobody leaving Auckland after midnight turning from May 2 to May 3 would get to Siem Reap in time.
Back that up to Auckland and here's what you get:
May 2 AKL SIN SQ282 2355 0645+1/May 3 SIN BKK SQ970 0845 1010, then any of these flight on BangkokAirways BKK REP:
PG905 1100 1220 or PG913 1510 1430 PG907 1740 1900 or PG909 1820 1940
or
May 2 AKL HKG NZ39 2330 0645+1/May 3 HKG BKK CX713 0855 1035, then the same flights shown above except not PG905.
That's it. End of story. Teams have to depart Auckland on Friday night May 2 if they are to be at Ankgor Wat in the late morning of Sunday May 4. The only possible alternative, going by road overnight the roughly 300 miles east from Bangkok to Siem Reap, is not something that previous Amazing Races have allowed.
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OK folks lets calm down. Apart from PG903 is there ANY other way the teams can get to Cambodia on May 4th? As I have said there are other connecting points other than Bangkok. There's also Singapore and Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur and also via Ho Chi Minh. If there was an Auckland leg then can that have been part of a superleg? Just a thought. I will reiterate I did not notice any teams on PG903 from Bangkok but it MAY not mean they weren't there. However I can share this info now that I did see teams enroute to Siem Reap from Tonle Sap in those blue trucks with the African American couple in the last truck. Our guide only told us there was filming going on in the area. I'm still trying to get my time frame right it may be around 10-11am May 4. That's what I remember. If you guys are wondering why I didn't share this info earlier is because I was not able to get a photo plus the trucks were within minutes of each other. My friends and I also thought it was a new radical concept of transporting tourists so we thought nothing of it even after our guides comment and until I logged on the net in Phuket, Thailand. To be honest I was kicking myself big time. The only we can do is wait til the show airs. I do apologize for not reporting this. Oh and it takes 8 hours from Bangkok to Siem Reap by road. We asked our travel agent if we could take this route as a cheaper and more adventurous mode of travel.
Puddin, I agree with you regarding Cambodia not being a mecca of communications. :lol:
apskip:
--- Quote from: puddin on May 20, 2008, 10:30:22 PM --- :duno: I bet peach will ask :lol: ....so what are the odds they saw the same 3 teams?
And the newest blogger above says 3 teams no specifics
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puddin, as you know from your experience watching the Amazing Races of the past, there are many times when teams that are lagging have to get onto a second or sometimes even a third flight. Most of the time this is the result of aribitrary restrictions placed by World Race Productions, but some of the time it is airlines reaching their real capacity. I do not find the observations from the newest blogger contradictory to those facts.
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