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TAR14 EP7: 'Gorilla? Gorilla?? Gorilla???' (Phuket, Thailand)
Boingo:
:lol: You too can have your picture taken with a full grown tiger at the Phuket Zoo :ascared
BTW, here's lefty!
Slowhatch:
A video of Lefty. And Jamie, the blogger that Hakushu found, also has a map of the zoo: the tiger is near the entrance and the elephant show is on the periphery. The title gorilla is probably there as well.
Moo:
Teams take a walk on the wild side…or rather, the wild side walks on them.
- The detour everyone's talking about?
One team finds itself at the mercy of a slow moving Thai shopkeeper
- I think that its Cara/Jaime
A first place team finds itself in the penalty box—and their victory in jeopardy
- Another Heather/Eve situation? At first it looks like T/V having Romania all over again, but analyzing the line, they were already victorious or at victory already being jeopardized = pitstop? I sure hope its not T/V (man, their clues are obvious every week...)
and in the extreme temperature of Thailand, one racer collapses from exhaustion.
- We all know who that is! And I believe that they're last to arrive this time... She looks to exhausted to be first in the race.
I most likely would think that this is a NEL. Their task looks touristy - taking pictures with a tiger? being stepped by elephants? gorillas? Something I want to do when I go there, not Amazing Race-ish... and would TPTB like to have two speedbumps in China? That would be boring... The only time that this would become an elimination leg is that Margie would be incapable of going to the race after her heat exhaustion.
Moo:
Going into better analysis... Here's the leg for next week...
Next leg, teams leave Jaipur for Phuket
They first find a picture of a monkey for their clue... and it leads them to
a tea house (oldest teahouse in Phuket) ? (As proven by a WRP paper pictured) - DETOUR?
Teams encounter a detour: Enjoy Phuket Zoo's attractions for free, courtesy of WRP or something to do with shoes?
And then go for the Roadblock(?) - pull a traditional rickshaw to/from Rama IX Park(?) (Margie struggling to carry Luke picture) stroller or whatever you call with your teammate riding and walk to the confusing(?) streets of Phuket and proceed to...
Wat Thepnimit - Pitstop of the Race, where an amazing race contestant collapses - first time in the history of the show (Margie), and another MAY pull a Heather and Eve by arriving first and then gets a penalty (Tammy/Victor?) ...
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Spoilers seem to indicate too much places... I don't think that WRP and TPTB would be that sadistic (unlike McKay in the Hue, Vietnam Leg of TARA3 = Death March leg) to let teams do a roadblock and a detour and pull themselves using a traditional rickshaw, just like what the blog said that they changed places quite some time...
Sounds like a light leg of the race similar to Novosibirsk... and to enjoy Phuket, they should have let teams wear mountain gear jackets while doing the roadblock, since they were stripped off almost all their clothing in the marathon roadblock in Novosibirsk... :funny: :funny:
I wouldn't be surprised that future seasons would be visiting amusement parks already...
realshowfan:
--- Quote from: hakushu8 on March 22, 2009, 10:49:32 PM ---Pitstop is Wat Thepnimit.
From Jamie's Phuket Blog
Margie fainting is scary. :(
ETA: I guess Neobie knows that already. Sorry. :-[
ETA again: So the "pulling your teammate" RB from Rama IX Park all the way to Wat Thepnimit must've been what happened. That's quite a distance!
--- End quote ---
If my search is correct (Google Maps only :groan: ), then that would be like 20-35km away. I will be surprised if all the other teams can manage it then. It'd take more than 5 hours to reach there on foot alone so I'm guessing there will be a point where they'll retrieve the clue containing the RB that is nearer to the PitStop? But that is only if my search is right. lol
Edit: Checked the first few posts, is the pulling task an RB or a task where they take turns? I'm confused. But anyway I hope Margie is alright and it is lucky that they are at pitstop.
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