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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #425 on: August 05, 2009, 02:52:31 AM »
On August 1 teams were flying to Stockholm.

And I adored Kyoto....
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #426 on: August 05, 2009, 04:26:58 AM »
This may be a speculation, I searched twitter with keywords Amazing Race Kyoto found a post from a user (stephietan).  I don't know if its legit but just to let you know.

-at Kyoto train station I saw video recording of amazing race! the contestants look really flustered!

the date says Aug 1 but what do you guys think of it?

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at kyoto train station i saw video recording of amazing race! the contestants look really flustered!
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real live amazing race or tv amazing race stephie?
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i think it's TV amazing race
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #427 on: August 05, 2009, 06:55:50 AM »
I adore Kyoto too, even though it's been a few decades since I went there. Kyoto would be an excellent choice for the following reasons:

1. It is easily accessible from Tokyo by Shinkansen on Nozomi trains in about 140 minutes. Hikari trains are roughly 20 minutes slower than the Nozomi, while Kodama trains take about four hours.

2. Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan. It is a beautiful city with many interesting temples. I remember it as much smaller but today it has a population of 1.5 million people (more than all but the 4 largest U.S. cities).

3. Osaka's Kansai International Airport is about 60 miles away. Kansai has flights to Taiwan and HoChiMinh City. The most logical flight is VN920 KIX SGN 1100 1420, a 5 hour 20 minute flight crossing two time zones going southwest.

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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #428 on: August 05, 2009, 06:59:12 AM »
Is South Korea confirmed as a possible location this season?

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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #429 on: August 05, 2009, 07:05:18 AM »
Is South Korea confirmed as a possible location this season?
I'm not sure where that rumor originated? There was an entry on wiki but its no longer there  :snicker:
We think they went somewhere after Tokyo and before HCMC so .. lets of spec no sightings though?


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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #430 on: August 05, 2009, 07:06:55 AM »
I adore Kyoto too, even though it's been a few decades since I went there. Kyoto would be an excellent choice for the following reasons:

1. It is easily accessible from Tokyo by Shinkansen on Nozomi trains in about 140 minutes. Hikari trains are roughly 20 minutes slower than the Nozomi, while Kodama trains take about four hours.

2. Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan. It is a beautiful city with many interesting temples. I remember it as much smaller but today it has a population of 1.5 million people (more than all but the 4 largest U.S. cities).

3. Osaka's Kansai International Airport is about 60 miles away. Kansai has flights to Taiwan and HoChiMinh City. The most logical flight is VN920 KIX SGN 1100 1420, a 5 hour 20 minute flight crossing two time zones going southwest.

No Kyoto...

puddin's post confirms that the woman was IN kyoto station when she saw a clip of TAR on the TV is all.
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #431 on: August 05, 2009, 07:20:46 AM »
Is South Korea confirmed as a possible location this season?

If they wanted to go to S. Korea, they should've started in Hiroshima/Fukuoka (quick boat ride to Busan).
Still hoping out for Kyoto (at least we get a new city in a past country)

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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #432 on: August 05, 2009, 09:30:21 AM »
Not sure if this will be an issue for teams flying back to the USA today, but it seems there have been some delays for flights leaving Prague today - notably OK760 - Prague to Paris is 1.5 hours late  :plane:
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #433 on: August 05, 2009, 12:26:21 PM »
Peach:

That does not mean that you have disproved Kyoto as leg 2. It only means that Kyoto is no longer a prime candidate, but Kyoto is hardly out of the running. The logic for it is impeccable. Amazing Race 12 episode 9 was right on the edge of Kyoto without actually going there. It's overdue as is Hiroshima and Hokkaido.

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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #434 on: August 05, 2009, 12:32:27 PM »
Peach !

I want to go to Boston

This way:

British Airways BA 853 leaving PRG at 8:00 am arriving at LHR at 9:15 am
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BA 213 leaving LHR at 11:25 am and arriving BOS at 1:35 pm

Or this way:

Smart Wings QS 1010 leaving PRG at 6:50 am and arriving in Rome at 8:45 am
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Air One AP 614 leaving Rome at 10:15 am and arriving in Boston at 1:30 pm

Only five minutes apart: Now that is a good race   :jam:

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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #435 on: August 05, 2009, 12:58:09 PM »
Haven't seen this here, but Masem at TWOP posted this:

Part of an addition to the TAR 15 article on Wikipedia that I had to remove due to lack of sourcing, but provided by user Awilmot there:

"On Wednesday August 5th, I have just seen 2 teams at Prague Castle, which was their pit stop. One pretty team (guy and girl in blue) and one all guy team (one with dyed hair)."

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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #436 on: August 05, 2009, 01:00:18 PM »
That makes me happy  :jumpy:

wiki time is GMT

So 16:42 is 7 hours ahead of LA time:  9:42 am
And 16:42 is 18:42 = 6:42 pm in Prague
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #437 on: August 05, 2009, 01:30:35 PM »
From wikipedia:  Prague Castle


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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #438 on: August 05, 2009, 02:00:33 PM »
That would mean then that either the Harlems, or Erika/Brian, or the Orange team are eliminated in Taillen, and another one of them eliminated here, right?

