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The Amazing Race 14 Speculation on Spoilers
georgiapeach:
Could we take another look at this one, currently over in TAR Israel?
--- Quote from: puddin on November 25, 2008, 02:21:13 PM ---Sukhothai, Thailand Novemeber 18th
"We ran into The Amazing Race Asia 4 and gave these 2 racers a lift"
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I'm wondering if this couldn't be TAR 14 after all?
From apskip's Timeline:
--- Quote from: apskip on November 24, 2008, 08:15:52 AM ---AR14 Timeline(revised 11/26):
Nov. 14 leg 8 leave unknown location #3 to arrive Bangkok the next morning
Nov. 15 fly Bangkok to Phuket apparently on TG203 0740 0850, then tasks in Phuket area
Nov. 16 leg 9 fly from Phuket to ?
Nov. 18 leg 10 fly from ? to Guilin
Nov. 20 leg 11 Guilin to Beijing, then tasks in Beijing and start pitstop
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Phuket to Sokhothai by 11/18 is certainly possible. And at this early stage it would be easy for us to be off by one day so this could possibly be a task>>Pitstop day OR a release from Pitstop day heading to Guilin.
Just thinking....
puddin:
It could be peach but we'll wait and see if we could get from Phuket to Guilin and still do tasks in Guilin on the 18th, then of course the photographers photo data might be off as we have learned in the past :lol: .
Neobie:
Sorry Peach, I think they decided not to follow up with the story - and that's all they have! :duno:
Alright one last bit from the streets of Phuket:
Met a group of elderly gentlemen in Rama IX Park who spoke Cantonese, and they told me that something had been going on along Thanon Thalang, in the historic core of town. And... that happens to be exactly where my hotel is!
So for two days I've been walking up and down the streets in the district, drawing pictures of boxes and envelopes... You get the picture! :lol: And yes, apart from the "sightings" of a certain Leonardo DiCaprio filming The Beach a couple of years back, there's TAR news!
At about 1-3pm on 15 November, various shopkeepers in the district saw farangs pulling rickshaws around the street. A shop on the western end of Th Thalang suggested that they might have started on Soi Romani (a little alley running off the north side of the street). However, shops on the alley know nothing about TAR filming, instead pointing me to another production there on the 27th. A traffic warden I talked to on Th Krabi told me about Wat Phuttha Mongkhon Nimit on the north end of Soi Romani (followed by communication breakdown), so I'm not sure if he was talking about TAR or rickshaws in general. No rickshaws when I went to the temple though.
Other sightings, that when plotted on a map, give a good sense of where teams would have gone:
East along Th Dibuk, between Soi Romani and Th Phuket
South along Th Phuket, between Th Dibuk and Th Thalang
West along Th Thalang, between Th Phuket and Th Yaowarat
The sightings then disappear. I'm really not sure how they made their way to Rama IX Park from there. Two shops also suggested the Thai-Chinese Museum on the north side of Th Krabi as a *Thai lost in translation*, but I didn't understand the significance. Staff there genuinely didn't seem to know much.
Somewhere in one of these conversations there was a mention of a woman pulling a man; but the man was "holding a camera", so I'm not sure what that means. There was also mention of a police escort going in front of the teams, about two or three motorcycles.
There remains one single hotspot that I have yet to talk about. Everyone within a 50m radius pointed me to a Chinese herbal shop on the south side of Th Thalang, touting itself to be the "Oldest Herbal Shop in Phuket". Another communication breakdown there (real or feigned), but there's one thing that made me very sure that TAR was here.
Coming right up with photos! Need to find an internet cafe with the necessary hardware...
Realized I just spent my single day in Bangkok surfing RFF.
--- Quote from: One Night in Bangkok ---It's really such a pity to be looking at the board, not looking at the city...
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Coutzy:
We await with bated breath on those Photos, and as soon as somebody ID's the places, we can look at potential tasks in those places.
puddin:
Looking forward to seeing your pictures Neobie and how exciting for you and us! :jumpy:
Your pretty amazing Neobie! :hearts:
peach, looking at the photo takers album, it looks like he was at Phitsanulok early that same day. Just an FYI.
Sukhothai Province
The Sukhothai Historical Park Approximately 427 kilometres (270 miles) north of Bangkok and 330 kilometres (200 miles) south of Chiengmai. The most convenient route is via Phitsanulok, which can be reached either by plane or train direct from Bangkok or Chiengmai. Alternatively, one may travel by bus all the way from Bangkok or Chiengmai to Tak which is 68 kilometres (42 miles) to Old Sukhothai (and a further 12 kilometres or 8 miles east to New Sukhothai).
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