Another comment on the river rafting: My sense was that there were professional kayakers in blue vests in and out of the shots. We also have a few shots of single backpack carrying persons running down the walkway next to the water, but could never be sure if they were production or racers. (You can run a long way from a camera in 2 minutes). But if there is ONE team member and ONE kayaker in each raft, then this is a Roadblock and not a Detour.

It is entirely possible that the other teams could have slipped past us during the 2 minute intervals, we occasionally saw what looked like a crowd down by the white water.

And I have at least one shot of a distant possible red shirted pair, but they could well have been production. I'll go look.

puddin has beautiful shots at very regular intervals, so we will need to go over those very carefully indeed.
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #439 on: August 05, 2009, 02:36:48 PM »
I would love the Harlems and Team Orange to be 4th and 5th!
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #440 on: August 05, 2009, 02:59:48 PM »
I would love the Harlems and Team Orange to be 4th and 5th!
Me too!
And I also hope that they go to Boston, I think it deserves to be visited, since it has never been visited before...
I love Prague!
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #441 on: August 05, 2009, 03:19:38 PM »
That would mean then that either the Harlems, or Erika/Brian, or the Orange team are eliminated in Taillen, and another one of them eliminated here, right?


Not necessarily.  You're right about Tallinn, but in Prague maybe the two spotted teams at the castle were teams 3 & 4, meaning one of them is out.

I think the blue team was that first kayak team spotted and they were a good 25 minutes ahead of the next team.  I'm thinking they're a good bet for the final 3.

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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #442 on: August 05, 2009, 03:48:50 PM »
That would mean then that either the Harlems, or Erika/Brian, or the Orange team are eliminated in Taillen, and another one of them eliminated here, right?


Not necessarily.  You're right about Tallinn, but in Prague maybe the two spotted teams at the castle were teams 3 & 4, meaning one of them is out.

I think the blue team was that first kayak team spotted and they were a good 25 minutes ahead of the next team.  I'm thinking they're a good bet for the final 3.
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #443 on: August 05, 2009, 04:37:10 PM »
A few misc:

I really think this is not the green team. They were in no apparent hurry, and their pants don't match our previous shots of them. I would say NOT green team...




example of blue kayaker shirts


camera guys running, team departure?? ??? May help with timing:



Lots of running: Also might be good for times...my guess is we had just missed another team here.
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« Reply #444 on: August 05, 2009, 04:59:49 PM »
That would mean then that either the Harlems, or Erika/Brian, or the Orange team are eliminated in Taillen, and another one of them eliminated here, right?


Not necessarily.  You're right about Tallinn, but in Prague maybe the two spotted teams at the castle were teams 3 & 4, meaning one of them is out.



Good point.
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #445 on: August 05, 2009, 05:02:01 PM »
Who would like to skip the rest of August?
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« Reply #446 on: August 05, 2009, 05:29:19 PM »
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I think the blue team was that first kayak team spotted and they were a good 25 minutes ahead of the next team.  I'm thinking they're a good bet for the final 3.

And if they win, how awesome would that be.  Maybe not awesome, but, right now, pretty impressive.  I can't imagine the level of disappointment would be had the F3 been Harlem, Orange, and Green (though it would've "mirrored" Survivor S16's F4).  It's one thing for either a couple, M/F friends team or siblings team to win (Flozach, Uchenna/Joyce, TK/Rachel, Tammy/Victor), but to win against what seems like very strong All-Male teams isn't really that much of a fluke.  IIRC and IMO, Flo/Zach had pretty good success with that, when they won with a Top 4 that included Derek/Drew (and heck, even Ken/Gerard).  Honorable mention to Teri/Ian, since they more than exceeded expectations.
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #447 on: August 05, 2009, 05:30:51 PM »
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #448 on: August 05, 2009, 06:24:38 PM »
As to the final city: Logic suggests that it'll be a city on or near the east coast and probably not Miami or New York (as the last two east coast cities that saw a final mat.) That would leave, at a minimum Atlanta, Boston, Washington DC, and possibly others.

As I'm sure Georgia Peach will attest, Atlanta does have a few locations to hide the final mat that wouldn't be obvious (the state park at Stone Mountain east of downtown is one, a state park at Lake Lanier is a second, and somewhere along the federally managed park areas of the Chattahoochee River to the north and west of the city center as a third. There's also the possibility of having teams use the subway system out of the airport to an area along the subway lines. (There's also the Olympic connection and we all know how much Bertram loves using Olympic cities for TAR, and Centennial Olympic Park downtown Atlanta is on the subway line.) Now that Delta is officially the world's largest airline and Hartsfield-Jackson is usually listed as the world's busiest airport, Atlanta sticks out to me as a TAR finish mat like a sore thumb.
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Re: TAR 15 Speculation on Spoilers
« Reply #449 on: August 05, 2009, 06:42:20 PM »
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